SHORELINES

6 Shor e l i n e S | 2016 Vol :1 S TAFF GUE S T S CONTRIBUTORS shorelines - Published by Alabama Power for the pleasure of our great lake lovers. Cover image – K arim shamsi-Basha As a surge in high school fishing sweeps across the country, the Hayden High School fishing team is a dynasty in Alabama, having won four state championships in the past five years. Photographer Karim Shamsi-Basha spent a recent afternoon at Smith Lake with the team and captured what these young anglers and their coaches are doing to remain a powerhouse. dan Guffey is a graphic designer at Alabama Power whose work has won local and regional ADDY awards, a Utilities Communicators International award and an appearance in Print's Regional Design Annual. allison WesTlaKe is a communications specialist at Alabama Power. She has served on the staffs of Coastal Living and Sandra Lee Semi- Homemade magazines, with work published in Celebrate magazine and Julep, an online publication. BoB Bl alocK, manager of the Content Development Team at Alabama Power, was an award-winning journalist in Alabama for more than three decades, mostly at The Birmingham News. He was named The News' first senior reporter and, as editorial page editor, led a project that was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. K arim shamsi-Basha Cover photographer Karim Shamsi-Basha has been a photographer for 25 years, with work published in National Geographic Traveler, Sports Illustrated, People, Time, Southern Living, B-Metro and Coastal Living. He also has published three coffee table books. The latest, "Home Sweet Home Alabama," features beautiful sites and people of the state. He has been to more than 30 countries, but his favorite place is right here in Alabama. STAFF WRITERS sar ah r eid harris Gr anT musGrove

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