Random Photo

Mark Willhoit works on his bicycle at the bike cooperative in corvallis.

This is a photo I took for The Commuter earlier this term. It's one that I thought turned out well. Here is the article it went with.

Last Project

Photo Essay

Sports photos!

Jason Hogan, left, and Austin Strickler slamming into each other for the ball at hurling practice.

Jeremy O'Sullivan, left, and Dustin Herron working on their passing technique.

If you wish to check out the full article about hurling by Ryan Henson go to The Commuter website.

This is just a photo I took during intermission at The Beatles at OSU concert last night. The event was sold out, and it was really good. I am writing up a story about the event for the paper this week. Sadly this may have been the last Beatles at OSU concert they do, because an amount of the core group is moving. Well I hope they continue it.

Peanut

I found this photo on the Flickr blog. The title is Peanut and it was taken by the user mosippy. I think photo is just too cute. I think the cropping on this is good, even though it has a large section of open space I think it makes the picture work.

Newsmaker Portrait

Kent Buys, owner of The Troubadour Music Center and Instrument Repair Shop, playing banjo and his son Ryan watches on.

Bicycle!

I was looking at Flickr's Blog thing and saw this photo. It immediately grabbed my attention.

So I love to ride my bike, so this made me think of that. I like the focus just on the bike and the way the background looks. I dunno why the caption is there, but whatever. Ugh now I wanna get out and ride but I still have to write a story for the Commuter.

This photo was taken by Dustin Diaz and posted to flickr.

A random photo

This is a photo I took over the summer while I was visiting Coney Island in New York. I really like this photo, although it has no people in it.

I only take issue with one part of it, the lower right corner. Really it does not bother me much but I do notice it when evaluating the picture. Maybe I could crop it, dunno I do kind of like the sky in the top right but whatever :P

What I do like is the angle and the content. Coney Island was a ton of fun for me. The Cyclone is one of the oldest wooden roller coasters, and it is a ton of fun!

Photo Critique 1

I found this photo browsing through Flickr. It was taken by ENIGMA_IMAGES, and the title is "_MG_0982." This photo was taken at the G20 demonstrations in London. Although it has no real caption and the title is probably just the random number the camera spat out I think this is an amazing photo.

The main subject is a bald man with a few trickles of blood are running down his face while pointing boldly as if making a point. First I thought the main subject was just stunning, the photographer really captured the emotion this man was putting out. I like this a lot in black and white I think it really works for the photo. The two men in hoodies behind him have a truly amazed and stunned look, which I think adds to the over all feel.

News / Feature Photo Fun!

Students watch films about the Holocaust at the DAC on April 6.The list of movies playing at the DAC this month.

First Photojournalism Post

This is Eric Badeau, a fish and wildlife major at LBCC. He was studying in the library when I asked if I could take his photo for class.


This is a photo of Taylor Seidlitz, a business admin major at LBCC. He was buying books for his classes when I came up and bothered him :P

4.0

So my Art History teacher finally put my grades up. I got all A's this term! Yay!

I went to OMSI this weekend and saw the Da Vinci exhibit. It was pretty neat. The exhibit focused on more of his inventions / notebook sketches, which makes sense at OMSI. I liked it :)

After that, same day, I went to the Portland Art Museum. The featured exhibit was "La volupté du goût: French Painting in the Age of Madame de Pompadour." That was really amazing. We got the little devices which tell you history about the paintings. They were so worth it, also they were free there. I learned a lot and I suggest everyone see this if you can.

(Picture taken by robsv)

Next Term

So this term is coming to an end, and I am doing quite well. Now I am looking forward to next term. I will only be taking three classes, but I will still have 15 credits. I am taking two classes that deal with journalism and a math class, then some other credits for working at The Commuter.
Here are the classes I am taking:
Media and Society
Intro Photojournalism
College Algebra

I cannot wait! I am going to have a lot more time to focus on journalism and it will be a blast. Well I have to get back to studying for bio... Wee!

