Bootcamp Braids

With braids flying, Ramona Brayboy of St. Petersburg does squats, crunches and twists with a weight during Saturday's St. Pete Boot Camp led by Damon Reio at North Shore Park. There are boot camps seven days a week, with the schedule and more information available on their website.

Black Friday

Surrounded by reflections of shoppers and mannequins, Willie Newton of St. Petersburg, center, has his arms full of good deals on clothing for his kids. He and his wife Tawana Newton spent about 45 minutes in line to get to the cash register at Old Navy in the Tyrone Square Mall on Black Friday. "But it's worth it," he said. They started their day at 6 a.m., shopping at Radio Shack and Victoria's Secret before stopping at the Old Navy, on their way to Target.

Fishing Feature

Every afternoon Javier Vara of St. Petersburg heads down to the seawall alongside the Gandy Bridge, with the hope of catching some trout for dinner. "It's so much better here than the Skyway, which is elbow-to-elbow with people," said Vara.

Morningwood

I wasn't really familiar with their music, other than that catchy song that XM Radio played to death. You know, the one where they spell their band's name... M-O...M-O-R...M-O-R-N-I-N-G...W-O-O-D... But I had a blast shooting Morningwood at RibFest because they put on a really entertaining, high-energy show and lead singer Chantal Claret was a total ham. Security was really cool (note: I was the only photographer there) and let me practically stand on the stage, even offering to help me on and off of these big speaker boxes to get a better angle. So at one point, Chantal spots me over on the side of the stage, never missing a beat, she walked right up to me, acting like she was shooting pictures of me. Then she started getting really close to my lens and making funny face, blowing kisses and being a goofball. I wasn't sure what else to do, so I just smiled and kept shooting.