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Swamp Buggy Races – Winter Classic

gkahn — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:54:16 +0000

The Swamp Buggy Races are always a favorite event of mine, and this past weekend I was fortunate enough to cover the Winter Classic. Lots of crazy fans, mud and racing made for a great time. It’s usually hard to describe what a swamp buggy is to people who have never seen one before, and it’s even more difficult to describe how they are modified to fly around a track filled with muddy water. Every time I go there is always something different to see. I usually go early so I can hang out in the campgrounds as all the partiers slowly wake from a wild night. This time was only the second time in the winter classic that a woman took home the day’s top prize. Bonnie Walsh leveled other racers with higher caliber swamp buggies. It’s always an exhausting day of coverage, but definitely worth it.

Swamp Buggy Races – Winter Classic

Winter Wine Festival

gkahn — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:53:34 +0000

This past weekend I had to opportunity to photograph the Naples Winter Wine Festival auction again. This event is probably the most over the top function I have ever been to. Millionaires are bidding on round the world trips and Mercedes all the while putting money into organizations that help the neediest children in the county. It’s held at the Ritz, in a huge tent filled with enough bottles of wine to get a small army hammered. For me, it’s best described as a five-hour party where everyone wins… this year more than 12 million dollars were raised.

Winter Wine Festival

Full Triathlon in Naples

gkahn — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:31:47 +0000

Florida has an understandable reputation for beautiful afternoon light… but there is really something special about the light in the morning, moments before sunrise. This is what made the start of the first Naples full Triathlon so much fun to photograph.

and to boot, dolphins showed up to help us remember that they would whoop us in any swimming competition.

Full Triathlon in Naples

Favorites from Naples News in 2011

gkahn — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 04:30:44 +0000

Another year complete at the Naples Daily News. It’s always interesting to look back through photos after a year is complete and see where it stands. Every year tends to be different despite covering the same events and holidays. And every year I try to see where my photos are and try to raise the bar. Whether it be stories, events or even feature hunting, I challenge myself to find something different from the same situations. Here are a few of my favorites from 2011.

Favorites from Naples News in 2011