Senior class sponsor, 5-foot tall Ann Fleury, uses a chair to help 6-foot 3-inch tall Shane Blair with his graduation cap as he prepares for the 2012 Lakewood Ranch High School commencement ceremony at the Manatee Convention Center in Palmetto.
It is estimated that it takes 20 support personnel to put one soldier into battle. For a graduate it takes an army. The cafeteria lady, teachers, bus drivers, janitors, coaches, school nurse, facility and family are just a few of the people it takes to get a graduate on the stage, shake hands and moved the tassel.
Congratulations to that army and to the graduates as they begin the next chapter of in their life.
-Grant Jefferies
Grant Jefferies, a native of Palmetto and chief photographer at the Bradenton Herald, has been capturing moments in the lives of Manatee County residents for over 25 years. Images from the streets of Cuba and Haiti to the clay fields of the Little League World Series and beyond have been captured through the lenses of Jefferies' cameras. Jefferies can be found on his sailboat when his feet are not on land.
Tiffany Tompkins-Condie is in her 13th year as a photojournalist at the Bradenton Herald. Through the years she has covered crimes and carnivals; feasts and floods. Her postings will vary from events in Manatee County's back yard to the work of photojournalists covering the stories of our times from around the world. 
Paul Videla has been a staff photographer with the Bradenton Herald since 2002, when he made the move from Detroit, Mich. When he's not working,
he enjoys hunting for unique LPs at the area's plethora of thrift stores and continually works to improve his baking chops(as the records spin and his dog waits for handouts).
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