Burrill Strong Photography has slipped the surly bonds of Washtenaw County; yea, the fame of the impudent upstart photography firm has spread even to the utmost ends of Ft. Wayne, Indiana. Seriously.

Today I received a phone call from the Sports Information Director at Indiana-Purdue Ft. Wayne. Chad Nielsen, a newly-graduated Chelsea baseball player, recently signed to play baseball at IPFW, and the SID was looking for a photo of Nielsen for the requisite publicity surrounding the signing. He called the Chelsea Standard, and the paper pointed him in my direction; I pointed him to my site, and he selected a picture of Nielsen pitching in the state quarterfinals. Not long after I sent him the picture, he added the news release to the IPFW sports site.

So, just for now, my picture graces the front page of the IPFW sports site:

And yes, as that screenshot shows, IPFW has a great mascot and logo. IUPUI may have the cooler acronym, but as mascots go, Mastodons are far cooler than Jaguars. Also, mastodons are much better to have in a traffic jam.

(For posterity: a screenshot of the article, including my [credited] picture in all its glory. Because you never know how long content will last on the internet.)