Week 5 blog forum

Week 5 questions and answers

1. The most compelling photo essay in the textbook, was the "Show of Hands" photo essay. there was a consistency in the photos, all were close-ups shots of the peoples hands, and each photo you could tell right away what each person did. Also the photos included a prop that the hands were holding.
2. Some ideas about my photos essay, would be to shoot a story about the LBCC horse program. One of the mares that they own came from a ranch, it would be cool if I could trace the ranch she came from and get the story of the Mare's origins. And really dig into the history of the ranch. 

Classified Appreciation Day

Some of the faculty sitting down to eat, at Tuesdays Classified Appreciation Day in the commons cafeteria.

Andrew Feldman turning up the music. Andrew provides the background music for Tuesdays event. 

Kimberly Kopplien on the left, enjoying decorating her electric guitar.

Shout out to my fellow students in JN134

Check out Marina's blog post! Marina shot this in the hot shot cafe, its awesome how she caught the steam rising in background! http://marinabrazeal.blogspot.com/2016/04/wk-4-photos.html

Checkout Casey Faulconer's blog post about Paul! The composition is immaculate great job man!   http://camofolife.blogspot.com/2016/04/environmental-portrait.html

Week 4 blog answers

1. The most compelling item in the Code of Ethics for photojournalism is number 2, "resit being manipulated by staged photo opportunities." This is hard to avoid because people see that you have a camera and then they want to pose. Avoiding these situations is key because the results from an un-staged shot can be far more more compelling, it can portray the raw angle of living. 
2. Under the list of what "Ideally, visual Journalists should do," number 5 stood out to me, "strive to be unobtrusive and humble in dealing with subjects." This is profound because every time you go out photographing you have to be able to entrench into a certain situation get the shot then get out. 
3. For example Lynsey Addario, her work is insanely good because of the fact that she can be in the environment that she is photographing and be able to effectively and profoundly portray her subjects. 

Brian Keady

Brian Keady

Brian Keady is one of the Spanish Instructors at Linn Benton Community Collage. His Agriculture specific Spanish Class is awesome! He teaches us the farming vocab that we wouldn't get in a regular Spanish Class. 

Brian Keady

week 3 forum questions

Topic 1

For my Environmental Portrait shoot, there are two possible subjects. 

Subject 1

1. Brien Keady

2. Spanish professor at lbcc

3. The best environment to set up and to shoot the portrait would be his class room. Because the classroom is his natural place to be. 

4. The best props would possibly be if he had the projector turned on in the classroom projecting words onto the backdrop. 

5. I plan to email and then if he agrees we can set up a time that is most convenient for him. 

Subject 2

1. Gerardo Medina Nunez

2. Gerardo is the best diesel mechanic, he converted his 4x4 Toyota into a diesel 

3. The best environment would be to get him standing in front of his truck.

4. The best prop for Gerardo would be his Toyota truck

5. To contact him i would just drop by were he works and ask him if he is willing to do it. 

Topic 2

I am suposed to do a self critique. 

The worst shot. 

the main reason this is a bad shot is because there are no people in the shot! 

This shot is the best shot because it captures the moment and intensity of the baseball game against mt hood. 

3. To improve my skills, I need to get more comfortable in taking pictures of people. So that I can capture the moment more often. 

Baby Horse

Baby Horse

This is What if Aces, he is the sire of the new baby colt. 

Kelsey Kilday administered the enima for the mother of the colt, Dorine 

Here is the colt named Hick-Up, and his mother Dorine. Deana Sanders hepled the colt nurse after he was born. 

Photographer of the week

Ansel Adams

For my photographer of the week I decided to present Ansel Adams. His black and white shots of different parks in the west are dramatic and they tell a story. Ansel was born in 1902, in his early life he taught himself the piano. In 1916 during a trip to Yellowstone National park he started experimenting with photography. 

Ansel's career jump-started when his famous print "Monolith, the Face of Halfdome" was published in the Parmelian prints of the High Sierras. Ansel Adams used his amazing landscape shots to promote environmental change and awareness for the parks that he shot in. During the 1960s his photographs started to became recognized as fine art and being presented in museums and art galleries. Ansel Adams' work can be viewed in http://www.anseladams.com/

Biography.com Editors. "Ansel Adams." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 08 Apr. 2016.

The RCH testing center

RCH testing center

On Tuesday of this week I had the privilege of documenting the RCH testing center. Patty is the testing proctor for the RCH testing center. Patty has worked here for 17 years, making sure that students have the best environment for testing. 

Upon entering the office at RCH students are required to show their photos ID. That way all tests are administered to the right people.

The testing area is quite, so that students can test in a controlled and stress free environment. This type of room is very beneficial for students who have testing anxiety.

Answers to week 1 blog forum

Topic 1
I work as a field scout and also a photographer for Agricare NW. I have been an amateur photographer for 8 years and have been pro for about 2 years. My major is Agronomy, i am taking photojournalism because i would rather work as a photographer than an Ag specialist.

Topic 2 
1, Take awesome photos of people and what they are doing. 2 Learn as much as i can about photojournalism. 3 Have an awesome term!

I was thinking of taking shot of the motorcyclist that ride to school, take shots of all the bikes then a portraits of them and their bikes, and close-ups of a helmet.

Going over to the horse barn at Lbcc would be awesome! i could take an overall a medium and a close-up of the horses and riders.

The types of vehicles as a whole that the students drive would be cool too.

the book store

4/1/2016

the book store line

 

buying books 

book hunting