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As 2024 comes to a close<\/a>, we decided to look back on the year and the many Vermonters we captured in VTDigger\u2019s photography. Whether it was summer flooding<\/a>, the total solar eclipse<\/a> or a major election<\/a>, our photographers and freelancers were there to capture it all. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Staff photographer Glenn Russell and Senior Editor Natalie Williams reflected on 20 of their favorite images and what makes them stand out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Deputy Sheriff orders a motorist not to cross under live power lines crossing Pleasant Valley Road in Underhill on Jan. 10, 2024. Photo by Glenn Russell\/VTDigger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I was walking up to where downed power lines had closed a road during a windstorm<\/a> when a driver passed by me and headed directly to where trees were hanging on the wires. Only after much high-volume remonstration, gesticulation and recrimination by the deputy sheriff was the driver convinced to turn around. I could see the driver articulating his displeasure as he drove by me the other way. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Shot in RAW and converted to jpeg. Photographed with a 70-200mm zoom at 200mm in aperture priority at f4.5 at 1\/500th of a second at auto-ISO 2000 and under-exposed by 1\/3 of a stop. Big enlargement from the original frame. My cameras capture files at about 6000 pixels across on the long side. After toning and editing, I file jpegs that are 2500 pixels. This allows me quite a bit of lossless cropping.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Glenn Russell<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lawmakers gather around the podium at the front of the House chamber during a brief recess to discuss the results of the election for sergeant-at-arms on March 1, 2024. Photo by Natalie Williams\/VTDigger Credit:<\/span> NATALIE WILLIAMS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This is one of those photos I didn\u2019t expect to take but ended up loving. I was covering the vote on the next sergeant-at-arms<\/a> for Vermont. There was an interesting moment when the Legislature broke for a quick recess due to the close vote, and around 20 people swarmed the podium at the front of the chamber to discuss the results before quickly disbanding. The rush of people reminded me of something out of a Renaissance painting. Although I can’t credit myself with creating something that beautiful, I did get a kick out of it.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Natalie Williams<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jason Eaton is unshackled by a deputy sheriff as he appears in Chittenden Superior criminal court Burlington on March 8, 2024. Eaton is charged in the shooting of three college students of Palestinian descent in Burlington in Nov. of 2023. Photo by Glenn Russell\/VTDigger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

When the man accused of shooting three Palestinian students appeared in court for the first time<\/a>, his lawyer asked the judge to have his manacles removed during the proceeding. This is not the lead photo (for one thing you can\u2019t see his face), but it adds a layer of texture to the coverage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Shot in RAW and converted to jpeg. Photographed in manual at 1\/250th of a second at f\/2.8 using a 70-200mm zoom at 116mm and under-exposed by 1\/3 of a stop with an auto-ISO of 1250. State court proceedings are open to the media, but are generally limited to one still photographer and one videographer. These pool photographers must share their work in the courtroom with other media outlets.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Glenn Russell<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eclipse viewers during totality at the State House in Montpelier on April 8, 2024. Photo by Jeb Wallace-Brodeur\/VTDigger <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

There were lots of photos produced during the total solar eclipse in April, but I think this moment that freelance photographer Jeb Wallace-Brodeur<\/a> captured is so special. It features a glimpse of the immense crowds that visited the state for this rare celestial event and really places you beside all these people gathered on the Statehouse lawn, looking up at the sky as the sun peeks over a state office building. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Natalie Williams<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A spring salamander moves through a shallow body of water in Middlesex on April 12, 2024. Photo by Natalie Williams\/VTDigger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

When VTDigger editors told brand-new intern Juan Vega de Soto<\/a> that on a rainy spring night, some residents head outside with their spatulas to go rescue salamanders, he thought we were messing with him. Before he knew it, he was out in the field<\/a> learning that amphibian counts are, in fact, a real thing. I was lucky enough to join this adventure and see this rare spring salamander that filled our North Branch Nature Center guide with delight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Natalie Williams<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A University of Vermont student who declined to identify themselves further speaks during a rally at a Palestinian solidarity encampment at UVM in Burlington on April 29, 2024. Among the protesters demands is the cancellation of this year’s graduation commencement speaker U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield. Photo by Glenn Russell\/VTDigger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

