Diego James Robles is an intern at The Orange County Register in California. He was a Summer 2008 Chips Quinn Scholar for the Rochester (N.Y.) Democrat and Chronicle. He discovered his passion for photojournalism while serving with the U.S. Army in Kosovo. He then enrolled in Ohio University’s School of Visual Communication and has been the photo editor of Athena Yearbook and Southeast Ohio magazine, and a staff photographer for The Post. He is president of the OU chapter of the National Press Photographers Association. He has worked for The Athens (Ohio) News and currently is doing work for The Athens (Ohio) Messenger. Robles is chief photographer for “Gridiron Glory,” a high school football television show and “Hardwood Heroes,” a Web site about high school basketball. He was an intern with El Deber: Diario Mayor in Bolivia (summer 2007).

DeMarcus “Chop Chop” Corley (right) is grazed with a jab from Ashley Theophane. Theopane defeated Corley with a win by a unanimous decision in eight rounds on July 31, 2008, in Rochester, N.Y.

Neighborhood children Angel Galito, 5, Carmen Quiroa, 9, Marquise Torres, 17, and Andrew St. Germain, 13, paint a mural on a utility box in Rochester, N.Y., on July 25, 2008. The money for supplies came from a United Way grant.

From left, Rochester, N.Y.-area educators Jen Hensel, Patti Reynolds and Jennifer Bradley practice yoga techniques and poses during a workshop on global literacy at Fairport High School on July 9, 2008.

Spectators watch the sky for the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds. Thousands attended the ESL International Air Show on July 26, 2008, at the Greater Rochester International Airport.

Larry Grasso (right), manager of the newly relocated Whelpley & Paul Opticians, inspects the eyes of Devon Dalton, 12, of Rochester, N.Y., on July 16, 2008.

Patrons of the Brockport Arts Festival seek cover from the rain on Aug. 10, 2008. The juried event, held each year in the town west of Rochester, N.Y., along the Erie Canal, showcased more than 100 artists and exhibitors.

Crowds in downtown Rochester, N.Y., celebrate the nation’s birthday on July 4, 2008.