Cross Country State Championships

In November I was hired to shoot the high school state cross country championships. I accepted the job despite never shooting cross country before I was a little nervous going into it but after the first race I settled in and thought it went well. That day I took over 1,200 photos but I edited them down to my top 10 from that day. Let me know what you think. I feel that one is my best shot from that day.

Economy in Crises

Last fall right after the economy crashed there was a Hinckley forum in the Hinckley Institute of Politics. I took the assignment and was going to shoot it before going to class. I thought it was going to be the typical Hinckley shot so I showed up like 5 minutes before the start of the forum, which was a bad idea. This turned out to be the most popular form I have ever seen. When I showed up I could not even get in the door I could just barly see the guy leading the forum through the people standing in the door.If I went to the other door I could only do hail marry shots over the people in the door so I decided to shoot the crowd instead of the speakers so I went out to the TV they had in the hall to shoot that crowd but one shot never really captured the number of people there. Then I moved to just under the TV and thought I could try to make a panorama of the over flow in the hall. That was money it took me like four tries to get a panorama that worked well but it was worth the work.
I just found out that this picture won a mark of excellence awarded in the photo illustration category. I would of never thought that I would win an awarded for an assignment at the Hinckley Institute. I guess I should never assume.