News photographers work at the intersection of information and aesthetics. With preparation and luck, the two converge. This image is just one in an ongoing body of coverage that hopefully helps to illustrate a complex issue. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Photographed in aperture priority with a 20mm at f\/7.1 at 1\/800 of a second using an auto-ISO of 100 under-exposed by a stop. Shooting wide from down low is a tried-and-true technique to keep the background clean with a dramatic foreground.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Glenn Russell<\/em>   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rep. Martin Lalonde, D-South Burlington, left, chats with Rep. Larry Satkowitz, D-Randolph, during a break on the floor of the House at the Statehouse in Montpelier on May 8, 2024. Photo by Glenn Russell\/VTDigger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The media is no longer allowed on the perimeter of the floor of the House of Representatives chamber, in a break with long-standing precedent. So we have to make pictures where we can, in this case from the public gallery during a break in debate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Shot in RAW and converted to jpeg. Photographed with a 70-200mm at 135mm, 250th of a second at f2.8 in manual and auto-ISO of 125, under-exposed by 1\/3 of a stop. Exposed for the highlight of the subject in the window. Exposed and color-balanced towards daylight (more blue, exterior light) for the subject while letting the chamber go tungsten-colored (more yellow, interior light) and darker.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Glenn Russell<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Farmer Eugene Ethier discusses how he has adapted his land use practices as part of the effort to create a more diverse ecosystem at the Lemon Fair Wildlife Management Area in Cornwall on May 16, 2024. Photo by Glenn Russell\/VTDigger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This farmer played a secondary role in a story I was covering but he had such character I had to photograph him. He was a real old-timer, with a thick French accent, and he was dressed in Dickies top and bottom. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Shot in RAW and converted to jpeg. Photographed in aperture-priority at f2.8 at 1\/2000th of a second using an auto-ISO of 100 and under-exposed by 1\/3 of a stop using a 70-200mm zoom at 200. Using auto-ISO ensures the highest quality (lowest-ISO) file. Under-exposing at ISO 100 makes it easy to retain the most detail in the highlights while being able to get detail in the shadows.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Glenn Russell<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nancy Morin at her house on River Street in Barre on June 20, 2024. She and her husband were flooded out of their home last year by water from the Stevens Branch of the Winooski River. Photo by Glenn Russell\/VTDigger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I photographed Nancy Morin at her flood-ravaged home that she has had to abandon. It\u2019s a weird gig I have. I interject myself into people\u2019s lives at their most sensitive moments. I get close quickly, I make that connection, I take pictures and I leave. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Shot in RAW and converted to jpeg. Photographed with a 50mm at f\/2.8 at 1\/500th of a second in aperture priority at auto-ISO 250 under-exposed by 1\/3 of a stop.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Glenn Russell<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Motorists and pedestrians attempt to pass over high water along Wolcott Street in Hardwick on July 11, 2024. Photo by Josh Kuckens\/VTDigger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Josh Kuckens<\/a>, one of our freelance photographers, is based in the Northeast Kingdom. With so much of the 2024 flooding focused in Caledonia County towns like Hardwick, Kuckens captured many images of the high waters and damage in the area. This one stands out to me since it has so many layers to it \u2014 the people, the cars, the homes, the high water, the mud, the Hardwick Farmers Market banner, etc. Your eye has so many things to look at, and the photo illustrates just how significant and harrowing these floods have been for Vermonters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Natalie Williams<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The remains of an apartment building that collapsed into the Winooski River during flooding overnight is seen in Plainfield on July 11, 2024. An adjacent bridge was also washed away. Photo by Glenn Russell\/VTDigger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The devastating floods of July 2024<\/a> washed away much of Plainfield. I walked down to where the now-quiet waterway had destroyed a building the night before. The person in red was doing the same thing and turned to leave as I raised my camera. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Shot in RAW and converted to jpeg. Photographed in aperture-priority at f\/5.6 and 1\/500th of a second, under-exposed by 1\/3 of a stop at auto-ISO 220 with a 24-120mm zoom at 24mm. The human element, out of focus in the foreground, adds a compositional and emotional element to the photo of the damage across the river.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Glenn Russell<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A vehicle is snarled in flood debris in Lyndon on July 31, 2024. Photo by Jeb Wallace-Brodeur\/VTDigger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Another scary flood moment, this time captured by freelance photographer Jeb Wallace-Brodeur, shows a red car caught up in flood debris. The high waters can be so powerful, and this really depicts a single instance of just how floods can tear through trees, power lines and cars, among many other things. From the amount of debris to the downward angle of the car, I found this moment to be so striking. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Natalie Williams<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, and Assistant Secretary for Health for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Admiral Rachel Levine tour flood damage on Severance Hill Road Lyndonville on Aug. 5, 2024. Photo by Glenn Russell\/VTDigger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This is the photo that\u2019s not the photo. By that I mean that this picture of a congressional visit to a flood-ravaged farm doesn\u2019t show the farm, the farmer, the senator or the storm damage. It shows someone struggling with an umbrella as rain begins to fall. The photo is intended as a metaphor, not a literal representation of loss. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Shot in RAW and converted to jpeg. Photographed with a 20mm at f5.6 at one 500th of a second, under-exposed by 1\/3 of a stop at auto-ISO 1400.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Glenn Russell<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Shela Estella, right, chats with Niyukuri Hussein during a meeting of a knitting group for New Americans in Winooski on Sept. 12, 2024. Photo by Glenn Russell\/VTDigger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

