I had an assignment in Allentown NJ Monday and to me, that means a farm photo. I used to drive a mail truck through this area many years ago and it's hard to believe that a mere fifteen miles from the center of Trenton can look like the center of Iowa.

The annual Puerto Rican Day parade in Trenton is a blast to photograph. I've always worked Sundays so I've done it quite a few times (fifteen or twenty). This year's twist was I ran into a guy who went through grammar school and high school with my youngest son. (They're now in different colleges.) I talked with him a little and then took his picture, thinking I was just going to show it to my son, but with that big smile and him wrapped in the flag for protection from the sun, I decided to submit it and Ben wound up on the front page.