Fall Quarter Favorites

Here are some of my personal favorite images from this past quarter. Some were shot for class, others weren't, but all were made between September and November 2008.

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Joe Krause, owner of 19 South in Athens, and his wife Kate had their son Jacob converted to Judaism by Rabbi Danielle of Leshaw of Hillel at Strouds Run. The small ceremony had a couple witnesses and the Rabbi's as well as the Krause's family present.




Dawn2Dusk
I was a bit lazy this time around, so all I did was shoot Green Edge Gardens






Portraits

Sports Singles

I had fun with the 300mm f/2.8

Formal Rush

Hip Hop Congress Game Night

This was the most intense game night I have ever been to. Another segment of the HHC story. More to be added Winter Quarter when my class load is lighter.

Hip Hop Congress story take 1

I shot this for a class assignment over the last two weeks. Although I turned in a final edit in class, I plan to continue following this group for the rest of the quarter, if not the rest of the year. So here is the first segment, with more to come!
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Hip Hop Congress nurtures Athens’ Rap, Hip Hop community

In an area typically associated with farmers and agriculture, Athens, Ohio seems the least likely place to inhabit anything Hip Hop related. However, a dynamic culture, led by the Ohio University branch of Hip Hop Congress, enriches the small town with a unique lifestyle that can be easily found if you look in the right places.

The story of my summer

You know how at the start every summer you come up with this big to-do list of ambitious plans? And then Labor Day rolls around and you realize that you didn't accomplish nearly as much as you had wanted? Such was my summer in terms of shooting (as well as a great many other things). I originally planned to do a lot of freelance work for local papers, do at least two photo stories, and just be shooting all the time basically. Needless to say, that didn't happen. Between working full time, editors not responding to my pleas for assignments, and people not cooperating with photo stories, things just didn't materialize the way I had hoped. Nevertheless, here are a few of the things I did manage to shoot this summer.




A failed attempt at both a photo story and human interest singles for the local paper. Will Laden of Western Springs explains his Eagle Scout project: building wren bird houses.





Another failed photo story on this Music Therapist, Craig, who works with my brother once a week. Ben likes to pretend to play the drums.




My family's annual excursion to southwest Michigan. Warren Dunes State Park.



These were the only two photos I actually got published this summer. July 3rd fireworks over Lake Michigan in Chicago, printed in the Chicago Journal on July 7, 2008. When I was there, taking photos, I broke a tripod and a filter, consecutively.

Western Springs Gathering on the Green, and annual festival put on by the Village of Western Springs that Junior High kids seem to have the most fun at.

Western Springs Garden Club sponsored Garden Walk in my backyard. It was fun to see all the old ladies in funny hats admiring my mom's flowers.

Ben goes to summer camp - JCYS Camp Red Leaf, an overnight camp for disabled teens and adults. His nurse (Natalie on the bottom) is excited to learn that he can now swallow pills.