Multiple Flash

 Cagaty Ozturk, left, and Andrew Helmreich practice Jiu-Jitsu at Zen's Gym in downtown Columbia. Jiu-Jitsu, a Brazilian style of ground fighting, has seen an increase in popularity since the widespread popularization of mixed martial arts fighting.

Basic human light-stand set-up. 

Others.

Color Correction

Ron Dameron, a chef at HuHot Mongolian Grill, slides freshly prepared food off of the restaurant's donut-shaped grill. The restaurant features a buffet where customers can choose from numerous uncooked ingredients, add a little sauce and then watch their meal cooked right before their eyes, dinner and a show. Dameron, who has worked at HuHot for 3 years and 9 months exactly, is an old pro, his behind-the-back spatula tosses and egg juggling show the veteran grillmaster's hard earned skills.

I think this is probably pretty self-explanatory. I crouched and used direct flash for this shot. 

Thanks to the manager at HuHot for being cool with me shooting up his restaurant.

Others...

Bryan Degase, 1.5 year vet at HuHot

Ben Gilbert, master spatula handler. This guy did at least four behind-the back spins, very impressive.

Fill/Balance

After the TransCanada Corporation proposed the Keystone XL extension to their US pipeline, Nebraska rancher/landowner Tom Genung decided to get involved. 

Genung hasn't fought for any cause before, but this is one he thinks is worth it. 

Single Flash

 Direct

Trainer Jeff Watson spits water into the mouth of his 1,500-pound Kodiak brown bear. Watson and Brody drew crowds for their performances at the Missouri Deer Classic Saturday and Sunday. During the show Watson performed tricks with Brody and talked to the crowd about bear safety.

The lighting for this one is pretty self-explanatory. I stood outside the bear's cage and shot a flash into both Jeff's and the bear's faces. 

Bounced

Augustine Accurso, an employee at Get Lost Bookstore, works on a Sudoku puzzle in the paper during some down time. "There's usually a lot to do here," Accurso said. "There's rarely any down time." Columbia-raised Accurso has been working at Get Lost since last November.

I tried bouncing my flash off of everything I could find that was even a little white or reflective. I am pretty sure that my select from this take was bounced off the cash register. 

Also...

He had a cub with him too, it kinda looked like a pig.