Ruth's Blog

Run! Families play on the hay sack and slide at Davis family farm for the fall season on October 21.  Splash! Davis family farm on Obtober 21, Nichole Uhuang races ducks with friend while enjoying a day at the pumpkin patch with family.  Walking through the flowers at Davis family farm. The halloween season is happening on October 21, at the pumpkin patch. 

Lindsey Addario In chapters 2-7 of Linsey Addario's book "It's What I Do," she goes over many of the different adventures she endures during her time as a photo journalist. To me it was all simply amazing. To thinks she lived in all these countries and worked as a single women makes me view my life in a whole different perspective. Her ability to keep working through so many mishaps is inspiring. Being able to photograph through bombs and war, walking around seeing dead body parts in bags and keep her love for the work in astonishing. Two things that left an impression on me were how she handled working away form her boyfriend knowing her had other lovers. How she was able to keep her personal relationships out of her work and do her job. this made me think of how strong she has to be as a person to keep her cool like that. Another thing that left an impression on me was her time with the New York Times and being captured and held by those people. The idea of that...

NPPA Code of Ethics 1) In the code of ethics item #3 was the most compelling to me: "Be complete and provide context when photographing or recording subjects. Avoid stereotyping individuals and groups. Recognize and work to avoid presenting one's own biases in the work." This stands out to me, because I'm a firm believer in letting things be. Not altering or changing to add your own opinion when it's not needed. This relates strongly with photographs; the goal is to capture a setting, not change one. 2) Under ideally journalists should #5 stands out to me, it presents, "strive to be unobtrusive and humble in dealing with subjects." This is important, because as a photographer you don't want to disrespect or or disrupted the lives of the person you're capturing. In such cases, you won't get the photograph you're needing and won't get good paying jobs. 3) I would apply this rule by not adapting or changing my photos to portray anythi...

Thomas Langeney Fitness specialist Thomas Langeney works at SamFit in Lebanon, Oregon. Langeney has worked at SamFit in Lebanon for 6 months. but has been in the field for 6 years. Langeney studied at Oregon State University and has a degree in kinesiology. When beginning his educational journey, Langeney planned to become a fitness educator for children, later realizing he enjoyed working with older adults. In the future, Langeney wants to work towards getting his master's degree in physical therapy and expanding his knowledge on post-operation rehab. 

Two Portrait Subjects 1) Erick Ihde Ihde is a high school history teacher and girls soccer coach for West Albany High school. On the side he does trivia night on Wednesdays at Southpaws pizza.   The best Place to capture him would be during trivia while announcing and working the game. Props that would work best would be the microphone, the screen with questions, or him working with the score cards. I can contact this person through phone or email. 2) Thomas Tangney Physical trainer at SamFit in Lebanon Oregon.  The best place to capture him would be in the gym, or office at the SamFit gym. Props that would work best would be the equipment inside the gym or doing paper/computer work in the gym. I can contact Tangney through the Samfit office, or by going in during his work hours.   Self Critique   1) I think the best photo I've taken in this class so far is a portrait of Griffin Whitney. This photo has good lighting and I believe wa...

Photographer of the Week  For my photographer I choose Annie Leibovitz. She's an American portrait photographer. She became the first woman to have an exhibition at the Washington's National Portrait Gallery. For 10 years she was the chief photographer for the Rolling Stone. Her photography stands out in the way she shows the emotion of her subjects. Mostly portraits she's is able to capture the mood of every photo she takes. Leibovitz was offered a job at Rolling stone in 1970, where she created a new look for the magazine. In This she began her journey to fame. Lynsey Addario "It's What I Do," by Lindsey Addario has been a pleasure to read so far. Addario is am compelling author with an amazing story of her claim to fame. She starts the book setting an intense seen that hooked me in. In chapter one she writes abut her childhood, which really surprised me. Her overcoming the change of her dad moving out with another man and starting a new life impre...

Griifin Whitney  "I want to be dietitian, I like fitness stuff, dieting, and helping people with their bodies. I"m going to Linn-Benton to get my basic classes out of the way and then transfer to a university. Being at Linn-Benton I expected to park go to class and leave, which is mostly what I have done. So far I have experienced anything exciting." Hannah Kinniburgh  "I want to be a 911 dispatcher, I was talking to my advisor and she said communication was a good route to take because it can lead to other jobs. I'm playing basketball here at Linn-Benton. I really like that it's a small campus here, so I wont get lost. My classes have been good I really enjoy my communications class."