In the last few months, I’ve won multiple awards in news. It started in December. I entered the National Press Photographers Association’s monthly clip contest. Photographers enter their best work each month and compete against other shooters in the region. In St. Louis, I am in region 7 (R7). That includes all of Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas and Oklahoma. One of my images happened to beat out every other shooter in the region in December in the general news category. In […]
I decided to hop on board with Podcasting. After setting up my recording area, I had to think of what I wanted to talk about. The only thing on my mind right now is looking for a job and staying motivated while doing so. Therefore, my first Podcast is about staying motivated even with the gloomy cloud over the journalism industry. [podcast]https://www.gershphoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/podcast_stayingmotivated.mp3[/podcast] ** Please keep in mind that this is my first Podcast so I might have some kinks to […]
From the moment we landed in Grand Junction, Colorado, all I could say was “wow!” Every direction I looked, there were mountains. I took out Katie’s Panasonic Lumix and started shooting as we left the plane and walked to the terminal. I knew this was going to be a great trip. It takes about 30 minutes to get from the airport to the house we were staying at in Mack, Colorado. We were out in the desert and only six […]
I can never sleep the night before travel. I’m not nervous. I just can’t wait to be somewhere new. Tonight, or rather this morning, is no different. Later today I hop in a plane and head to Colorado. A lot of you may say “What’s the big deal with that? You’ve been all over the world.” This is true. I’ve been to China, Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Israel and Bermuda, all within the last 5 years. I’ve also been all over […]