Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Week 1

So I've finally started my summer internship with The Roanoke Times! Here's some stuff from my first week, plus some stuff of my own.

(Story about a news anchor who was celebrating his 30th year working at the station.)













More next week!

Sunday, April 18, 2010

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.






















Friday, April 9, 2010

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.







Saturday, March 27, 2010

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: