Gillespie, who admits that “my life’s become all about distractions, finding things to keep me from thinking about what I think about when it’s just me and my thoughts,” found an outlet in the skills that have made him an award-winning photojournalist. Setting up a small studio in the basement of his northern Anne Arundel County home, he began taking pictures of his co-workers, as well as the families of those who died in the shooting. The by turns sad and defiant results can be found in “Journalists Matter: Faces of the Capital Gazette,” an online photo gallery Gillespie set up, with hopes of turning it into a book and organizing an exhibit in the Annapolis area.