Archive for November, 2006
60 feet above ground
The local Fire Department got a new ladder truck. It’s basically a hydraulic basket thing. The local press was invited to get a demonstration. A shot from the ground of the truck would be boring and what you would expect. So when I was offered to go up in it I didn’t hesitate.It was kind [...]
Portrait of an animal ambulance driver
Assignment: Shoot a portrait of an animal ambulance driverSo a couple of days ago I talked about a portrait style photo that really didn’t work at all.This one however I’m really happy about. Nothing really happens in the photo, but to me, this could be a text book portrait.The man is a former EMT (Emergency [...]
Boxing
Assignment: Shoot pictures from a local boxing clubI was assigned to shoot some photos from a local boxing club. There are some obvious shots that you would most likely expect to see. Such as this one:To me that’s a pretty standard boxing gym photo. Somebody putting handwraps on.The lighting in the gym was straight out [...]
Getting some heat
I stated that this blog is about my experiences working as a photojournalist on a newspaper. It was always my plan to post both the good and bad experiences.. That’s what you learn from.Here’s one that falls into the category of “Not so good”.I’ve mentioned this before and I’ll say it again. Quite a few [...]
First Slideshow
So as mentioned a while back, one of my plans when buying the M-Audio Microtrack was to make some slideshows. I finally got around to recording some audio during a hockey game, so I had some audio to mess around with and test some stuff.Anyway here’s my first slideshow containing Audio!Click image to launch slideshow.
Operation Day’s Work
Assignment: Capture images from the Operation Day’s Work Workshop.Every year high school students have something called “Operation Day‚Äôs Work”. One day each year they do various things to collect money to whatever good cause they choose every year. This year the money will go to Africa.One of the schools had a workshop on the school [...]
First snow
Assignment: Capture first snow of the yearThe first snow fell on November 1st. So of course it had to be captured.
