Horsemen get ready for the upcoming racing season at historic Monmouth Park in Oceanport. The outlook for the meet has been clouded by the negotiations between the state of NJ and a private party who wants to run the track. Years of monetary deficits and the difficult economy have forced the state to look for a private comp ... View Full Details

Of all the photos I have taken this year, none provoked more intense discussion than the story about drive through ashes given out by Father Chuck Schwartz at St. Dorothea’s Roman Catholic church in Eatontown for Ash Wednesday. Many readers wrote in calling it sacrilegious and evidence that many Catholics have become ... View Full Details

Be a part of the PUZZLE PROJECT, a collaborative art exhibit that includes works by artists like you. Anyone and everyone can submit a piece to be included in the show. It will be on display at the Middletown Arts Center from now until June and after that will travel to many diverse venues. Puzzle making workshops will be g ... View Full Details

Photo by Bob Bielk/Asbury Park Press Today we woke up to a revolution of snow, its white flag waving over everything, the landscape vanished, not a single mouse to punctuate the blankness, and beyond these windows the government buildings smothered, schools and libraries buried, the post office lost under the noiseless drif ... View Full Details

“Ansel Adams in the National Parks” is a new book with over 200 black & white photographs (50 never before published) by the legendary photographer and environmentalist who, even today, 25 years after his death, continues to inspire photographers and activists around the world. It was released just in time for the h ... View Full Details

Unlike other athletes, cross country runners are usually reserved when they win a race. No so yesterday when Kevin Byrne of Red Bank Catholic won the varsity race at the Monmouth County cross country championships at Holmdel Park. In fact, it would be hard to find an athlete who was happier with his performance.  Photo by ... View Full Details

I got a call about 7am. A gigantic, overnight fire had burned through a neighborhood on Beachway in Keansburg. When I arrived, the remnants of a large, multistory apartment building that had never been completed were still smoldering. In the early morning light, the erie remains of the high rise looked just like the twin to ... View Full Details

On Saturday October 2 from 10am-noon, the Jackson Fitness Center at 260 North County Line Rd. will host a Zumba-thon to benefit the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure Breast Cancer campaign. Everyone is welcome to participate. The donation is $10, all of which will go to help find a cure for this terrible disease. Patty Rago ... View Full Details

On a beautiful but windy day in Toms River, I was trying to capture the action at at TR East-Pt. Pleasant girls soccer game. I was standing on the sidelines with the sun behind me, the afternoon light creating strong shadows on the field. Because the wind was at my back, the ball was constantly being blown to the other side ... View Full Details

The Asbury Park Press photo staff will again cover every high school and college graduation in Monmouth and Ocean Counties for 2010. Thousands of photos will be posted online at APP.com. These photos were from the Georgian Court University graduation that I shot on May 21—Bob Bielk View Full Details

Photographing landscapes is largely a matter of appreciating the nuances of the natural (and man made) world: the way a ray of light pokes through the fog, the colorful layers in a rock formation, the way water cascades over a waterfall or the majesty of a city skyline. The preservation of the American landscape has been an ... View Full Details