Recent Photojournalism

Andrew Heymann walks a slackline beneath the M.B. Miller County Pier in Panama City Beach. Slacklining differs from tight wires and tightropes in that they are tensioned to create a line with bounce and stretch like a long and thin trampoline. (Panama City Photographer | Andrew Wardlow)

Justin Johnson visually inspects the inside of a pipe at Berg Steel Pipe Corp. in Panama City. (Panama City Photographer | Andrew Wardlow)

Beulah Bowers enjoys the 29th annual Martin Luther King Festival in Panama City. (Panama City Photographer | Andrew Wardlow)

Authorities stop vehicles along Beach Drive in Panama City after a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officer was shot. (Panama City Photographer | Andrew Wardlow)

Ron Rabiansky shines up his 1939 Ford at the Emerald Coast Cruizin’ car show in Panama City Beach. (Panama City Beach Photographer | Andrew Wardlow)

A Great Egret looks for an afternoon snack along Lake Caroline in Panama City. (Panama City Photographer | Andrew Wardlow)

Water beads up on a car window near the Panama City Christmas Tree. (Panama City Photographer | Andrew Wardlow)

Tony Smith fishes beneath the Hathaway Bridge in Panama City. Smith said he was fishing for “whatever bites.” (Panama City Photographer | Andrew Wardlow)

Taylor, 10. picks out the perfect bonsai tree in Cottondale, Florida. (Panama City Photographer / Andrew Wardlow)

Brian Elms takes photos with his phone as Prudence Poole Mason catches a wave on her surfboard at St. Andrews State Park in Panama City Beach. (Panama City Beach Photographer / Andrew Wardlow)

Bozeman’s Nate Robinson misses a pass against the Chiefs on Friday night. (Panama City Photographer / Andrew Wardlow)

U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland speaks to a group of health care professionals about the impact of the Affordable Care Act at Gulf Coast State College in Panama City . (Panama City Beach Photographer / Andrew Wardlow)

Congressional candidate Gwen Graham talks with Bill Wallace after planting smooth cordgrass along the shoreline of St. Andrew Bay in Panama City on Wednesday. The Panama City stop completed the eight-day “Grilling With The Grahams” tour of the fourteen counties in Florida’s Second Congressional District. (Panama City Beach Photographer / Andrew Wardlow)

Jesus Martines and Maria Santana have a water gun fight near the M.B. Miller County Pier in Panama City Beach. (Panama City Beach Photographer / Andrew Wardlow)

Colonel David Graff, 325th Fighter Wing commander, gets sprayed with water by three of his kids as he exits a T-38 after his final flight at Tyndall Air Force Base in Panama City on Thursday. Graff will soon retire, and the flight signified the end of a successful career as a pilot and commander in the U.S. Air Force. (Panama City Photographer / Andrew Wardlow)

A bee feeds on a flower in Panama City Beach. (Panama City Beach Photographer / Andrew Wardlow)

David Hayes plein-air draws a street scene in charcoal along Beck Ave. in Panama City. (Panama City Photographer / Andrew Wardlow)

The Cape San Blas Lighthouse is moved to Port St. Joe on Tuesday. The lighthouse, which stood more than 100 years, came under dire threat after Hurricane Isaac took significant shoreline the summer of 2012 following years of erosion in the area. The structure will be erected at George Core Park in Port St. Joe. (Andrew Wardlow / The News Herald)

Kegan Nelson and fellow graduates listen to the keynote address during the graduation ceremony at New Horizons Leaning Center in Panama City. (Panama City Photographer / Andrew Wardlow)

Luis Rodriguez net fishes near the Hathaway Bridge in Panama City. (Panama City Beach Photographer / Andrew Wardlow)

From left, Lt. David Jernigan and firefighter Jason Tate work a vehicle fire during a training exercise in Panama City. (Panama City Photographer / Andrew Wardlow)

A man enjoys a walk along St. Andrew Bay in Panama City. (Panama City Photographer / Andrew Wardlow)

Workers place an F-101 Voodoo jet aboard a barge at the Panama City Marina. The jet is on its way into the Gulf of Mexico to form an artificial reef. (Panama City Photographer / Andrew Wardlow)

Florida State University Police Officer Duane Gorey patrols a building at the Panama City campus. (Panama City Photographer / Andrew Wardlow)

Ronnie Shellist performs during the M. Hohner Harmonica Traveling Roadshow at Leitz Music in downtown Panama City on Tuesday. The event included giveaways, harmonica lessons, free harmonica repairs, live performances and much more. (Panama City Photographer Andrew Wardlow)

Harry Patel poses inside one of the five Bay County hotels for which he filed a claim after the Gulf Oil Spill. Patel’s “slam dunk” claims on his two Panama City Beach hotels have not been paid since oil giant BP agreed to settle a class action lawsuit in 2012. (Panama City Photographer Andrew Wardlow)

Left, Watchers anticipate the turtle release at Crooked Island Beach access in Tyndall Air Force Base. At right, Gulf World’s Stephanie Nagle participates in a turtle release at Crooked Island Beach access in Tyndall Air Force Base. The turtles were cold-stunned in January and were released after being successfully rehabilitated. (Panama City Photographer Andrew Wardlow)

Pensacola State’s Will Mullen makes the flying grab as Gulf Coast’s Max Bartlett steals second base in Panama City. (Panama City Sports Photographer Andrew Wardlow)

Rachel Duvall gives her mother, Diane Sweeney, a kiss in Panama City. (Panama City Photographer Andrew Wardlow)

Bozeman’s Bubba Thompson prepares to go to the plate against Northview. (Panama City Photographer Andrew Wardlow)

Rutherford’s Olivia competes in the tournament at the Edgewater Beach Resort in Panama City Beach on Thursday.

