Andy Routt Photography

I have been way too lazy with this website

2010-09-30T10:53:00.000-07:00

I haven't posted on this in soo long. I cannot believe it has been a year since New Zealand. Definately been feeling my wanderlust alot lately, ready to finish up my scuba certifications and get to somewhere super exotic for awhile

strathmore school kids from Wellington and their new bikes from Variety - charity for kids

2010-01-14T10:51:00.000-08:00

2010-01-14T10:50:00.000-08:00

first attempt at U/W photography... my favorite shot

2009-12-16T22:09:00.000-08:00

travel

2009-12-03T21:14:00.000-08:00

sitting in a basically all chinese open air food market/court on a computer for internet use, a bird just landed on the keyboard and it really hit me:

I love to travel. This is what I was meant to do. I just got done sitting on a deck overlooking the pacific and coast of Cairns drinking some cheap ass pints and wondering how many more beers its going to take me before I talk to the waitress and ask her what she is doing after she gets off.

I love to travel.

Anthony Bourdain might be my new mentor/hero/god/krishna/whatever hahaha. I just cant believe where I am right now. There is a stall next to me selling deep fried lemon fish heads for about 20 cents american. DEAL!

---///Tales from the road\\\---

tefl

2009-11-21T17:55:00.001-08:00

I think I should get my TEFL or TESOL first, and I want to do that somewhere exotic like Mongolia. I have wanderlust, and a bad case of it.

To live would be an awfully big adventure

2009-11-21T17:52:00.000-08:00

T.I.A.

I want to go to Africa. There is an opportunity to work on a wildlife preserve south of Kruger National Park, and I think I'm going to do it.
Do I come back?

"Is it okay if your mate's mum gives you a woody?" - line from a commercial in NZ

2009-11-19T01:10:00.000-08:00

The two pictures that are going along with the captions in the beginning of the story one post down

2009-11-19T01:09:00.001-08:00

Story I wrote that will be in the last week issue of Nov for the Cook Straight News

2009-11-19T01:08:00.001-08:00

Be A Christmas Star

Andrew Routt

IN NEED: Father Des Britten holds this program close to heart, and holds the empty boxes out to show the need for donations.

DONATE: Find these golden boxes throughout the city to place your donation of toys, games, or foodstuffs.

The Wellington City Mission is normally the first group to lend a hand; now, they need you to lend them one.

Their annual “Be A Star” program, in which they donate presents to worse of families in need of help to put presents under the tree, has hit a snag.

By this time last year, the Mission would already have over 400 boxes of gifts out to needy families. According to Dan Boyd, the Special Events Organiser, they are only two-thirds of the way to their goal.

“Wellingtonians are always so generous and give so much with our Christmas boxes,” says Fr. Britten. “I’m sure they can pull together and get the campaign really humming.”

This program is put on by extremely dedicated individuals who work their hardest to help those in need throughout the Greater Wellington area. The Wellington City Mission targets from Cook Straight to Porirua, so donating a new toy, game, or foodstuff to the boxes throughout the city will be helping the entire city.

With the program set to kick off next week, they will be driving around in their decorated “Breeze Bus,” which is a GO Wellington city bus decked out in full Christmas regalia, they need help from all possible donations as soon as possible.

Corporate Businesses and organizations are being asked to contact The City Mission if they can help, with many different ways possible.

Fr. Britten and the entire staff at the Wellington City Mission are passionate about making sure as many children throughout the area are able to celebrate Christmas like the rest of us are able to, and are asking for your help.

For more information about the Wellington City Mission, visit: www.wellingtoncitymission.co.nz

N Zed

2009-10-03T22:09:00.000-07:00

"Squeaky" Fromme is now squeaky clean? Jeez...

2009-08-14T19:23:00.000-07:00

Yes, you read that correctly. Ms. Fromme, one of the more famous members of the family that was once known as "The Family", or, Manson's followers, is now a part of "normal" society.

