Week 3 Post

Topic 1: For my environmental portraits I was thinking one of the baseball coaches would be a fun shoot. Both coaches are young and somewhat new to the job, so it would be cool to get know them. The best environment would be after practice so I could set him up in good lighting and he wouldn't be busy. Some good props for the picture would be a bat and glove or in the dugout with the props behind him. I know Mike and Andy pretty well from playing baseball and I think they would be okay with it anytime they are not busy. My second idea would be doing a shoot on my roommate Jack, who has been a tree trimmer for over 3 years. Jack has all of the gear and equipment that we could use for props. I see Jack everyday and we actually have a tree in our back yard that needs trimmed, so it would work out great to get some shots of that.


Topic 2: The best picture that I've taken this year is the one that I took of Kylen and Alex playing guitar in the courtyard. I've also taken some very beautiful pictures at the tulip festival but haven't posted them for the class. What I love most about this photo is how well the colors pop, and how it gives the viewer an idea of whats going on and where they are at. My worst photos this year came from my first "Humans of LBCC" post because of the fact that I didn't have very much experience or a camera. Since then I feel I have learned a lot about the quality of photos and how to take pictures that capture what is going on. I think to improve I need to start bringing my camera everywhere I go, and get a feel for what is good lighting and what is not. The more pictures that I take, the more that I will learn and that is exactly what my goal is for this upcoming week.

Week 2 Post

Photographer of the Week:

-My Photographer of the week is Art Wolfe. Art is an award-winning wildlife photographer from Seattle, Washington and has been blowing people away with his photos for over 50 years. Over his 50 years of photography, he has taken an estimated 3 million photos and has traveled to every continent to do so. Wolfe's work has been seen in the National Geographic, Smithsonian, Audubon, GEO, and Terre Sauvage. What I love most about his work is the passion for his pictures, and how he continues to find the beauty in everything around him. In 1978 he published his first book with Dr Allan Lobb called, "Indian Baskets of the Northwest Coast". Dr. Lobb loved Wolfe's work so much that he began putting it up in the Swedish Medical Center, where it began to be notarized by people all over the world.

Lynsey Addario:

- So far in Lynsey Addario's book I have really enjoyed the passion that she brings to her photography and how she started with just a small Nikon camera. What I also like about Lynsey is she never really new what she was getting herself into when she would go on her trips, she just knew that she loved it. The courage that it would take to go to a foreign place with only your camera and a little bit of money is crazy to me. I think that as photojournalist students, we can learn a lot from the way that Lynsey lives life, chasing her dreams and doing whatever makes her happy. My favorite quote so far is "It was a way to tell a story. It was the marriage of travel and foreign cultures and curiosity and photography. It was photojournalism"(19). I loved this quote because I feel a lot of people think that photojournalism is just taking pictures, but it's more about the story of a picture and I feel that Lynsey has done a great job showing that.

Humans of LBCC #2

Kylen McKinney (Left)

“My name is Kylen McKinney and I am currently a horticulture major at LBCC. My time at LBCC has been enjoyable but it’s only my second term here so there is much more to look forward to. After my time here is done I hope to own a nursery and small organic farm, that I can turn into a bed and breakfast for people to stay at. One of my favorite hobbies is playing guitar and I haven’t got to do it as much as I would like, but with good weather coming hopefully I will get to play more. If I could change one thing about LBCC it would be to keep the horticulture program so that I could save some money instead of going to OSU”.

Alex Tannahill (Right)

“My name is Alex Tannahill and I am currently undecided in what major I want to go in to at LBCC. My plan is to get all of my prerequisites out of the way here and then once I have my associates degree, decide what I want to do for a career. I’ve only been at LBCC for a year, but I have enjoyed all of the time that I have spent here and my professors have all been fantastic as well. In my free time I love to play guitar, I’ve been playing for over 4 years now and I can’t imagine ever stopping. It’s what I love to do most.”

Week 1 Post

1.) I'm Will and this is the first Photojournalism class that I've ever taken. Im currently studying Forestry at LBCC and OSU. I love to be in the outdoors whether it be hunting and fishing, or spending the weekend camping.


2.) My goals for this class is to be more personable with people. Learning to have confidence asking questions and taking pictures. I hope by the end of this class I will have a broader knowledge on how to take pictures and what questions to ask.

3.) Some ideas that I have for the class are taking some really cool pictures of the baseball players, not only just playing in games but also hitting in the batting cages and warming up. I also love outdoor pictures so capturing some beautiful pictures of the campus and what surrounds it.

Humans of LBCC

Jacob Ormsby

“My name is Jacob and it is my first week here at Linn-Benton Community College (LBCC). I am 30 years old and have a girlfriend and an 8 year old son who are the greatest joy in my life. I am studying business administration with hopes to sit behind a desk and tell people what to do. I haven’t been at LBCC long enough to tell you what I like and dislike, but I know that Moodle needs some improvement. Once my time here at LBCC is over I plan to get a job in management and ultimately, in the end, own my own business.”

Jacobi Fisher

“I am currently studying criminal justice at Linn-Benton Community College (LBCC), this is my 3rd term at LBCC and I plan to transfer to Western Oregon University (WOU) after I’m finished here. I want to study at WOU because of their prolific criminal justice program and after pursue a job in the FBI. So far my time here at LBCC has been very enjoyable and I have had great experiences with all of my professors. Some things that I think LBCC could improve on would be the websites, like Moodle and Webrunner.”