A special practice

This really sucked. What I expected from this assignment was more of a spring game against two mixtures of the same team. However, I did get a pic of one of the star running-backs hurdling the offensive and defensive lines.



This would be a better picture if it were in the fall with the stadium full of fans. It makes for the background to be colorful and clean. But since there were not many diehards there to see a over hyped practice, the stands were easy to see. Oh well...

I made a mistake today

Today was my first correction. I made a mistake by not taking the extra time to correctly identify both of the players in an image that ran on the front of the sports section today. It is my first infraction, hopefully there will not be any others that will follow this one for a great deal of time. Everyone at the paper was very nice about it, especially Dan, he knows how hard it is sometimes when numbers are folded in half and it is difficult to identify the players. Here is the picture that ran with the inaccurate caption.

Ethics and the questions of life

There really are not any questions of life in this post, I just thought it would make the post sound better. Instead ethics is the discussion, if you dont want to hear my rant on how important it is as a community of photographers then leave now.

Early this month a college student was asked to manipulate a photograph from a recent assigned event. His sky was not blue enough for the advisor, so the advisor said to him to change it. I applaud the student for standing up for his ethics and fighting the advisor on this matter. Journalism ethics are the most important corner stone that we have in our industry. Especially for photographers, when we are compared to paparazzi almost on a daily basis. It is important to hold on to something like ethics. Having the ability to say I would not do this because of a code that photojournalists follow is essential to the survival of trust with the public.

I know I have a strong sense of ethics, but the average reader does not, and probably will never question how or where we were able to capture an image. Jim Merithew's sportsshooter.com column said it best.

So good luck to whoever reads this thing. I hope you all find ethics to be a tool that photographers can use to the benefit of ourselves and the public.

Bigger pictures!

I just had a frustrating time with Bess trying to figure out how to make the pictures fit across the blog entry area. Thank god that is finished! I am excited for the new look and size of pictures. Look for more updates soon.

Basketball

I just shot a game in Laramie. Not the first one, but one that had a bunch of good pictures. I really enjoyed the game. It was very close for most of the game, but in the end, Wyoming couldn't finish against Brigham Young University. Poor guys.

I really enjoyed this assignment to Centennial, Wyoming. I had alot of fun learning about how the town has grown and created a new life for itself in a very windy area of Wyoming. The history that Ginger Shoemaker shared it use was fantastic. I had a great time taking this image as she share the history of Centennial.



First UW basketball game of my season. I had a great time photographing their loss to the Air Force Acadamy. I missed on of the most perfect shots of the game. So I am pretty pissed about that, but I liked this image alot.



This was actually the first shot I took for the paper. I flew out in mid-December and had an assignment as a proving ground for my abilities. I liked the image as well. Who would have guessed?



This was actually taken while still in Montana. I liked the way the light in the background added a little something extra to this interesting face.



This was a career day at CY junior high in Casper. My first assignment as the new staff photographer for the Star-Tribune.



Thank you all for taking a look at my blog. I will be posting again soon. Enjoy your week.