Houston Chronicle Photographer: Karen Warren

Karen Warren has a job that many people envy. As the lead Houston Astros photographer for the Houston Chronicle, she spends countless summer nights near the dugout in Minute Maid Park photographing baseball games. Since landing at the Chronicle in 1997, she’s photographed more than 1,500 Astros games. She has also worked at 14 Super Bowls, and covered the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and a Little League World Series. In addition to keeping her eye on sports, her other duties include taking portraits of the Chronicle’s Pets of the Week.
Karen was there during the loud, exciting games when the Astros won the World Series in 2017 and lost the series in 2019. Today Minute Maid Park is a much quieter place as the Astros and their opponents play out the season before a few officials and a small contingent of media. Karen is with us this week to tell us what it’s like to cover Major League Baseball these days.