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Emily's and Mikey's Wedding

One of my best friends, my first roommate from college, Emily, got married this weekend. Here are some of my favorite pictures.

Vet

I went to shoot a small and large animal vet today for a group project for my picture editing class. The first thing he had to do was de-horn a bunch of cows. They were screaming and thrashing as he cut their horns off, and screamed and thrashed even more when he pulled out the blood vessels from around their horns so the bleeding would stop. It broke my heart. It really made me step out of my comfort zone, to have to stand there and photograph animals in pain, without being able to help them.

Spot News

Eleven people were killed yesterday morning in an accident along I-65. I was fortunate enough to get the opportunity to freelance for The Lexington Herald-Leader. I haven't had much experience shooting spot news, so I'm really glad, even though it was a sad day, that I was able to shoot this. I learned a lot, and had as much fun shooting as I could have given the situation. Here's what I got:

The following photo is copyright Hunter Wilson at the Bowling Green Daily News. I'm in the center photographing one of the press conferences:

Caribbean

Jeremy Evans

Crossett, Ar. senior center Jerry Evans is an artist both on and off the court. A player on Western's basketball team for four years, he still makes time for his passion for art. Evans started painting in kindergarten, and became inspired by his older cousin, who was also a painter. "I just do it for fun," Evans said. Evans used a wide variety of mediums including pencils, pastels and oil painting, but said oil painting was his favorite. "You can do details, you can move the paint around easy and I really like the color to it," Evans said. (Rebecca Barnett/Talisman)