Wait, you mean she didn't try to escape this time? Wow... whoever passed on parole for her is an idiot. When she escaped the first time (yes, the first time), they caught her less than three miles away from the prison, but the key is, she had already killed three more people. She pointed a gun at the President. SHES FREE? Is our society in that shape now? Why not release Charles? I mean hes 80ish, so he won't do any harm, right?

(taken from CNN.com)

She said she knew Ford was in town and near her, "and I said, 'I gotta go and talk to him,' and then I thought, 'That's foolish. He's not going to stop and talk to you.' People have already shown you can lay blood in front of them and they're not, you know, they don't think anything of it. I said, 'Maybe I'll take the gun,' and I thought, 'I have to do this. This is the time.' "

AND WE LET HER OUT OF PRISON? Wow, you know what? I am actually proud of her for bullshitting her way out of prison. Sadly, this is kind of sadistic, but I hope she does something really bad. It'll just prove mine, and so many others points.

Hey since she is out, can we let DMX out? Im sure hes done his payment to society, and would really appreciate not wearing a pink jumpsuit anymore. "Ya'll gonna make me, loose my mind, up in here, up in here." You know what DMX, I would loose my mind if I had to wear a pink jumpsuit. Now... the whole prison thing about being the "bitch" or having one in prison... whats more better suited than having the most "gangster" thug in the prison wearing pink...

Gettin' brain in the library 'cuz I love knowledge

2009-08-11T08:48:00.000-07:00

September 20th. Leave dreary, vintage Cincinnati for "windy" Wellington, New Zealand for four months. Too good to be true. I really don't think its hit me, even yet.

I haven't really heard much about the more descript details of this internship; you know... like what I'll be doing. I really hope its more than just being the "Yankee coffee boy" for the Kiwi nation. Dream layout - Covering the All Blacks or the Wellington Hurricanes recent success on the rugby pitch, and then, right as the internship is wrapping up, get offered a job as a full time reporter. (I can hear the angels singing now..)

Rugby. Kiwi domination. The real man's sport; nine inch metal spikes and no equipment. When the ball is in a scrum, you are encouraged to cleat someone to free up the pitch. Thats what I am talking about! Aahh, I can't wait! Hopefully (I'm sure it won't be too much of a stretch in the capital), Ill be able to find some kind of pickup league and get a couple good sized welts and black-eyes, all the more impressive souvenirs to show mates back in the states.

last one, I promise.

2009-08-03T12:52:00.001-07:00

1,2,3... cuatro

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Parte tres

2009-08-03T12:43:00.001-07:00

Pt. 2

2009-08-03T12:34:00.000-07:00

My first plunge into dirtbike racing photography

2009-08-03T12:27:00.000-07:00

Pt. 1

Thought I had some interesting shots.

Portraits

2009-03-05T19:52:00.000-08:00

Obamunism

2009-03-05T18:29:00.000-08:00

Here is an article I wrote for Professor Knippenberg for my Columns & Reviews class:

President Obama is being heralded as the answer to this nations woes of economic misery and misfortune. According to exit polls after the election, people believe the economy of the United States is saved thanks to the budget plans and stimulus bills that Obama is going to institute during his presidency. He has even gone so far as to promise that he will halve the federal deficit by 2013.
Out of 213,186 viewers who voted on the poll on CNN.com, only 84,328 people actually believe the promise Obama laid out in his presidential address. That’s just under 40 percent, compared to 60 percent of the poll voters who think he will not be able to accomplish that lofty goal.
The stimulus bill that was just signed into action under President Obama is putting near 780 billion dollars into certain aspects of the nations economy and industries. He is also seeking nearly 200 million dollars of the populace’s tax dollars to spend on war, even though one of his main campaign pledges was to halt spending in the Middle East, and pull our troops out of this war. This stimulus plan is being harkened as a horrible idea by most GOP senators, with a resounding call that Barack is not doing a very good job in his infantile presidency. The stock market, having been riding an ever steady rollercoaster of ups and downs actually fell the day that the democratic aid bill was signed into action, with fear of over-flooding the market.
Republicans have been issuing statements regarding the President’s plan, saying it was laden with too much in government spending, and not enough action towards tax cuts; of which Obama praised he would devout his first term in office to securing. "Democratic leaders in Washington, they place their hope in the federal government," said Bobby Jindal. Governor of Louisiana "We [Republicans] place our hope in you, the American people."
Obama added, after his address and “Financial Responsibility Summit”, that “If we agree on 90 percent of this stuff and we’re spending all of our time on television arguing about one, two, three percent,” he said, “that starts to sound a little like politics.” This was in regard to the GOP, and what he and his supporters called “line-item knitpicking”.

