Hiatus? You could say that.

I haven't posted in a while.

Why?

I say for betterment. I have had a lot of work thrown at me these last few weeks, and as my main job is to do well in my classes, that came first. Sorry, fans.

So, rather than post 3 or 4 separate entries, I decided to put them all into one packaged deal.

PJCLass: Spot News and Sports



Two of the hardest assignments I've had in my photojournalism class were spot news and sports. The assignment wasn't actually "spot news," but that's what I turned in.
My teacher, Monica Lopossay, was overall very pleased with what I turned in. So was I.

The fire was down the road from my dorm. I remember that Friday night clearly. As I was getting ready for bed, my roommate Mark called, walking back from his night job. "Hey dude, there's a fire across from Papa Johns. Just thought you should know." No sooner did we hang up was I already sprinting down the hallway to the door. I ran all the way from my dorm to the scene, a good half mile (p.s. Don't run without securing your backpack completely...my 70-200 f2.8 is not happy with me...).

This having been my first spot news scene, I was on an adrenaline rush. I was shooting nonstop, getting right up next to the engines, etc., all the stuff I was trained to do.

The night was exciting to say the least. No one was hurt, thankfully. A simple 2-alaram fire and some nice images with no one hurt or anything personal lost? Sounds alright in my book.



This shot was taken at Towson's soccer complex. The complex makes for messy backgrounds, but there are certain areas near the field, including the hill behind the far goal, that are great for clean images. I was actually standing on the hill shooting down, which gave me this insanely clean image. I wish I had got Ruck's hand in the shot, but no image is ever perfect.



Then of course there was this semester Erlich visit. Every semester the former governor speaks for Towson University Professor Richard Vatz's persuasion class. I was the lucky photog to cover it this time. I only had 20 minutes to shoot, which is a lot in this business for some assignments, so I decided to see how quickly I could produce a quality image. This is what I got. Simple, but it gets the job done.



I thought this portrait was pretty cool. David Vanko is the acting dean of Fisher College of Science and Mathematics. Ok...science. I had NO idea what to do for this prior to meeting the man. He agreed to visit his classroom, and we tried some things. I told him I had this idea of him behind something else, like something he uses for class. Well, this is what he thought to use, and I am glad he thought of it because I think it turned out well.



Well those are the biggies...here is some other stuff I shot and thought was worth posting.







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