Jon Stewart vs Jim Cramer

I am watching the interview of Jim Cramer by Jon Stewart. This is a really interesting interview. I highly encourage you to watch these. Half the reason I am up at this hour is because of homework, but the other half is because I wanted to see this.

The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th 11p / 10c

Jim Cramer Interview Outtake Pt. 1

Daily Show Full Episodes
Important Things w/ Demetri Martin

Political Humor
Jim Cramer

The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th 11p / 10c

Jim Cramer Interview Outtake Pt. 2

Daily Show Full Episodes
Important Things With Demetri Martin

Political Humor
Jim Cramer

The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th 11p / 10c

Jim Cramer Interview Outtake Pt. 3

Daily Show Full Episodes
Important Things With Demetri Martin

Political Humor
Jim Cramer

Beer Pong - Not giving herpes in a basement near you!

So I was watching The Colbert Report and Colbert had a bit about beer pong spreading herpes. Earlier this term I wrote a story on beer pong. I guess Fox and Friends did a segment on this. Which is funny... because it was a hoax.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention posted a response to this. "Recent news stories about an alleged CDC study showing a possible link between the drinking game, Beer Pong, and herpes simplex 1, the virus that causes cold sores, are false."

Favorite quote from Fox and Friends:
"Don't drink that!"
"Why?"
"Because the whole segment says we should not drink that, because I have bacteria on my ball!"

Also go to NASA's site and vote for name of the Node 3. Vote Colbert!

(Photo of table by Elliot P. Condom photo by Victoriapeckham)

Stephen King

In my feature writing class we were required to read Stephen King's "On Writing." This was a pleasure in my opinion. I consider King to be a good writer and one of my favorite series was written by him, The Dark Tower series. So what did I learn from the book?

Keep Writing - One thing that King pounds into your head is that you have to keep writing. He feels it's important to write as much as you can, because that is the only way you will become better. I agree with this, but I have never really practiced writing everyday. The book inspired me to keep my blog up better, as it gets me writing, and to start writing just for myself everyday.

Keep Reading - King says there is no miracle class that will teach you to become a great writer, and the best way to become better is to keep reading and keep writing. He says the best way to improve your vocabulary and writing skills is to read, read, and read some more. You will learn from what over people do, which you will learn from reading.

Open Door / Closed Door - King says he writes his stories with his door "closed." After the first draft he opens up the door and gets opinions from other people. I like this idea a lot. In the past I have sought out a person's opinion before I was done with a piece, which is not bad per say but I would like to give it a shot without.

Favorite Quotes -
"I'm convinced that fear is at the root of most bad writing."
"If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot."

Picture taken by Tojosan

Zelda Car

My brother pointed this out to me. The local Zelda car is for sale. Kotaku has a short story about this, and here is the article on Gamesniped. This car is usually about two blocks from where I live. I will miss seeing it if someone from out of town buys it. And here is the Craigslist posting about it.

Picture by wpwend42

Race to the finish

The end of winter term is drawing close. How am I doing? Potentially great! As long as I don't slack on my finals.

Speaking of slacking, I saw Watchmen the other night. I read the graphic novel while on vacation this summer and loved it. So I was skeptical when I heard about the movie, because usually they butcher one thing or another when making these things into movies.

The movie was great though. They held true to the original story. Also the movie was amazingly beautiful. Even if you hate the story and the characters, as one of my friends did, you will most likely find the art of it outstanding.

If you are thinking about seeing this you should know, it's not like other comic book movies. It is a darker grittier tale, but the story is a amazing one. So yea my point is... do not think this is a happy go lucky movie, and also be ready for some gory stuff and a lot of blue wang.

Well back to writing research paper.

Picture by EndoftheLine.

Twitter

That's right, I joined Twitter! After hearing so much about it over the last weekend I thought I should try it out. So far it is easy to use. If you want to follow me or anything you can check out the widget I added or go to my twitter site.

I miss San Diego... The weather was awesome. Once spring gets here it will be better. I cannot wait to start biking again and getting out around town more.

Well I better get back to updating stories and other homework. I will make a post about some of the better sessions I attended... when I get time.