Emily's Photojournalism Blog

Addario memoir parts 3 and 4 My top 2 favorite chapters in the second half of the book are chapters 7 and 9. I find these the 2 most compelling chapters because they both made me want to keep reading. Chapter 7 I liked a lot because it was kind of different from the rest because she did talk about war in Africa, but she took a different approach to talking about it by looking at how the women were affected. It also had some action and suspense with her having the issue with running out of water. I wanted to keep reading to know what happened. My most favorite chapter though is chapter 9. There is a lot of character development with the people that she was with. I felt attached to them as well. that chapter just goes over her experience in Afghanistan in the Korengal valley. She is having to deal with her friend's pregnancy as well with the stereotypes that the soldiers have for her not being able to carry her own and being seen as a dead weight. The soldier that we get kind of cl...

Topic 1- Two tips for shooting sports that stood out to me in Karl's presentation: 1) Get pictures from different angels. Its important to get a different perspective than other photographers. You have to think outside the box. Also, getting a low angle with sports pictures makes it easier to get pictures of the people's faces, which is the next thing I took away from his talk: 2) Get the subject's eyes in the picture. The photo is boring if the subject is looking away and you can't see their face or eyes. It is important for there to be emotion in the picture.  Topic 2- Action/ sports photos 1) My sports subject is the Woman's basketball team at practice.  2) They had practice in the Activity Center on November 16th at 4. 3) overall- all of the players gathered around on the court medium- 3 players tossing the ball to each other close up- one or 2 players shooting the ball into the hoop

Book Report In Lynsey Addario’s book, she feels a sense of duty to report the things that she does in these dangerous war zones. I personally cannot relate to how she feels about her work. I do not have any interest in risking my life in order to get a picture, no matter how amazing or potentially world changing it might be. She has several experiences where she almost loses her life, for example, in chapter 5, specifically on page 120, she describes an attack in Iraq where she was taking photos, and she left at just the right time. A car bomb went off right where she was standing, and it killed a fellow journalist that was standing right next to her seconds before. For her, she took that as a sign of her good luck, but I would have taken that as a sign to get out of there for good. She was pushing her luck going back to war zones so many times, and she is lucky she didn’t end up like the man she met later in the book, Larry Rougle, whose luck ran out on his sixth tour in Iraq a...

Melissa Thielman (far right) tossing the ball to  Megan Schiavone (far left) during  practice in the Activity Center on Thursday afternoon, November 16th. The LBCC women's basketball team practicing on Thursday November 16th for their first game on Friday November 17th. Melissa Thielman anticipating catching the ball on Thursday night's practice in the Activities Center at LBCC. 

A person riding his bike under the Peter Courtney Minto Island Bridge. This Bridge is a recent addition to the scene in Riverfront Park in Salem. It opened on August 2, 2017, took over 2 years to build, and was a 10 million dollar project. Children playing on the playground in Riverfront Park in Salem, Oregon on a beautiful fall evening in November.  Desiree Schott, manager at Vernon Jewelers in downtown Salem, Oregon, posing in front of the business that was established in 1946. 

Topic 1: My hometown 1- I am going to photograph salem because that is where I have lived most of the time that I have lived in Oregon, and its where I live now. 2- the portrait subject that I wanted to do was of the jeweler that I go to at vernon Jewelers . The landmark could either be the carousel or the Union street bridge, or the capitol. The activity I could do is people doing stuff in riverfront park, or Bush park. People always like to go there to feed the squirrels (if the weather allows). 3- the portrait would be a challenge for me. Just being able to get access to see the jeweler in his work environment. I have met the owner before and he seems really nice so hopefully it won't be too much trouble. Topic 2: Photo Story Ideas 1- I could shoot a construction project, because there are many going on in salem, but getting access would be very difficult. i could just document the workers progress in building the building. I could also go to an animal rescue and document...

Face painting in the Diversity Achievement Center (DAC) in celebration of El Dia De Los Muertos (The Day of The Dead) on November 1st. Yeimi Yesehia Lopez Leon painting a skull for the offerings on El Dia De Los Muertos.  The offering table in the DAC for The Day of The Dead.