As told by a coach

2009-03-05T17:38:00.000-08:00

I first picked up a stick in the 8th grade, with a coach who played through his college career. Junior High lacrosse is solely for learning the skills of the game and getting in shape. There really is no rhyme or reason when coaching the youth level, because most cannot comprehend the plays and defensive sets deemed commonplace in High School and beyond. My first experience of lacrosse practice consisted of partner passing for around 45 minutes, then sprinting and shooting for the rest of the two hour session. Our coaches had no idea how to really coach, so the team ran... and then ran some more.

Let me first say that I have seen the youth lacrosse level of I.Q. from both ends of the spectrum, as that I was lucky enough to be Sycamore's "B" team head coach, and assistant to the "A" team. Trying to instill any reason of flow and movement that the game lives of off in the 7th and 8th grade ranks is the most mind numbing, constant, dull pain. Asking for a 2-3-1 and being able to rotate off ball (which just so happens to be the easiest set offensively in the game) is like asking a 13 year old to perform brain surgery. I did happen to have a group of young men who were at least somewhat patient, but, as I will delve into, I only lasted as a Junior High coach for that ill-fated season. The most painful lacrosse experience of my life.

Junior High sports = no listening, no help from the administration, lots (and lots) of badgering from parents, lack of respect from referees, or lack of referees completely. I had to be the official for 4 "A" team games, and one of my own throughout the season.

I am lucky enough to still be actively playing the game of lacrosse, which allows me to assume my duties as a coach at a whole new level. Coaches well out of the game have lost their touch with how the players truly feel and what helps them succeed. You would never hear that if you asked a guy who has been coaching at any level, even though its true.

So with that being said, I can understand why my coaches when I played in the junior high just ran us. Coaches just did not want to deal with all of the headache inducing stress, but that is one of the duties under the title of "Coach".

Coach Pressler & Bryant University

2009-03-04T20:08:00.000-08:00

Everyone needs to watch this mini documentary

http://www.lax.com/story.phtml?story=2212

An article.. hey I am a journalist!

2009-03-03T11:18:00.000-08:00

Lets break down some of my 2009 fantasy NCAA lacrosse team:

Attack:
Grant Catalino - Maryland
Joel Dalgarno - OSU
Ned Crotty - Duke

Midfield:
Jeremy Reynolds - Maryland
Michael Kimmel - Johns Hopkins
Max Siebald -Cornell

Face-off:
Shane Walterhoefer - UNC

LSM:
P.T. Ricci - Loyola

Defense:
Michael Evans - Johns Hopkins
Ken Clausen - Virginia
Barney Ehrmann - Georgetown

Goalie:
Jeremy Blevins - UMBC

I'll start backwards.
The senior keeper for UMBC, Jeremy Blevins, is listed at 5'8", 135 lbs. That is diminutive for a goalie, let alone in the D1 ranks against players who would easily fit in on their University's football roster. Blevins does not let his size get to him, and plays as if he was 6' by 6' (Thats the size of the NCAA regulation goal for all you non lacrosse readers). He enters his senior season as the NCAA leader in victories, 32, and only 15 losses. This is a very under-rated stat as that Blevins is the first keeper for UMBC to start since his freshman year since 1993. Blevins is an explosive keeper, who like the current trend, is very active outside the cage. He posts impressive numbers, such as a 20-save game in the 1st round of NCAA's last year against #16 Denver, all without any true standout defensemen.

