For this assignment, our class decided on a question of "describe a recent moment of happiness" in which we were to find 6 different strangers to answer. I found myself having trouble with this assignment, mainly with finding subject matter, but this is what I came up with:
Local performer, Travis Meginniss, sings, plays guitar, and the harmonica on the streets of Bellingham. He can typically be found outside the Food-Cop, or on Railroad in the evenings, and his happiest moment is when he hits a, “Johnny Cash solo,” particularly from his favorite song, “Folsom Blues”
Construction on Wednesday Jan. 26 clogged the downtown sidewalks with men wearing neon-orange-and-yellow vests.
One of which was Dwaine Thornton, a 46-year-old man who looked relieved to be able to catch his breath from digging to answer my question.
“83’, that was the year, when I was driving my Pontiac Trans Am, that was when I was happy last; had a lot of bad cards in this life.”
WWU students are beginning to relax now that most have completed their midterms. Dylan Mansfield, a WWU student explained he was happy last, “5 minutes ago, when I rode my bike down Indian,” celebrating a day of completed exams.
The Seattle Boat Show, West Coast’s largest Boat Show, began January 21 and extends until Jan. 30 bringing many curious spectators to Quest Field Event Center.
Two being, Diane Swingler, 48, and her three-year-old son, David, who are pictured above and wandered to Seattle’s train station located next to Quest Field to take a break from the crowds.
Diane explained how they went to church earlier this Sunday morning, and that is where she felt most happy, “being with friends and family” and that what makes her happiest about church is, “her relationship with god.”
David was too shy, and Diane spoke for him, saying, “David loves trains, so he’s really happy to be at a train station right now.”
A visitor in her old town, Melissa Watt, 26, explains how it’s good to be back, and she is happy now because, “she just saw an old friend.”
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Assignment 1: Disposable Camera
My first assignment for photojournalism was to pick up a disposable camera, and experience the challenge of not instantly knowing what the image looks like, and no flash. We were to take a photo with someone in the frame, My roll didn't quite come out how expected but here is some of my take.
"The voice of Bellingham" is "running for state senate," in Sensuous Senator, a Bellingham Theatre Guild production airing April Fool's Day.
Micheal Gill, 42, actor, voice of magic FM radio station, and self-proclaimed, "camera whore," will be playing the congressman running for senate, Jack McGuire.
The play will be showing through April 17, and tickets will be available shortly through the Bellingham Theater Guild box office.
"The voice of Bellingham" is "running for state senate," in Sensuous Senator, a Bellingham Theatre Guild production airing April Fool's Day.
Micheal Gill, 42, actor, voice of magic FM radio station, and self-proclaimed, "camera whore," will be playing the congressman running for senate, Jack McGuire.
The play will be showing through April 17, and tickets will be available shortly through the Bellingham Theater Guild box office.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
The Merrueshi Maasai Tribe
The Maasai are a semi-nomadic tribe living a conservation lifestyle. The pictures above are from 10 days I spent at their conservation tourism camp in August 2010 and from Amboseli National Park. We were located near the Ugandan-Kenyan border and Mount Kilimanjaro.
The particular village I stayed with "is addressing the pressures of modernization through community development projects that aim to minimize permanent migration of young men and women from the community" who leave to seek work in cities.
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