Pam Hutton paints a beach scene during the Beach Art Group’s “Plein Air Tuesdays” event at the Landmark Condominiums in Panama City on Tuesday. The event takes place every Tuesday at a different location from 8:00 am until noon. (Panama City Photographer Andrew Wardlow)

A duck watches over her ducklings near Lake Caroline in Panama City on Thursday. (Panama City Photographer Andrew Wardlow)

Jeanette Best hugs the two boys she is caregiver for at her Panama City home. (Panama City Photographer Andrew Wardlow)

Left, Blake plays under a parachute during the Special Olympics at Tommy Oliver Stadium in Panama City on Friday. At right, Special Olympians and others parade around the track at Tommy Oliver Stadium in Panama City. (Panama City Photographer Andrew Wardlow)

Glenn Carwell tastes a sample of SeaBreeze Winery’s award-winning wines at the Panama City Beach store on Tuesday. (Panama City Beach Photographer Andrew Wardlow)

Versie Johnson Henry, left, dances with her daughter, Joyce Henry, at her 100th birthday party at the Panama City Nursing Center on Friday. (Panama City Photographer Andrew Wardlow)

Left, a small alligator suns on the bank of Gator Lake at St. Andrews State Park in Panama City Beach on Monday. At right, Jennifer Alvarado, a visitor from Tennessee, looks at a 5-ft. alligator through borrowed binoculars. It was the first alligator she had ever seen in person. (Panama City Photographer Andrew Wardlow)

Rutherford’s Randall Smith runs a drill during practice on Tuesday. (Panama City Sports Photographer Andrew Wardlow)

Gulf Coast’s Ryan Koziol forces out Darton College’s Rashad Billups at second base in Panama City on Friday. (Panama City Photographer/Andrew Wardlow)

A Hutchison Beach Elementary School fifth-grader works on a Valentine’s Day assignment in class on Thursday. (Panama City Photographer Andrew Wardlow)

Patrick Longpre taps in a putt on the 9th hole at the Holiday Golf Club in Panama City Beach on Monday evening. The course is undergoing a substantial renovation this spring and is replacing every green on the course.(Panama City Photographer Andrew Wardlow)

Icicles hang near the M.B. Miller County Pier in Panama City Beach on Wednesday. (Panama City Photographer Andrew Wardlow)

Sue Morrison watches as Chris McAdams scrapes ice from her car at Walmart in Panama City Beach on Wednesday. (Panama City Photographer Andrew Wardlow)

Ricky Mamoran and Trenton enjoy each other’s company at Mamoran’s home on Thursday. A U.S. Army veteran, Mamoran, who lives in Panama City, suffered a traumatic brain injury while serving in Iraq. Once discharged from the military, doctors suggested Mamoran consider a dog. (Panama City Photographer Andrew Wardlow)

Left, Rutherford’s Quentin Reese gets tripped up by Mosley’s Anthony Gentili in Panama City Beach. At right, Gulf Breeze’s Megan Hawkins collides with Mosley’s Elizabeth Vickers in Panama City Beach. (Panama City Photographer Andrew Wardlow)

Left, Bulah Bowers and others enjoy a performance during the Martin Luther King Jr. Day event at McKenzie Park in Panama City. At right, Frank Hogan attends the Martin Luther King Jr. Day event. (Panama City Photographer Andrew Wardlow)

A man walks by one of Ricky Steele’s Martin Luther King Jr.-related paintings during the Martin Luther King Jr. Day event at McKenzie Park in Panama City on Monday. The painting entitled “The Protest” is of Memphis Sanitation workers. King was assassinated while in Memphis aiding the sanitation workers in their efforts to be treated fairly. (Panama City Photographer Andrew Wardlow)

Mark Youngblood paddle boards Monday at St. Andrews State Park in Panama City Beach. (Panama City Photographer Andrew Wardlow)

WWII Army veteran Grady Jeffres gets emotional while talking to Florida Governor Rick Scott at Clifford Sims State Veterans’ Nursing Home in Panama City. (Panama City Photographer Andrew Wardlow)

A kiteboarder takes advantage of high winds at Carl Gray Park in Panama City. (Panama City Photographer Andrew Wardlow)

Emily Aaron, 8, enjoys the warmth of the bus before heading to school at Hutchison Beach Elementary in Panama City Beach on Tuesday. (Panama City Photographer Andrew Wardlow)

Left, a woman slides ice in Panama City Beach. At right, ice-covered plants are seen in Panama City Beach. (Panama City Photographer Andrew Wardlow)