Responses to Blog Forum

I'm John Freimark, I am 6'3 and just recently turned 20 years old. I have major obsessions with three things. Movies, Poker, and Basketball. My favorite movie is Goodfellas, the immortal gangster classic from Martin Scorcese. My favorite hand in poker in Jack 9 suited in hearts. And my favorite basketball player is Lebron James. I am a journalism major with hopes of going into sports journalism/broadcasting. I am taking this class so I can get on the fast track to transfer to UO and get into their journalism school. 

Now that school has started and I'm ready for the challenge of becoming of photojournalist, I am holding myself to a high standard this school year. I would love to shoot a sporting event this year and get it published in the commuter. I have a real passion for sports and would love to see if I can capture some really cool shots. Another goal of mine would be too become more confident with taking pictures. I feel like photography can be something that is deeply personal and can capture certain emotions and feelings that are sometimes hard to make into words. I hope that once I start getting better with the camera I would be able to capture some photos like that. My next goal is to become very skilled with photoshop. I think photoshop would be a fun tool to have in my belt, and could help me in some unexpected ways. 

This being our first assignment of the year I wasn't nervous at all, I don't really have that hard of a time introducing myself to people, and consider myself to be a through guy. I started off with the pictures, and go about 10-12 for each subject. Then I asked them about 3 questions each. Once I was done, I thanked them and went on my way. Simple enough. I think the final product turned out good! I need to check out a camera so I don't have to take all of these shots on my I-phone and then I'll be happier with the quality.  My favorite part of this assignment was getting to choose my subjects, and getting to know them a little bit better than before.