Redlights and Redeyes

sidelines and silhouettes

December 10, 2012 by Chip

Spent yesterday sweating profusely trying to remember what winter feels like. For this Colorado kid transplanted to Florida, these 80 degree days in December are now common unlike when I was transplanted here in 2002 – ironically, the same year the Buccaneers won the Super Bowl. Yesterday’s game was full of those players ten years removed from being at the top of their game when I was just starting. The big names were back – Jon Gruden, Keyshawn Johnson, Warren [...]

Categories: Buccaneers, chip litherland, photography, public relations photographer, sports • Tags: cheerleaders, Chip Litherland, color, Florida, red, sports, Tampa, tampa bay buccaneers

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newt, mitt, ron, and rick…

February 1, 2012 by chip

I could sit here and write a ton of copy about covering Florida politics. Fact of the matter is, it’s weird, it’s draining, and it’s one of most fun things I get to do in photojournalism. With that, here are some random rectangles from the week of covering Mitt Romney’s win in the Florida Primary with some scraps from the cutting room floor as a bonus. Tweet

Categories: chip litherland, photography, photojournalism industry, photos, politics, The New York Times • Tags: Campaign, Elections, FL, gingrich, GOP Debate, paul, politics, romney, santorum, Tampa, The New York Times

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I-4 or bust

February 1, 2012 by chip

I-4 is an interesting road. Connecting Daytona, Orlando and Tampa, it slices the nub of South Florida right off the map, it provides a vast array of landmarks – strange kitschy theme parks, vasectomy billboards, and rest stop oasis after oasis. It is also fertile ground for voters and an area candidates target every election cycle. The New York Times sent me with a reporter and videographer to tackle I-4 man-on-the street style to try to find folks opinionated about [...]

Categories: in print, photography, photos, politics, promo, The New York Times, theme park • Tags: Chip Litherland, color, daytona beach, economy, Florida, foreclosure, I-4, I-4 corridor, kissimmee, lake buena vista, lakeland, Orlando, plant city, politics, Tampa, Travel

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beach bum

October 10, 2011 by chip

Just stay on the sand. I love these kinds of assignments…and these type of clients. Bay Magazine is visually helmed by Bruce and Suzette Moyer up at the St. Petersburg Times, and they do an amazing job with their photo play in the high-end travel/lifestyle magazine every month. My gig was about perfect – just drive the coastline of Florida from Ft. DeSoto Park in St. Petersburg to Clearwater Beach, stop, head to the beach and make [...]

Categories: Bay Magazine, in print, photos, random gratuitousness, travel • Tags: beach, beaches, Chip Litherland, color, economy, Florida, florida travel, sand, st. petersburg, sun, Tampa, Tourism, vacation, water

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that’s how you debate

September 14, 2011 by chip

Suit. Check. Tie. Check. Podium. Check. Stage full of red, white, and blue accents. Check. Talking points. Check. American flag pin. Check. Finger pointing. Check. Riser. Check. Twenty other photographers getting the same shot. Check. I really do love covering politics…there’s that inherent challenge in making something unique that goes beyond what is literally handed to you. You are given a single seat. You sit. You point. You click. Not only are you put in one spot, you’re almost [...]

Categories: photojournalism industry, photos, politics, The New York Times • Tags: bachmann, Chip Litherland, color, debate, florida primary, gingrich, paul, perry, politics, republican presidential debate, romney, Tampa, Tea Party

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political chum

October 28, 2010 by chip

If there’s one thing I learned late in my days as a staff newspaper photojournalist, it was to stop looking at the newspaper. Nothing good can come of it. Don’t get me wrong, I love newspapers, but I’ve seen my photo cropped to a circle before. Literally. I don’t save clips. I have a small stack of papers that I have saved from 10 years of work that could fit inside my back pocket. That’s it. I learned to stop [...]

Categories: photos, politics, The New York Times • Tags: Chip Litherland, color, Florida, governor, photojournalism, politics, Republican, Rick Scott, Tampa, The New York Times

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“yeah, does barry manilow know that you raid his wardrobe?”

April 8, 2010 by chip

It is always so amazingly cool to get an assignment for something you already do – even when you’re not getting paid. The New York Times called about a story on Tampa becoming a vintage clothing mecca of sorts, and they basically wanted me to go explore three different shops – Squaresville, La France, and Sherry’s YesterDAZE – and shop, er, shoot. Never got a chance to explore Tampa vintage shops too much until this day, but man, those guys [...]

Categories: photos, The New York Times • Tags: color clothing, shopping, Tampa, thrift stores, thrifting, vintage, wigs, ybor

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