Background

I've always been rather intrigued with photographs. Photos could alway's take me places that I could never go; and still today they do. Images hold such a powerful force in society today. Without them, could you possibly imagine a newspaper or magazine?

I began to really grow serious about photography my Junior year in high school. I had recieved my first camera for Christmas the year before, but had not really put much energy into it until then. I attended Asbury College in Wilmore, KY  during my first year of college where I served as photo editor of the school paper. Starting in the fall semester of 2008 I  began attending Kent State University where I am part of their photojournalism program. During the summer and while on breaks, I work as a part-time photographer for The Alliance Review, the local newspaper from my hometown of Alliance, Ohio. I really enjoy my time there and have graciously been given the opportunity to practice and advance my photography skills through my work for them.

The photos below and in the blog archive have been taken for various photo classes, The Alliance Review, The Asbury Collegian, and for my own enjoyment. I hope that you like them!

Saturday, August 25, 2007

"Skinny" Live and in Person at Day's in the Park

Both of these photos were on the front page sometime last week. I've been so busy with the whole college thing and so I haven't had time to post them. Better late than never I guess!

Friday, August 17, 2007

Up, Up, and Away!

What's better than getting paid to take photos from a hot-air balloon? Nothing. I got to take a hot-air balloon ride yesterday and take some photos for the Review. Here's the photo that was in today's paper.

Monday, August 13, 2007

In Print

I never get to show you guy's what my work looks like in print, so I thought I'd take some photos and post them so you all could see them. The post below shows all of the photos individually and gives a little more info on what they are all for. Have fun!

Busy Bee

Carnation event's have begun and so I've been one busy little photographer. All the photos below were in today's paper. To be quite honest, I'm quite proud of them. I put a lot of time and effort into all of these and I hope that all of you enjoy them. Starting from the bottom, the photos are from: the vintage baseball game, the Kick Off Parade, Glamorgan Castle Car show, Schaeffer's Diner car show/Smash-a-Car, and finally the top photos are from the Fire Truck Pump-In and Muster. Have a wonderful day everyone!

Friday, August 10, 2007

Bag It!

This past Tuesday I did a job at the Giant Eagle in the Strip. I was hired by them to take photos of this contest which they were hosting known as a Bag-A-Thon. Basically, whoever can bag a set amount of products fastest wins. This was a rather big event. They had amazing food displays, which were then devoured and lots of big-wigs where there as well. I thought that I would share some of my favorite photos from the event.

Magnetic Technologies

This photo is in today's paper. The faces are kind of red, but they don't look red in the paper. Ahh well...the lady on the left is the Mayor of Louisville and the man on the right is the President of the company (the one on the sign) which is opening a plant in Louisville. This is actually a very exciting thing, as it will bring good jobs and business to Louisville.

Thursday, August 9, 2007

These photos were in Monday's paper. I'm not all that excited about them, but what can I say? The event in itself wasn't all that great. It was a dedication of tennis courts at West Branch High School. Unfortunately, it rained and so the event was held inside with little to no excitement. Keep your eyes peeled, this coming week is Carnation week and I've got quite a few assignments.

Sunday, August 5, 2007

Just Messing Around...

My brother wanted some photos of his new helmet so I took like 5 photos, just sort of messing around. I thought this one was pretty cool. I hope you like it.

Wednesday, August 1, 2007

It's a bird, It's a plane, It's a feed Bin!

I took this photo a few weeks ago and it was published in today's paper. This is a group of people from a local 4-H group who were touring Schott Feed Mill in downtown Alliance. The story that went along with the photo was written by one of the members of the 4-H group. I think she might possibly be going into a career field related to writing or Journalism.