Michael Evans, 6 ft., 220 lbs, Defense, Johns Hopkins University.
The quintessential shut-down defensemen. Since Evans has been starting games, the opposing offensive units Hopkins had faced totaled a low 55 goals and a squeaky 29 assists. Last season in the Semi-final tournament game against Duke, Evans held Matt Danowski to 2 goals and a single assist. Danowski went on to finish in the top spot for scoring in all divisions of NCAA. I cannot think of a more clutch defensemen I would trust in getting a turnover for my offense than Evans.

Barney Erhmann, Senior defensemen for Georgetown marks the opposing team's best player, and has been successfully doing it since his sophmore year. In an annually big rival matchup, Erhmann held new Terrapin transfer Will Yeatman to a goose-egg. Will Yeatman hasn't played lacrosse for two years, but he is a physically dominating presence. Coming in at 6'6", 260 lbs., If you can hold that type of attack player to a non-presence, you have my vote. Barney Erhmann is the prototypical defenseman with the complete package; stick skills, footwork, communication, aggression and physical strength.

UNC has what most think to be one of the most prolific face-off specialists in the modern game with Shane Walterhoefer. With the graduation of Alex Smith from UDel and William Wallace from the Naval Academy, he is on the throne. A preseason First Team All-American, Walterhoefer has won 15 or more face-offs in more than 20 games in his career. At 5'9" and a solid 200 lbs., he is a wall to be reckoned with at the face off X. His career win percentage is well over .60, and growing with every game UNC plays. Under a new Coach in Joe Breschi, Walterhoefer has only gained skills and confidence heading into this young season.

Ned Crotty. Senior, Duke University. After the graduation of the NCAA leading scorer in Matt Danowski, the transfer of POW watch-lister Zach Greer, as well as graduation losses of key elements of the NCAA tourny run team from last year, Crotty is being looked upon to hold a significant amount of weight this year. His whole career at Duke had been seen from the midfield, but this year, he is on the 1st line of Attackmen. In a fledgling season thus far, with 4 games under his belt, he has notched 8 goals, and 5 assists. This is including two clutch scores in the matter of seconds he registered in the 2009 Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic in a loss to a stacked team in Maryland.

Ohio State had a season of firsts last year, as it went to the second round of the National Tournament in the 2008 season, eventually getting blown out by an offensive-laden Duke team. Joel Dalgarno, along with Kevin Buchanan, led the way for the Buckeyes, tearing the opposing defensive units to shreds. Dalgarno is a niche player, which is hard to come by in the modern game. He is playing mainly attack this year, but can be equally productive being subbed in from the box as a quick offensive threat for a drive to the goal from the midfield unit. Recently passing the 100 goal mark, Dalgarno is sitting at 183 total points in his career in the scarlet and grey. In the '09 season opener for the Buckeyes, Dalgarno posted 4 goals and an assist against a new team in University of Detroit-Jesuit. Doesn't take long for Dalgarno to shake off the dust; if there ever is any on his game. Look for him to have an extremely productive career in the NLL and the MLL, if it doesn't fold.

sexy curves

2008-09-20T19:40:00.000-07:00

Untitled

2008-09-20T15:57:00.000-07:00

Vintage

2008-09-09T19:10:00.001-07:00

Vintage Motorcycle Club

2008-09-09T19:05:00.001-07:00

sycamore lacrosse

2008-05-29T11:13:00.001-07:00

Next season I will be the photographer for the team with pictures for sale per proof / I will take requests to focus on certain players during games

something

2008-05-26T18:35:00.001-07:00

I really like the way this played with my flash in a low light...

lack

2008-05-26T18:30:00.001-07:00

the lack of work being posted to this blog is killing me... I guess thats what happens when you become a head coach for a junior high lacrosse team while trying to balance playing on a club team and taking around 17 hours... damn.

oh well, the positive thing is that class is done in two weeks and I raring to go out and shoot new stuff... Ive got some really good ideas I need to hash out... I have been taking alot of pictures lately... Ive kind of been covering the Sycamore Varsity lacrosse teams season... Im gonna put up some shots that I think deserve recognition over others...

