Week 7

Shooting Sports: In the book it talks about knowing the sport and looking up stats to find which players are good or about to break records. Andy touched on this in class when he said it would of been good to know about rugby before he took pictures of it but didn't go into detail. In the book it says many photographers stay on top of the news of sports and mimic some of the qualities of a sports fan while trying to avoid becoming one.

Along that same line you should become good at anticipating when and what is going to happen. This will become easier when you have seen a couple games and/or you have knowledge of the game.

With both of these tips the photos will be good because you will get shots that people want to see. You may have a great picture of an average player but people don't really want that. They want to see the star of the team in a great photo. By having the knowledge of the sport and predicting/anticipate what is going you will be able to what the star player and get that great shot that people want.

With these tips I can get better pictures of the sport I am going to shoot. I do have the knowledge of the sport because I use to do it when I was in high school. I also talked to the assistant coach on which dancers are the more advanced. Because I know the sport, I know what moves lead up to jumps, leaps, or turns and I can anticipate what will happen next in the dance.

Action/Sports Photos:
The sport that I have chosen is high school dance team. The team will be The Philomath Shining Stars. I am going to be taking pictures of them during their practices at the high school in the gym. For the different type of shots I was thinking of getting the whole team. The medium could be a couple of the girls during the dance or a picture of the coach Lori. For the close up I can do a picture of one girl doing a jump, leap, or turn.

Week 7 Photos: My Hometown

The Philomath Shining Stars dance team practice at their high school to prepare for their competition on November 19th at West Albany High school. At the competition they will be doing a pom routine and the varsity will be doing a contemporary dance. At their last competition they got 2nd place which was up in Gladstone. 

The newest version of the high school in Philomath has now been open completely for 4 years. While construction was still going some of the school was open but they were also using the primary school to host classes as well. This year they have a new Principal Brian Flannery, Vice Principal Mike Bussard, and Athletic Director Aaron Schermerhorn. 

Noah Lochner posses with his patrol car right before his graveyard shift on Friday night. He has been with the Philomath Police Department for a little over 2 years now and is enjoying every bit of it. Before he was at the police department he was working in a bike shop in Corvallis.