Vanderbilt University
The Vanderbilt Women's Basketball team kicked off the season the right way with a 103-50 victory against North Alabama. It felt great to be back in Memorial Gym shooting basketball again.
A last minute assignment, I was charged with taking portraits of two of the players on our men's basketball team. I used a one light setup with a speed-light firing into a circular reflector, held by an assistant. They gave me less than 5 minutes with each player so I am fairly satisfied with the results.
Bosley Jarrett, Vanderbilt University (Chris Carroll); edwin.b.jarrett@vanderbilt.edu; Mark Smith plays "The Saints Go Marching In" on the tuba with other homeless men outside of Jackson Square. Shortly after, Mark's peers scolded him for taking improvisational liberties instead of playing the standard fare. Passersby danced and sang along with Mark and the other performers during their performance on Oct. 25, 2013.
I was lucky enough to be chosen by Vanderbilt to attend the College Media Association's annual fall conference in New Orleans this year. I learned so much about various aspects of photojournalism and producing a newspaper in general. While in New Orleans, I participated in the All That Jazz photography competition where we were tasked with producing a photograph that best represented the culture and people of New Orleans. All in all, I shot around 40 or 50 frames for the contest, of which, there was 1 that I really liked (shown above). At the final critique of the images, my photo ended up coming in 1st place out of all the other photos, as voted on by my peers. I am extremely humbled by and thankful to those who voted for me in the contest. All-in-all, it was a great trip filled with new opportunities for me to not only grow as a photographer, but to grow as a journalist as well.
Easily the most fun that I have had shooting a concert. I was given free reign to do what I wanted for the entire set (shout out to Nashville Social Group for the access for putting on an unbelievable event raising over $30,000 for the Mary Parrish Center). I am really glad that I had earplugs because the speakers that were just in front of the stage were so loud that it was hard to breathe at times... Additionally, this is the first concert that I have shot with the 5D Mark III and am extremely satisfied with the results that I was able to get, shooting only with a 35mm prime lens.
