a blink of the eye: July 2008

I am in Virginia right now, I am sitting in "my bed" which is in the basement. A series of events put my room down in the basement, which is fine with me, and probably a good idea because I will not be using it as much as other people would if my room were upstairs. Anyway, I digress... I was saying, I am here in Virginia. It is my weekend. I get a break from the work week, and the hustle bustle, and driving around using a lot of gas. It is nice to be home.

I was planning on writing some more in depth stuff, but the thing is that I am just so tired, I dont think I can. My writing on this probably is terrible, oh well.

We here are some photos...

making apple cider

making cider 2

the sting of defeat.

So I have been interning with The Frederick News Post for about three weeks. An experience that has been enjoyable, interesting, and very educational. I have been learning a lot about this unique career of photojournalism, what it involves, and how it is done. I have never worked in a place like this before. Most of my previous jobs included bagels and coffee, so this was a big step. Its a big step to come into the "real world". Its an even bigger step to try to come to terms with the fact that I am going to be in it for good in one year. That is a step that I think I am still working on. That is one of the bigger things that I am learning, what it is like to be working full time. I really can honestly say that I have never done it before. It is a good experience, and for the most part I actually enjoy it. I enjoy spending more time on photography, that has been really fun. My job is to take pictures! I don't have to try to balance that with classes or a million other commitments. I still want to be actively educating myself on other things though, such as Spanish.

As for the actual photography, I feel like I have learned quite a bit. I have a different outlook when I am here, I am looking for the news value of a photo, which I really wasn't doing before. In a way it is somewhat of a relief because I don't have to go around frantically trying to take every single interesting thing there is before it disappears. Instead, I can focus on the story or project that I am working on, occasionally snapping a few frames of a particularly nice random shot. I have also learned how rewarding it is to have work published. Not really even to hear people say anything about, although of course that is always nice, mainly because I know that other people got to see it. My photo's were used for something, for a purpose instead of sitting here on my computer waiting to be seen.

There is probably much more that I could go into detail about, but I am going to leave it at that. I will probably keep posting pictures, and a couple thoughts throughout the summer.

here are a few more from the summer....