Picture Story

We were given our last assignment to do a picture story. I did mine on a small business, Icing on the Cake. They make delicious, decadent cupcakes and the owner donates weekly to local retirement homes and women's shelters. I thought it might be nice to shine some light on the great things people do in Bellingham.

Emeritus Retirement home, enjoying their cupcakes one bite at a time.

Before the donation, the cupcakes displayed at the shop look mouth-watering. This is just one of the 26 flavors.

Icing on the Cake, on Champion Street downtown. Owner, Liz Kovacs opened the shop in June of 2010.

The Emeritus chef taking his first bite, before he digs in to , "One of the best cupcakes I have ever had," said Aaron Bel Cher.

The company started in 1998 out of a kitchen in Ferndale.

Known for their decadent ingredients and delicious buttercream frosting, you can find their cupcakes for sale at Woods Coffee, Javatown Espresso, Daisy Cafe, and Supreme Bean Coffee Cafe.

In Class adventure

We were given an assignment when we walked into class today. We were told to take our cameras and get a picture of anything on or off campus. So with camera in hand, in freezing weather, we set out for one hour to get a picture. This is what I came up with...


Magee Jackson is staying warm by the fire in the Atrium on campus. She was catching some sleep inbetween classes and staying out of the snow.

Feature Illustration

Motion

Our assignment was to shoot something in motion. Most would have chosen a sporting event or sport of some sort but I decided to shoot a little girl I met at the park. The little girl, Katelyn Bradshaw and her mother, Sara Bradshaw, were spending the evening alone at the park playing. Sara Bradshaw explained that she doesn’t see her daughter much because she works 50 hours a week at Walgreens in Sedro-Woolley. She takes advantage of the time they have together by going to the park and playing just the two of them.

The daughter was obviously enjoying her time, and her motion was perfect. It was difficult to catch the motion while the object was moving back and forth. I decided to stay in one position down low and take picture when she was in the center of the viewfinder.

I am confident that this picture will work for this project. Until I started talking to Kaitlin’s mom, there was no story attached to this picture. Once we talked for a while, I realized this is news worthy in a different sort of way. Sara spends all her time at work, leaving no time for her beautiful daughter. “She is growing like a weed, and I hate missing it,” said Sara Bradshaw. So this was not just an ordinary nightly trip to the park, this is a special moment for them, and I was able to catch it.

Katelyn Bradshaw, 17-months-old, was spending the evening with her mom, Sara Bradshaw, at Lake Padden.

"She is known for her cheesy smiles," said Sara Bradshaw. "She is our little 'ham' when the camera comes around."

Honest emotion

Our assignment was to go out and take pictures of honest emotion. This could be any emotion, between any people. I walked around my apartment complex and heard three girls laughing and making jokes. I walked down to their porch and asked if I could join the conversation. I sat down and realized they were talking about high school and laughing about their past. The three girls have lived together for the last year while going to college. They have become best friends and it is obvious by their conversation. We sat on their small porch in freezing weather and laughed until our stomachs hurt, including mine. The woman in the main picture is, Lindsay Troeppl, 23-year-old Western student. The two women beside her were Monica Elder, 21-year-old Bellingham resident, and Alex Payne, 21-year-old Whatcom student. 

Lindsay Troeppl, 23-year-old, Western student

Alex Payne, 21-year-old, Whatcom student

Monica Elder, 21-year-old, Bellingham resident

Portrait

For this assignment, we were told to take a picture of someone in their environment. I had a lot of trouble with this project because I attempted to use film and in the end it was the night before it was due and I had no pictures. I did what I had to, woke up early found a great woman to take pictures of and found out more about her business. She happened to be saying good-bye to her business partner that day, so she was changing the board out front to say "We will miss you Sharee, Thanks for all the fun times!"


Shelly Ness, Zoom Zoom coffee owner and manager.

Project two

Icebreaker
 
We were told to go out and take pictures of six different people and ask them all the same question. The question was, "All things being equal, what would your dream job be?"

And this is what I came up with...

 

"The captain of a boat, The captain of my boat!"

 "Help people of all ages learn to read."

 "I would be a preschool or kindergarten teacher, I just love kids."

 "I would like to teach. I want to help people by teaching when I am older"

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"I would be a philanthropist and bless people with money."

"An Astronaut. I would be an Astronaut."

Project One

Our first assignment in Photojournalism seemed like it would be easy. I was easily fooled I guess. The assignment was to get a disposable camera and starting shooting, whatever we wanted.

I went downtown and jumped right in with my $7 dollar disposable camera and a notebook. I ran into a man downtown name William and he had recently moved here from Tuscan. He was an interesting guy, so I took some pictures, winding my camera after each shot. I was happy with my progress and I moved on with 18 shots left. I got through the rest of my film, happy with what I had done.

My film was developed and I was shocked by the outcome. Majority (18/24) of my pictures were too dark to even work with. Photoshop couldn't even help. Luckily, my first photo op of the day paid off and I ended up with a great picture in the end. But who woulda though.... take away all technology and this is what you get. I am now thankful for my film camera that does not require a wind between each picture.

Heres the chosen one...

My first few shots.

Brett Baker Summer 2010 Squalicum Harbor.  

Brett Baker Summer 2010 Squalicum Harbor. 

Brett Baker Summer 2010 Squalicum Harbor. 

"RayBan advertisement "

Summer Sunset, Boulevard Park, 2010.

Brett Baker, Summer Sunset, Boulevard Park, 2010.

"Silhouette"

Picnic Point Beach, Mukilteo, 2010.

Taryn Ihrig and Dylan Lofrgen Engagement.

Picnic Point Beach, Mukilteo, 2010.

Taryn Ihrig and Dylan Lofrgen Engagement.

"Love Birds"