Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Weeks 6 and 7

I got to shoot my first PrideFest on Saturday, and I think it was one of my favorite assignments this summer so far.  My boss told me to try to stay away from the typical stereotypical images, and I had a lot of fun trying to do to that.  The environment was so great, and I really enjoyed talking to the people there.  So here are a few from the fest:



And then I shot the trike races, which was also pretty fun.



I was sent to Allison Hill, the worst part of town, to photograph offenders cleaning up the streets...that was quite an experience.



I had to take a portrait of the man below in his garden for a story about him retiring at the end of this year.  After talking to him for a while, I found out that he takes care of his grandchildren a lot because his kids work odd hours in the ER.  He said he's looking forward to spending more time with them.  So I asked if I could hang out with him and his grandkids for a bit, and I came back with this.  (I also took the garden pictures, just in case.)  I know it's a bit cheesy, but for some reason I really like this picture.

And then here's a picture from a story about a church restoring it's 100-year-old stain glass windows.  I was getting ready to leave after shooting the workers and I took one last look inside the church, and I looked up, and one of the workers was standing in the window, and it reminded me of Jesus on the cross.  

Let me know what you think!!

3 comments:

Kelsey Sullivan said...

wow! i really like the jesus one. it's pretty cool that you were about to leave, too.

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Kellie Manier said...

Love the last one...really great!