st. george's church

2008-02-08T14:05:00.000-08:00

Freak

2008-02-04T14:37:00.000-08:00

many are we called

2008-02-04T07:21:00.000-08:00

man, I like going through my old stuff finding cool pictures I didn't see before

2007-12-08T11:51:00.000-08:00

usmc

2007-12-06T17:22:00.000-08:00

americana

2007-10-24T06:08:00.000-07:00

im working on pictures of people (instances of flags or something patriotic)

a new level of politics

2007-10-23T17:38:00.000-07:00

when asked about the recent discovery that he is eighth cousins with Dick Cheney, Barack Obama said:

"Well, atleast its obivous that I won't be attending the annual family hunting trip..."

into the wild blue

2007-10-22T11:02:00.000-07:00

this is a really good quote

2007-10-16T14:50:00.001-07:00

heres another one // blue ash airport days

2007-09-26T19:01:00.000-07:00

untitled

2007-09-25T16:53:00.001-07:00

hmm... a good possibility

2007-09-22T19:03:00.000-07:00

little red balloon

2007-09-21T13:14:00.000-07:00

WEBN labor day fireworks

2007-09-21T12:45:00.000-07:00

i feel a change coming on....

2007-08-21T13:57:00.000-07:00

I actually did it... I converted. I bought a Mac

that means im gonna figure out how to remake this site using my awesome new computer so... look for some changes soon

...that is, I know no one looks at this site but myself anyway

untitled

2007-08-14T18:21:00.000-07:00

work

2007-08-14T18:15:00.000-07:00

just like the title... im working

hmm

2007-08-08T19:49:00.001-07:00

future all-american

2007-06-11T10:13:00.001-07:00

linkage

2007-06-11T09:55:00.000-07:00

http://arouttsports.blogspot.com/

this is a link to the "subsidary" of Andy Routt Photography. Its my sports page for that such kind of photography. I felt like those two very different types of photographs deserved two different pages.

tales from the road

2007-06-06T22:25:00.000-07:00

it can be a long drive from florida to ohio

self portrait 2

2007-04-10T12:57:00.000-07:00

summer

2007-04-09T15:48:00.000-07:00

projects for this summer:

> roadtrip... somewhere
> chicago / machine game vs. dragons
> garage / car work
> atempts at portraits (haha)
> single issue documentaries
-work on journalism

>ummm...

broad horizons

2007-04-09T15:40:00.000-07:00

kind of a departure from my normal pictures... I really wanna be a sports photographer though so I still keep up with my team sports photos... I wanted to put more up but these two seem like the most appropriate for this site... I don't see these two necessarily as sports pictures but more as art pictures...

Anyway, if I want to get a job as a sports photographer or a photojournalist, I need to be able to show that I can process a wide range of media and sorts of pictures to a level of perfection, so this seems like a right idea.

resizing issues

2007-04-07T15:12:00.000-07:00

Im not too sure why but all of the sudden when you click on one of my pics to go full-screen, it doesnt resize to your monitors width and height, it just stays big... hmmmm

I dont know why I havent put these two up here yet

2007-04-03T22:32:00.000-07:00

at a church in Mason, Ohio

I always leave this picture up to your own interpretation

water -(fountain)- fall

2007-03-14T22:04:00.000-07:00

look for a new project to be up soon...

don't call it a come back

2007-03-14T22:02:00.000-07:00

christ under glass

2007-03-12T21:28:00.000-07:00

no... this isnt some way of me giving my views on organized religion....i would never do that...

some new things

2007-01-23T19:01:00.000-08:00

alittle walker evans-ish, no?

2007-01-21T13:09:00.000-08:00

i just got one of his photography books, "The Hungry Eye." I really love his pictures... I always try to emulate him in my work

guitar

2007-01-19T11:06:00.000-08:00

my buddy andy cain
alittle experiment in over-exposure (i like over-exposure if you couldnt tell)

this website

2007-01-19T10:49:00.000-08:00

i dont know why but the post called "black / white"...the blacks in those pictures should be alot blacker haha... something about the setup on this website is making the blacks in my pictures look alot grayer

possibilities...

2007-01-17T17:32:00.000-08:00

i need to find something new to shoot

im thinkin clearwater pier?

