My First NPPA Monthly Clip Contest
Even though I have been a member of NPPA for over a year, I am always skeptical about entering photos into the monthly clip contest. So, I have typically stuck with the student quarterly clip contest...
View ArticleMeet the President
Interim President Clif Smart was named Missouri State University’s 11th president last week. Instead of using a boring podium photo for the front of The Standard, I thought I would ask him to do a...
View ArticleField Hockey Tops SLU 5-2 on Senior Night
I am not going to lie; tonight was a little weird for me. I do not believe in regrets or thinking “what if” because there is a reason for every decision we make, but not being on the field and...
View ArticleBIRTHDAY BLOG
Happy first birthday to my WordPress photojournalism blog! As of right now, I have 18154 views and 185 posts! Last November, I was enrolled in Dr. Cline’s JRN378 multimedia class which compiles...
View ArticleMerry Christmas!
My aunt Terri and uncle Dmitri light a Chinese lantern Christmas night in their backyard in Indian Head, Pa.
View ArticleRevisiting 2012
It seems to be the trend among photojournalists to broadcast their work all over the internet and social media platforms in order to brand themselves especially during this time of year. One of my...
View ArticleWinnie at the spa
My future parents in-law own an adorable English Yellow Lab named Winnie. She smelled pretty ripe so Keven and I decided to wash her upstairs in the bathtub. It was her first bath in months and her...
View ArticleMoving South
Last weekend Keven and I drove to Nashville to drop him off for his semester at the Contemporary Music Center (CMC). In between my nap sessions, I photographed from the passenger seat. Petting Winnie...
View ArticleGoodbye Missouri
While I watched Hammons Tower shrink in my rear-view window, my eyes brewed tears through my day-old mascara left over from my commencement ceremony. It took a few hours to pack up the past four years,...
View ArticleLightning over Gull Lake
This was my first attempt of lightning photography. Although there were constant bursts of light, most of the bolts were behind the clouds. After an hour of waiting, shooing mosquitos off my skin and...
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