Week 3 Blog Forum

Topic 1:

Environmental Portrait Subject Ideas

1. Dan Crall, owner and main driver for Corvallis Pedicab, would make an interesting portrait subject. I can imagine the scene: Dan sitting in the driver's seat, with a smile on his face, ready to give a ride. I'd make sure to include the pedicab in the frame, and maybe the other pedicab could be in the background. I plan to contact Mr. Crall by calling the number on his business card.
   
2. Jeremy Smith, local Corvallis mathematical computer artist and farmers' market character, would also make a nice subject for my environmental portrait. Jeremy rides a unique bicycle, which could be part of the shot at one of the last outdoor Saturday markets of the season. Props could include his distinctive helmet or maybe some of his artwork, as he tends to bring his latest projects to the market. I plan to see him at the market tomorrow, but if I don't see him there, I'll ask my wife, because she has a lot of contacts in the Corvallis art scene.

Topic 2:

Self-Critique

1. My best photo for #JN134 so far is this one of Omar Aljafi in the Designated Smoking Area at LBCC.
2. My worst photo is this boring one below of an unnamed student doing something entirely un-newsworthy.

• A skill that I need to improve is being more diligent with getting people's names when they are subjects in my photos. I have a little notebook and I'm practicing techniques to help me remember which names go with individual people in my shots.

After the game

David St. Onge puts away a deck of cards from the Cards Against Humanity game in the cafeteria at LBCC - October 15, 2015

Gaming in the cafeteria

A plastic zipper bag containing dice of varying number of sides at the Gamers' Table in the cafeteria at LBCC - October 15, 2015

Mary Lingenfelter discusses Cards Against Humanity with other gamers at a table in the cafeteria at LBCC - October 15, 2015

Gamers Mary Lingenfelter, Nick Foster, and Michael Connolly, gather together with two other students to play at a table in the cafeteria at LBCC - October 15, 2015

Whiteboard in the Learning Center

The six trigonometric functions, as illustrated by Jesse Yeager at the Math Help Desk in the Learning Center at LBCC - October 14, 2015

Cobweb invasion

A student walks by a cobweb-filled light on the campus of LBCC - October 7, 2015

Taking a smoke break

Students take a smoke break at one of the Designated Smoking Areas at Linn-Benton Community College - October 7, 2015

Litter Pick-up at Shawala Point

Tom—of Happy Trails Record Store—helps Paul Cauthorn pick up litter in Corvallis - October 11, 2015

Corvallis resident Paul Cauthorn scrubs graffiti off a tree at Shawala Point - October 11, 2015

Rubbish and debris picked up by unpaid freelance volunteers at Shawala Point  - October 11, 2015