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Photo Essay A Hard Days Work By Juan Mendoza-Tovar It’s 30 degrees in Peshastin, Wash. and for this time of the year, it’s warm. The snow has began to melt as Miguel Mendoza shows up for another days work. He’s greeted with the familiar tracks left behind by deer the night before and the soundsContinue reading “Blog #10”

Some More of My Favorite Pictures The Kodiaks went undefeated until their final two games last season, when they finished fourth at the WIAA 1A State Soccer Championships. This photo was from their first round of state, which they got to host. My brother is the goalie. This is my nephew Adrian and niece Ana,Continue reading “Blog #9”

In-Class Feature The in-class feature hunt was actually pretty fun. Sometimes I feel like I work better under pressure so this assignment really catered to my work ethic. I was lucky to run into Alexandra Gilsrude shortly after leaving class. She fit the perfect mold and I was able to ask her if I couldContinue reading “Blog #8”

Photo Illustration I chose to illustrate the current state of college athletics. The big question of if college athletes should be getting paid has cause a lot of drama. College athletes are doubtedly some of the most underappreciated people around. They make an enormous amount of revenue for schools, while getting none back. There is alsoContinue reading “Blog #7”

My Favorite Photos I chose to feature some of my favorite photos from over the years. I used to use my camera a lot more and I wish I could get into it more, but I think the main reason I did so much more back then was because I got to take pictures ofContinue reading “Blog #6”

Honest Emotion – Relationship Photos This was a pretty cool assignment because I feel as though it’s much easier to catch people in the moment. One thing that’s important to note is that I had to use my friends camera and doing so I forgot to check the date and time, so you will noticeContinue reading “Blog #5”

PEOPLE IN MOTION I had a really hard time with this assignment. With the camera difficulties, lack of time and just overall stress I had a hard time creating these photos. Overall I still felt like I produced pretty solid photos that show the three different types of photos. My favorite ones to take wereContinue reading “Blog #4”

This was a really fun assignment. I liked being able to go into someone’s environment and take pictures of them. With Paul, I learned so much from all the memorabilia in his office. Every little thing had a story which was super entertaining and overall just fun to know. He is very proud of allContinue reading “Environmental Portraits”

Icebreaker Assignment I had a really hard time with this assignment. I found myself feeling very awkward and not confident enough to approach strangers in the community. However, with that I do believe it’s always good to push yourself out of your comfort zone. I also didn’t know how to ask the people in myContinue reading “Blog Post #2”

You may have never heard of the name Walter Iooss, actually I hadn’t until about a week ago either. However, after doing a little research on this man if you’re a sports fan it’s hard to say you’ve never seen his work… In his storied career he has worked with some of the most famousContinue reading “The Iconic Life of Walter Iooss”