These are a collection of images that were shot in-between the gaps of long term projects or during assignment work.
Gene Wood of Long Island holds a balloon up while it begins to inflate during the New Jersey Festival of Ballooning at Solberg Airport in Whitehouse Station, New Jersey.
Young adults jump off the pier in Coney Island, New York.
Richard Applegate of North Brunswick, New Jersey looks to his left after hearing the flapping of birds wings during a pheasant hunt in the Assunpink Wildlife Management area in Monroe, New Jersey.
A dirt biker poses for a portrait on a hill in Corning, Ohio.
Greg Attonito plays the guitar during his solo album release party at the Watermark Bar and Grille in Asbury Park, New Jersey. Attonito was originally the lead singer for the New Jersey made band The Bouncing Souls.
A saltwater fish mural on a ice cream shop in Long Beach Island, New Jersey.
John Needman of Keansburg, NJ poses for a portrait during the arrival of Hurricane Irene in Keansburg, New Jersey.
Beach-goers get handed sombreros during the 25th annual New Jersey Sandcastle competition in Belmar, New Jersey.
Crowds stare in awe during The Flaming Lips performance at the Nelsonville Music Festival in Nelsonville, Ohio.
Simon Press works out in the extreme heat while Rich Campo watches in a cardiovascular park in Asbury Park, New Jersey.
Scott Montoya hits a rock with a baseball bat while other members of the band The Growlers hang out on top of their tour bus during the Nelsonville Music Festival in Nelsonville, Ohio.
Runners in the Undy 5000 5k run and walk run through a mist provided by the Long Branch fire department on the boardwalk in Pier Village in Long Branch, New Jersey. The Undy 5000 5k is a race that raises money and awareness for colon cancer throughout the country.
Carmine Annunziata, of Keansburg, points at the flooding from Hurricane Irene showing his grandson the water levels in Keansburg, New Jersey.
A motorcyclist sits against a truck and smokes a cigar after riding hundreds of miles with the America’s 9/11 Ride Foundation on August 20, 2011 in Linden, New Jersey. The foundation hosts a motorcycle ride with thousands of motorcyclists to raise money for the families of disasters which started after the attacks on September 11, 2001.