This shot is a great example of what can be done on short notice.



As soon as I got in to work last night I was told that we needed a profile portrait to run as a front page package the next day. Not cool. A boy about 7 or so years old survived a bout with cancer and his family had put together a relay team for Stillwater's Relay For Life.

I was assuming that I'd have to jet out to their house and shoot a portrait with whatever props I could put together. They ended up coming in to the newsroom and we shot back in our studio. I shot some stuff of just the boy that didn't look very good, but once I got his mom with him, things started looking up. The whole shoot took about 10 minutes and ran big on the front page. The only gear I used was our studio lights and a homemade reflector.

Back In Action

The semester has officially started, so I'll be updating a lot more often.

On Sunday we had our annual editors meeting at the O'Collegian. Being the professional worker I am, I showed up early in my slacks and tie. Big mistake. We needed photos for Monday's issue and I decided to be a soldier and find something.

ROTC cadets were setting up temporary chairs at Boone Pickens Stadium, and I went to check it out. I immediately start sweating buckets. It was about 95 degrees out and as humid as ever. Sweat was dripping in my eyes, onto my camera, everything. My hands were so slippery I could barely hold my gear. It didn't help that I was wearing wool slacks and a dark shirt. Very uncomfortable.

As for the shot itself, I'm not particularly proud of it. It's ok, I guess, but I wasn't able to really convey the "chair aspect." You can tell that guys are working, but not on what. This is yet another thing I need to work on: pictures of people doing something...but you can't tell what.