Here goes Something

I’ll start this blog in quite a boring way. I’m sure it’s extremely common to do so, but I need to give a bit of a personal description before I go ahead and start ranting about my experiences.

I started shooting seriously at some point in high school. About the age of 14 I’d say. At first I was interested in the more artistic side of photography. You know, black and whites of flowers, shapes and the like. After a short time I moved on to taking up interest in shooting for my high school newspaper and yearbook. Being involved in absolutely no activities and having all the time in the world, I was perfect for the job. I worked my way up the ladder of basic journalistic shooting through high school and became hooked.

College came around as it does after high school. I signed my major as a photojournalist early on and have never reconsidered it. It’s something I love and would never change.

I began shooting at college in a more serious sense early on. Photographing for CM Life and really got into documenting the world around me. We capture moments. That’s our game.

Now the current situation: I am about to graduate from college, I’m just into my first couple of weeks at my first internship (unpaid), and I am still learning the ropes when it comes to “big time” photojournalism.

Here forth I will be posting information as to what my experiences are as a shooter in the real world. I’ll also post interesting information that one would find useful as a beginning news shooter. Even more, I’ll likely give my opinion on things I never learned at school that I wish I’d have as I come across them. Trust me, I’ve got a few already.

I hope to have readers of all types. Just because you’re not a photojournalist doesn’t mean you aren’t going to learn something or enjoy reading. I know quite a few people who have no idea how those shots get into the paper or on the web, and I hope that I give a bit of insight as to what it takes.

I’m no expert and that’s what’s best about it. I want to get the view from the starting gate. I hope, as readers and as commenters, you all enjoy my experiences.