The Glowing Eye

       3 quarters ago, our Multimedia teacher Mr Jones had our class share images that we wish we would have taken. Famous or not the images had to have substance behind them, and more than just snapshots

 I had a hard time narrowing it down and for me it really came down to a lot of historical photos and what great stories each of them told. I would love to revisit this as we learn more and we become more critical. I am curious what images people would keep, or replace. I came across this photo today and looked it over and over. Its just amazing.  I decided I am investing in a fancy telescope and hope to get into space photography soon. Until that takes off, I will keep shooting what I love and enjoy this image for a long time to come!

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Photojournalism & Sports

What a great week! This week was our sports assignment. I went back to my high school (10 years away have flown by). The players, the cheers, the t shirts, and the parents are all still the same, just different people. My brothers both developed a love for football early on so I was raised as one of the "field rats"! We grew up with concession stand corndogs and nachos with gatorade as staples in our diet. It felt so good to hit the grass on friday night. Norcross took Northview 31-2 . It was a big learning curve and I highly underestimated the task at hand. It Started to rain early on but broke just before gametime. I learned it was better to watch the game beside your camera rather than through it. Warning: Watching football through the camera may cause dizziness and slight disorientation..All in all I am happy with what I got and look forward to going back this week, only in my neck of the woods when Norcross plays North Forsyth on their field. Hooray for the fall!

 

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Gwinnett County Fair

  

Two weeks ago I had the priviledge of shooting the Gwinnett County Fair "Livestock Competition" for 10 days. It was a great experience and I made some great connections. They invited me to come back next year. Tonight I came across this photo and it made me excited about editing these photos. Fun stuff!

1st Photojournalism assignment

 Today we had our first assignment for photojournalism class .We got an email @ 6am to go shoot a "rain feature" before class. We had to capture people, rain and some sort of scene that would help tell the story.I left the house and of course, no rain! As I got closer to school the rain came down and I was able to at least get a few that I was happy with. I do have to get people not smiling though, it looks too staged. Overall, a fun time and a great way to start an exciting quarter!!

Multimedia II with Mr Jones

So fall quarter is in full swing and one of my classes encorporates blogging. How to do it the right way and how powerful it can be. I have enjoyed blogging and am looking forward to finding new ways to use it to my advantage. We have to update at least daily so be on the lookout for lots of new and exciting post. We have also hit the ground running in our other classes, advanced portraiture and photojournalism! Sports shooting this weekend. Looking forward to a great fall!

"The Great Flood of 2009"

 And what an understatement this all was in the beginning... It started it out as two weeks of rain everyday everywhere. Last Monday there was a monsoon and by Tuesday everything was underwater, in several areas throughout metro Atlanta. I have never seen anything quite like this and to see what we did in person has made me even more thankful for the life I have. I had a great day out with my classmate Damian and Demetrius a graduate from last year. It was a wet, smelly, and emotional day. We stopped frequently and spoke to lots of different people that were affected by the flood. Several people had teary eyes but most were very strong and even though they felt helpless they did have a sense of purpose and that somehow they would push through this. I was really caught by surprise at how nice and helpful everyone was to us. The police pointed us to spots along the way, strangers took us in their home to show us the devastation, and a man told us a story of his children growing up at the ball fields that were now submerged in water and would never be the same. We begin our photojournalism quarter this week and I cannot wait to see what the next few months hold!

                                                 

                                     

                              

                                     

                             

                                               

 

                                       

                                              

                                   

                                    

    You can check out all of my images from that day here