The Met

I had my first assignment for The Metropolitan- Metro's student news paper. Went to a girl's basketball game, and ended up staying for the boys too. We played Colorado Christian University. Women lost, men won. I got to use one of the Met's camera's and their lens too. It was challenging to get used to, (and to lift!), but in the end it was kind of fun.
Here's a few:

I want my Rocky

For the first part of class tonight we went and shot the candlelight vigil held for the Rocky Mountain News. They were celebrating 150 years of life, and protesting its immanent death at the same time.

love story of the century.

It’s curious. I thought only a few weeks back that maybe my love and passion for my art was waning. I was afraid. Scared, that like everything else in my life, photography would fade from my eyes, my dreams.
But being back in school, and being forced to take photos again has truly rekindled my passion.
I touch my sore forearm. It’s the love story of the century. Of my life. It seems there’s not much more in the world that I love more than photography. And it loves me. We work together as perfect partners. I feel at home with my camera in my hands. And when my fingers work like a symphony, twisting, turning and adjusting to the moment at hand, I am home.

For that single moment, I am in complete control. And nothing else matters than that which inhabits the area in the small square viewfinder, my window into the world.

Passions

For my Intro to Photo J. class (which is also awesome), we were assigned to shoot our "passions". I found this topic actually really challenging. It was hard because photography is my passion. But I thought that was a cop-out, so I kind of tried to do "travel" by shooting some lightrail photos. The result I wasn't completely happy with.. But here are a few:

Campus Life

My photojournalism 1 class at Metro is amazing. Firstly, my professor or teacher, Judy DeHaas is a talented, seasoned Rocky photog, and she's awesome. She's encouraging, and genuinely excited about her craft. Last night we had a guest speaker. John Moore. (Google it.) I almost started crying when I left the building, I was so overcome with emotion. Simply being able to listen to his stories was pretty awesome. Lots of his experiences are the type of thing I want to have in the future. Travel, take photos, get paid for it?
Anyway. This week's assignment for PJ1 was "Campus Life" at Auraria. So I spent some time at the Tivoli Student Union building taking pictures.
here are a few:

this one is actually in front of the lib.

The National Western Stock Show

It's an annual event.

Anyway, I know I've neglected this blog. It's inexcusable, but I'm planning on starting up a weekly photo/other blog starting NOW!
I'm back in school, so I have to go out with my camera, which is a great thing, until the burning desire engulfs me completely again.

A few on my "stock show series"