It might not be time for a farewell post but I can definitely reflect on a few things that have happened in the last few weeks.
I think I've been worrying a little bit to much about upgrading my profile in order to impress people in the industry. But in this last semester and especially in the last week or so I realized I just need to photograph all the things that I enjoy photographing and the portfolio will put itself together almost automatically.
This semester I've taken up shooting and writing about hockey and sports in general. It's kind of odd that I haven't really taken up until now considering my background and interests. I guess I was just trying to focus on improving my skills of things that I probably won't do as much later. It's almost like I knew sports were just going to come. But in the mindset of trying to impress those that might be hiring me in just a month or two, I finally decided to take up my rightful place in the photographic and writing world, sports.
I haven't necessarily excelled at it by any means but I definitely enjoy shooting and writing about it so much that it sort of comes naturally.
As a fourth semester requirement we work on the school newspaper called The Pioneer, and in the three weeks that we've been a part of it I've been almost solely a sports reporter. I've written stories, photographed and even written a few columns on it.
On a side note,
I was also given the honour of being the editor for the paper for a full week which was a great experience. While there are certainly differences between being an editor for this paper as opposed to a paper outside of school, there was a lot to be taken from the experience. It was great to learn what editors deal with even though it's a little different in that editors don't usually manage 22 photojournalism students writing 22 different stories. Not that it's a bad thing, I just wonder what the difficulties of managing a few less reporters would be. I feel that if I had more experience as a reporter I would embrace a position as editor, at least for a little while anyways. But then again, I love taking photos and writing, I'm not sure I can give that up.
Until next post, keep fit and have fun!
Andre
