Pike Place Market Sign

Corner of Railroad and E. Holly St. Bellingham WA

The street kids don't care much for the Bellingham P.D.

Earth Day Dragon

Need I say more...

Not exactly sure what a dragon has to do with Earth Day, but it was a cool looking costume.

The Green Latern and Friend

Feature Story Photo

For this assignment we were asked to go out and photograph a slice of life. It is meant to be a light hearted and fun photo that shows people doing what people do. I ended up at the Bellingham senior center and photographed two wonderful ladies working on a puzzle. As a puzzle enthusiast myself I found it quite easy striking a conversation with Barbara and Donna and was able to get what I thought was a feel good photo.

Jackie Rothenberger

These are a few photos I took of Western sophomore Jackie Rothenberger, catcher for the women's Viking softball team, hitting her first collegiate grand slam against rival Montana State Billings Yellowjackets on April 14, 2011.

General News Photo

This next assignment was to go out and find a planned event where there was a general news angle.
I choose to cover an event at Western where Author/documentary filmmaker/playwright and human rights advocate Jen Marlowe gave a presentation of her lecture "Does Art Merely Reflect a Damaged World or can it Inspire Change." The presentation was very moving, and Jen was heart broken at the time. She had just recently received news that two of the individuals she had been involved with in her film documentaries had recently been killed. Unfortunately the pictures I took of her that day do not do justice to the raw emotion that she presented that day, but it was still quite powerful and moving, and a day I will remember for the remainder of my life.