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Washington, DC – Day Three
The day started with the class heading over to National Geographic to meet Ken Geiger, a frood with an amazing job. I had a great time perusing the offices, taking peeks in to see what people were working on. This is Wilma, she was created in October of 2008 for the cover of National Geographic [...]
Washington, DC – Day Two
The day started early with a trip to visit Andy Scott of USA Today. Andy and some other editors from USA Today stressed the importance of getting a broader range of skills. This of course is due to the demand for more photographers to start using video and audio in their presentations. Photography is not [...]
Washington, DC – Day One
Today was the first day of a week long field trip to our nation’s capitol, Washington, DC. On this trip my classmates and I run around to different agencies like NPR, USA Today, Reuters, and more. Today we met with McClatchy-Tribune News Service or just MCD. This meeting was similar in style and message to [...]
Om Noms…
I’ve moved out and started my road trip back to Rochester, just after I finish shooting a wedding tomorrow. I feel the itch to post something because it has been a while so here is a photo of some dontus I took for DineLA.com The one on the right is a bacon topped glazed donut. [...]
Manny Aguirre – The Cocktail Ambassador of Hollywood
At one of Hollywood’s oldest and most note-able cocktail bars, Manny Aguirre, serves drinks to the stars and common folk alike. Manny came to the US as a 19 year old boy, and since then has made a name for himself as one of Hollywood’s most famous cocktail mixers. Manny can be found on Hollywood [...]
X Games: Day 4 Skate Virt Final, Motocross Practice, and Rally Car Races
Day 4 of the X Games was incredibly eventful. It started with the Skate Virt (Halfpipe) final, then stumbled upon the motocross practice, then meandered to the rally car race warm ups. I’m posting a gallery, I may or may not get to captions. I’m exhausted from packing and working on this photo essay on [...]
Perseid Meteor Shower, TONIGHT!
V and I headed up to Wrightwood for the weekend with some family friends to catch a glimpse of the meteor shower. If you have time to get away from the city lights you should get out and take a look. Last night we saw about 20-25 shooting stars in about an hours time. Despite [...]
X Games: Day 5 Super Rally and Endurocross
X Games Day 5 was a really fun day, the first event I went to was the Rally Car race through the streets of downtown LA. Congratulations to Brian Deegan for winning the gold medal. Rally Car races were definitely a highlight for me at the X Games this year. I felt like at this [...]
Navy Week: Aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln
On Thursday I was given a really exciting assignment. To board and tour the USS Abraham Lincoln in Port of Los Angeles for Navy Week. I wasn’t sure what to do but I met a Commander at a gunner ship and he introduced me to Tyler Mustin, a 22 year-old Airman from Nashville, TN. Tyler [...]
X Games: Day 5 Preview
As you can imagine, five days of shooting, 4 X Games and an aircraft carrier. I’m completely exhausted. From morning to morning capturing, running around, carrying photo gear, and then up all night editing. So, I’m going to sleep, but I wanted to post something from today. Here’s a teaser photo from today’s events. I’ll [...]