These ladies initially took notice, but quickly forgot about me as they got down to business. Whether knitting<\/a> or gossiping, relationships demonstrated by gazes and gestures is what I was looking for. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Shot in RAW and converted to jpeg. Shot in manual with a 50mm at f1.8 and 125th of a second at auto-ISO 1600 and under-exposed by 1\/3 of a stop. This is just one frame from a take where I used the 20mm, the 50mm and 70-200mm. The 20 and 50 are very fast (very light-sensitive) f1.8 maximum aperture prime (meaning fixed focal length lenses) and the 70-200 zoom lens is a fast 2.8 (albeit one and one third of a stop slower – less sensitive to light – than the f1.8 lenses I use).)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Glenn Russell<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Terri Ann Garrett and her granddaughter Sariyah, age 6, along with her husband, are living with a stranger who opened their home to the unhoused family. Seen in Barre on Sept. 24, 2024. Photo by Glenn Russell\/VTDigger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We met Terri and her granddaughter Sariyah<\/a> at a neutral spot where they told us about their experience of being unhoused. I have to build trust quickly and to try to get people to be themselves during often fraught moments. Sariyah forgot about me for a moment while Terri spoke, and that\u2019s when I took this picture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Shot in RAW and converted to jpeg. Photographed with a 20mm lens in aperture priority at f\/5.6 and 1\/125th of a second, under-exposed by 1\/3 of at stop at auto-ISO 100.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Glenn Russell<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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People follow election results during a Democratic Party election night gathering in South Burlington on Nov. 5, 2024. Photo by Glenn Russell\/VTDigger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It got pretty somber pretty quick at the election night viewing party hosted by the Democrats in South Burlington. By the end, there were only a few stragglers straggling. This is the last photo I shot that night, Shot in RAW and converted to jpeg. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Shot loose to show the emptiness with a 20mm f1.8 at 125th of a second in manual at auto-ISO 1400 and under-exposed by 2\/3 of a stop. I could have burned down (darkened) the TV screen a bit and I\u2019m not pleased with the person\u2019s arm in the background coming out of the woman\u2019s face, but otherwise OK.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Glenn Russell<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sen. Alison Clarkson, D-Windsor, gets a standing ovation after the incumbent was defeated in a race for majority leader during a caucus of Senate Democrats at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Nov. 16, 2024. Photo by Glenn Russell\/VTDigger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This is a moment of personal loss in public, which is always a dicey situation. The caucus takes place in a small room full of senators and onlookers. I was able to discreetly move to be where I needed to be so I could get Sen. Clarkson\u2019s reaction in the foreground. I only wish Senator Baruth on the right was also looking at her when she bowed her head. But maybe him looking away is part of the story. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Shot in RAW and converted to jpeg. Shot in manual with a 20mm at f2.8 and 250th of a second at auto-ISO 2500 and under-exposed by 2\/3 of a stop. The room is window-lit from two sides. Your exposure has to change as you move around the room.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Glenn Russell<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lia Mari Menard attends a vigil in the memory of her brother Lucas Menard and his wife Tammy in Montpelier on Nov. 30, 2024. The unhoused couple passed away in a tent in Wolcott. Photo by Glenn Russell\/VTDigger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Lia Menard spoke eloquently about her brother\u2019s life and the circumstances around his death and the death of his wife as an unhoused couple living in a tent. It\u2019s never easy to photograph people in distress, but it has to be done in an honest and respectful way. I just try to be quiet and look and listen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Shot in RAW and converted to jpeg. Shot in manual with a 50mm at f1.8 and 125th of a second at auto-ISO 2000 and under-exposed by a stop. I photograph with two mirrorless cameras which are much quieter than DLSRs. There\u2019s no sound from the mirror flapping up and down with each frame taken.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Glenn Russell<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Drag queen Lavender Homicide applies lashes in Bethel on Dec. 7, 2024. Photo by Natalie Williams\/VTDigger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I am always a fan of photos that can take you behind the scenes of an event \u2014 in this case I got to see drag queen Lavender Homicide<\/a> getting ready for a photoshoot. As she puts on her lashes and a \u201cRocky Horror Picture Show\u201d poster looks on, it sets the scene of her aesthetic and the performance that is to come. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Natalie Williams <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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University of Vermont fans watch as the UVM men\u2019s soccer team scores the winning goal in overtime to defeat Marshall University in the Division I national championship at Nectar\u2019s in Burlington on Dec. 16, 2024. Photo by Glenn Russell\/VTDigger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This is one of a series of frames I shot just as the winning goal in overtime<\/a> was about to be scored. The moment is all about anticipation. The next frame that shows the crowd\u2019s reaction (which is bonkers) after the goal was scored is cool but this picture is the one. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Shot in RAW and converted to a jpeg with a 50mm f1.8 at 125th of a second in manual, under-exposed by one stop using auto-ISO 7200. I almost always under-expose my digital files \u2014 paradoxically, the darker it gets, the more I under-expose.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Glenn Russell<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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