Video: June Lightning Storm

A storm rolled through this afternoon. I didn't really notice it until the room got so dark I had to turn on a light! I grabbed my camera just in time to capture 15 minutes of the heart of the storm. It was a very electrically-active storm. There are quite a few lightning strikes in the video, and twice as many again, I would say, that the camera didn't catch.

Sports Photos from The Salem News

Included are sports photos I shot for The Salem News in Beverly, Mass. Sports were, by far, my favorite photos to shoot: the action! The intensity! I especially loved middle school and high school baseball. The kids got so into it. (And they were good!) It was lots of fun. All photos are by Mary Catherine Adams for The Salem News.

Jesse Anthony, winner of the elite men's race in the Witches Cup, rounds the corner onto Route 1A early in the race around Salem Common. Anthony, of Beverly, beat 70 other race finishers for the win. Photo by Mary Catherine Adams/Salem News.

An FMX pro athlete performs at trick at the Journeys Backyard BBQ Tour at Northshore Mall on Saturday. Photo by Mary Catherine Adams/Salem News. Check out the full photo gallery from the tour.

The Masconomet Chieftains celebrate their Division 2 North championship victory over the Reading Rockets at LeLacheur Park in Lowell last night. Masconomet topped Reading, 9-1. Mary Catherine Adams/Staff photos. 

 

Masco's Lee Greeley connects with the ball early in the championship game against Reading. Photo by Mary Catherine Adams/Salem News.

Amesbury's Rey Miles is called out as he tries to steal home in the first inning. Photo by Mary Catherine Adams/Salem News.

Visit my page on The Salem News' photo archive for more photos.

Feature Photos from The Salem News

Included are feature and "run of the paper" photos I shot for The Salem News in Beverly, Mass. I really enjoy taking photos of people -- they're just so interesting! It's such a rewarding challenge to earn someone's trust in the few minutes you have with them, get close enough to them to capture a good image without breaking that trust, and to capture just the right moment to tell a story in a single frame. All photos are by Mary Catherine Adams for The Salem News.

Jim Tedford, Jr., left, and Adeline Diehl sing songs whose lyrics are printed on their placemats at the Ipswich Rotary club's annual lunch for senior citizens. Photo by Mary Catherine Adams/Salem News.

Bobby Ring, 7, at left, and his brother Thomas, 5, jam on their cardboard guitars along with "All Together Now" guitarist Bruce Hilton during the first weekend of the Beverly Homecoming festival in Lynch Park. Photo by Mary Catherine Adams/Salem News.

Meat cutters trim sirloins at the start of the Texas Roadhouse restaurant meat cut-off competition. Photo by Mary Catherine Adams/Salem News.

Jack Dixon, 5, plays on a tank at Patton Park in Hamilton on Thursday afternoon. Photo by Mary Catherine Adams/Salem News. (Run of the paper.)

Dorothea Nixon, 88, laughs after trying on a Victorian-era hat left over from the Girdler House's 125th anniversary celebration. Photo by Mary Catherine Adams/Salem News.

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Photos and Stories from APS News

Here are some photos I took while working as a science writing intern at the American Physical Society. Each of these photos ran in their member newspaper, APS News.

The twenty members of the 2011 U.S. International Physics Olympiad team enjoy a rare moment of relaxation during their week-long intense training camp at the University of Maryland. Photo and story by Mary Catherine Adams. Read the full story in the July 2011 issue of APS News.

In December, about 150 physicists gathered at APS headquarters to sort abstracts for the 2011 March Meeting in Dallas. In the photo, Birgitta Whaley (UC Berkeley, left), David Rueda (Wayne State University, center) and Weigun Peng (George Washington University, right) forge ahead, undaunted by the more than 7500 abstracts that needed to be placed in sessions on the big board. Photo by Mary Catherine Adams. Originally appeared in the March 2011 issue of APS News.