For those of you that don’t already know, I am a week in to my new job. I am the new Chief Photographer and Photo Editor at The Courier-Times in New Castle, IN.
The job comes with perks.
I love the challenge of making an interesting photo, no matter the situation. That is something I had to do my first day on the job.
The town is building a Mr. Fuel gas station right off the interstate. I guess I should say they will be building one. Right now, it is just an empty field. I decided it was best to show the location and leave the empty field in the background.
As we were winding down for the day and getting ready to send the paper off to the press, news breaks. A man robbed CVS Pharmacy.
Here is how it played the next day.
The next morning, I drove to Tri Elementary School to cover a science fair.
I then shot a portrait of a kid who is donating almost 50 pairs of his shoes to Haiti.
For something a little different the next day, I photographed a hearse pulling out of a funeral home. The man being cremated was a well know member of the community that road a Harley. So it was only fitting to take him to the grave the same way.
That night, we kept an eye on the window waiting for the impending snow storm. The next morning, we started getting pounded by snow, accumulating something like ten inches in the next 24 hours.
Thank god I bought a Subaru!
This morning I had my first sporting event. Almost all of the games for the weekend were canceled because many of the counties were in a level 3 snow emergency. That means if you travel on the roads and it is not an emergency, you can be ticketed or arrested.
The regional bowling tournament was postponed a day so I shot that briefly this morning. When there isn’t a good vantage point to shoot from in front, it is difficult to make a nice bowling shot. I focused on the coach and team while a teammate was bowling.
So what’s next?
Unfortunately, I can’t predict spot news. But I do know my area is set to get another 4-8 inches of snow on Tuesday. I have a feeling more snow photos are in my future.
I love being a photojournalist. I have something different to do every day. It never gets old and it never will.
Thanks for sharing this. I’m so glad that this job is proving to be exciting for you! Great photos. Great commentary. Congratulations. I love your snow shots, so glad you’ll be submitting more.
Thanks Eileen! Glad you like the snow shots. I had to do my best to make an interesting photo when there were no people out. I was the only fool running around with the snow coming down that heavily and the wind blowing that hard. They are now forecasting 5-9 inches for Tuesday into Wednesday with winds blowing up to 40mph!
Awesome! Really like the commentary with the photos and then to see the actual result in the paper. Keep it coming!
Thanks Jeroen. I’ll keep showing the layout in the paper (when appropriate) as well as try to show a bit more behind the scenes.
Well done, Max.
The worse it gets, the more you are in it. Sandy says you get an A for the blog- a nice set
of pictures. She thinks you made chicken soup out of chicken feathers. I think there are mostly
chicken feathers in a town that size = you make it work for you. Looks like you will keep busy and
have fun.
You might think about offering a “photo column” to the paper, maybe on a once a week basis, with
a photograph you reserve for that spot and your personal comments in an extended cut line, and an
email address for feedback. It might be a way for you and the paper to connect to readers.
Have fun.– Bob
Thanks Bob. I’m intrigued by this photo column idea. What exactly would one entail?
I’ve already started playing around and having fun. I did a few neat shoots in these last few days that I will try to post this weekend.
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