Action photo

Tim Ferguson and his daughters Lily and Alex and their friend Brittany (Red shirt) playing 2on2 basketball at Edge Family Fitness.

Brittany shooting a 3 point shot over her friend Alex.

The four ballers getting ready for a new possession in the 2on2 battle.

Hometown

Beautiful flowers left under a brave veteran's name


The Korean War Memorial in Town Center Park, commemorating all fallen soldiers


Joe, Ethan, Randy, and Kevin all play squash competitively against one another.


Jiselle De La Cruz posing for her uncle.

Free shoot

My mother's back yard: Filled with life, color, and joy. Here is her trampoline for the kids to play on with their play structure in the back.

Alonzo De La Cruz climbs up the ladder to the top floor of his play house while getting annoyed by his photo-taking uncle

The medium shot of the play structure thats inhabited by many joyful children.

Week 7 Forum

My hometown is a wonderful place-- Wilsonville, Oregon. Wilsonville is a place of very tolerant, nice, wealthy, and some smug people. It is extremely clean compared to the streets down here, it is very well-lit, safe (Very rarely hear sirens), has a great housing development, and the 3rd best education system in Oregon. The sports teams at the high school have always been very good and have had high amounts of class and composure-- Wilsonville prides themselves on that. I'm excited to go back there during Thanksgiving time to be with my family, some old friends, and shoot some photos. One idea I have is shooting the football field and stadium. No other stadium in the state is like Wilsonville-- It's a bowl. The landscaping and texture of everything is amazing, they even have a tunnel from their locker room leading to their field. A tunnel. What high school do you see with athletes running out of a tunnel with a smoke machine going off? A very rich one. The architecture of the school is next-level, especially when it comes to the sports facility and sports grounds. Another idea I have is maybe just taking pictures of interesting things I see walking down the streets-- there's always construction going on, but that may be too boring. I have a big, diverse family. Maybe I could shoot them doing something interesting. Wilsonville has all their shopping centers full of Santa 6 weeks before the holiday, there's lots I could shoot. Just gotta find what's most interesting to me and my camera. I think the biggest challenge will be shooting an activity, just because it's hard to get quality pictures in that field.

For my photo story I think I may choose someone I know and follow them into their profession on a few occasions because I think that's a good way to dive into the life of somebody and see where they're at, and where they want to be.

Another option is meeting someone at school and meeting up with them a few times to take photos and dive into their life. We could go to their work, a coffee shop, the grocery store, etc. I will go about documenting these subjects by setting them up in the right place and capturing as much as I can.

Photographer of the Week Write-up

           Joe Rosenthal was a man who was never supposed to be known. He started his hobby of photo-taking during his 20's in the Great Depression, where he would take pictures of Life in America. Shortly after, he decided to try out his talent in the military-- as a war photographer. Originally, the Army rejected him because they said his eyesight wasn't good enough, so he decided to join the Associated Press instead. While he was working for the Associated Press at the University of San Francisco, he still had dreams of being a war photographer. 2 years after joining the AP, he joined the US Maritime Service as a war photographer and as a Warrant Officer-- He would give out warrants to those who deserved it, and also documented what he saw with his camera. He claimed he just documented life through the British Isles and Northern Africa. After a year in the military, he rejoined the AP. A year later again, he left the AP. Rosenthal was named Chief Photographer and Manager of Times World Wide Photos. Eventually, after moving around so often, he stuck with one title with one paper for 35 years-- photographer for the San Francisco Chronicle.  Due to his service in the US Maritime Service, and his photography during World War II, he was named an Honorary Marine and was awarded a medal in 1996. 10 years later, he died due to natural causes in his sleep. A month later, he was cremated and a memorial ceremony was held for him at the Marine's Memorial Club-- He was very respected by the military and was treated as if he was a veteran. No doubt his famous Iwo Jima picture will go down as one of the greatest war photographs of all time.

Week 6 post

I'm going back home today to watch the Wilsonville Wildcats compete in their first playoff game of the year. I played football at Wilsonville high school, and now I get to see my friends out there fighting for the next game. I plan on trying to get as many quality pictures as possible, with the overall shots coming from sitting in the stands, medium shots probably down in the first row or on the sideline if they provide me special access due to me being alumni. For the close shot, I want to get a close-up of the athletes warming up.

Portrait

Brenden Ertle
Brenden is a nineteen year old student here at LBCC. Not only is he a hard-working student, he has a very interesting job that he loves doing. The New Orleans Saints, a very successful NFL team is Brenden’s favorite organization in all of sports. The Saints are his ride or die. There’s a popular sports news website, called “SBnation”. For this site, certain people are paid to publish news stories, podcasts, etc. Brenden is one of those people. He has a setup of two computers and a microphone as he speaks valuable information on the recent game the Saints played. He doesn’t get paid much-- 1 cent per view, but he does it for the joy and the experience. One day he wants to be a reporter on ESPN, so this is a good start. On his last podcast, Brenden got over 2,800 views, which resulted in 280 dollars in his pocket.
Brenden is a very happy kid, but not so much in this photo. I turned around and came back with a phone in his face, he didn't seem to like it, so here's the expression I got. He refused to show that he was happy, though he does look as if he's having fun in the process of photo-taking. It's kind of hard to get a genuine reaction when you tell someone to smile 8 inches away from your camera. But here he is, as semi-smiling as can be.