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.