(9.29.18)

Today I shot the Ball State University vs. Kent State Football game. One of the biggest struggles I have with sports is getting out of the habit of shooting the same stuff every other photographer at the game does. So while I did produce some very nice game action pictures, I really wanted to challenge myself to get other images. Here I’ll show three of my more successful attempts at achieving this goal.

Drum Major Amber Hall conducts the band during their performance before the game against Kent State Saturday, Sept 28, 2018 at Scheumann Stadium. The Pride of Mid-America has over 200 members in its.

A Ball State Cheerleader shows spirit as the football team runs on the field Saturday, Sept. 28, 2018 at Scheumann Stadium. The Cardinals played the Golden Flashes.

Freshman tuba player Alexandar Tsaparikos imitates Ball State University's Football Sports Announcer after the Cardinals score a touch down before half time Saturday, Sept. 28, 2018 at Schuemann Stadium. Tsaparikos is one of four tuba players in the Pride of Mid-America Marching Band.

(9.13.18)

My photojournalism professor, Martin Smith-Rodden assigned our JOUR 335 class a wild card assignment that we had two days to complete. The theme was a weather photo. I wasn’t happy with what I photographed during our class time so the next day before the assignment was due I headed out around blue hour to shoot a weather photo. Below is the photo I used. I was unsure of what crop I liked best so I turned in the original photo and two more of the same photo with crops and edits. The class decided that they liked the third photo the best.

#1

This is the original image with no edits and no crop.

#2

As discussed in class the moon’s white streak at the top was a little distracting and it felt as though getting tighter would allow the viewer to get to the biker quicker.

#3.

The class liked this crop the most, however my professor wished I would have kept the leading line from the street in the bottom of the image (see line in photo #2). Overall this is the one I will turn in for the final project due at the end of the semester.

“A Ball State University student rides their bike down McKinley Ave. Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018, on Ball State’s campus. The day cooled down after the sun set. “