...tampa doesnt have alot to shoot...cows? run down houses? ...thats all been done...

one more

2007-01-16T16:58:00.000-08:00

stairway to where?

somethings look different in the dark

2007-01-16T16:54:00.000-08:00

scenery

2006-12-27T17:46:00.000-08:00

black / white

2006-12-22T21:52:00.000-08:00

black/white...dark/light...not sure what to call it

self portrait 1

2006-12-22T21:49:00.000-08:00

one more

2006-12-22T21:45:00.000-08:00

concours de elegance

2006-12-22T21:38:00.000-08:00

a couple from my desktop...

i wanna surf

2006-12-19T22:12:00.000-08:00

i wanna surf... being that i do live in florida

maybe...

random pics

2006-12-19T22:05:00.000-08:00

how to kill a mockingbird

2006-12-19T21:58:00.000-08:00

may I buy you a fish sandwich?

2006-09-06T21:16:00.000-07:00

okay, I lied...this lizard is posted up on this beach in West Bay, Grand Cayman. Its called the statue of the blue lizard. Its there to alert the public about how the blue lizard is becoming extinct. There are only 15 left in the world.

I really don't know why it is painted so weird...but it definately adds to its coolness, no?

materialism - whoever dies with the most shit, wins!

the man and his requirements for a so called "education"

2006-09-03T19:54:00.000-07:00

im at college now at the Saint Leo University

that means...less updates for pictures but sometime soon im gonna be putting up some pictures of the school being that this used to be a monestary so there are alot of cool buildings and art here...
...they will be up here by the end of next week...

"fat bottom girls, you make the rockin' world go 'round..."

conspiracy theorism - THEY shit on us!

a couple more

2006-09-03T19:41:00.000-07:00

the last few shots from Grand Cayman

thanks jesse

i think im going crazy

2006-08-06T09:26:00.000-07:00

i like clowns, but I find it kinda creepy that afew of them are staring right at you...

goin to hell on a sunday

2006-08-05T15:01:00.000-07:00

yup, you heard me...

(it just so happens that Hell is a town in West Bay, Grand Cayman.)
...im not makin this up...

it just so happens Hell is open on sunday... whoever would have known...

the devil himself?

check out these guys...(there is this big rock formation in hell called iron-stone. These four devils have been there for a long, long time.

"im on the highway to hell..."

purple haze, jesus saves

2006-08-05T06:19:00.000-07:00

I recently got back from a trip to Grand Cayman, which is a British commonwealth. Hurricane Ivan ripped through Grand Cayman over two years ago, and the island is still pretty destroyed. This is only true because Caymanians don't allow U.S. companies to come in and help, they want to do it themselves. There is an extreme sense of closeness and pride on the island. If you were to just stay around the hotel areas where all the tourists stay, then you would only see alittle damage, like the way the tress were all bent the direction of the hurricane (yea, that was pretty weird). To truely see the damage, you had to go where the Caymanians lived, in their little home towns.

Well, here you go...

chipotle part 2

2006-08-04T18:03:00.000-07:00

Here are some more pictures from "Gate of Heaven" cemetary

Sorry that this blog has been dead for awhile, I have been so freakin busy this summer (gettin ready to go to college and all that)...I will be posting more pictures very regularly now...

"been dazed and confused
for so long its not true..."

Stars and Stripes

2006-05-29T08:42:00.000-07:00

god bless those who fought for us

I'd do anything for a burrito...even this.

2006-05-28T09:13:00.000-07:00

This is gonna be a two, maybe three part posting of some pictures I took at a Cemetary called "Gate Of Heaven."

Blue Ash Airport

2006-05-27T20:07:00.000-07:00

The Beginning

2006-05-27T19:02:00.000-07:00

Hey.
I guess im gonna be using this site to post up my pictures. I got the idea from a kid that I spent a year with in AP photo. (Thanks Chris.) That reminds me, you should check out his sweet pictures too... http://christopherthompsonphoto.blogspot.com/
Feel free to leave comments about my pictures (If you wanna say something negative do, I like constructive criticism, but come on, we are all adults here, so please remember that.) I would like to do something professional-esque with my pictures, so I thought this would be a good way for people to see them.