Character Profile: Kate Walker.

After my last assignment, I wanted to take a different approach to shooting my character profile.

I had worked with Kate briefly during my time as a staff photographer for the Columbia Missourian, but I had a gut feeling my time wasn't done with her.

Kate is a world champion power lifter and yoga teacher in Columbia.

Kate utilizes her inner spirituality in these physical activities and throughout her life.

I really enjoyed the time I spent with Kate and her friends, students and family during this project.

I am extremely grateful to Kate for allowing me to help tell her story. 

I hope to keep photographing Kate in the future.

Notice New Things.

With everytime I shoot, I try and notice things that have nothing to do with my subject.

Because it's often those things that actually add to my subject.

COMOPOLO PULL OUT!

COMOPOLO PULL OUT!

True/False: Super Secret Saturday Night Party.

I plan to update this post...but I wanted to put some of my favorite photos on the blog!

True/False: March March Through The Rain.

One of many posts about the wonderful weekend that was True/False. 

Here are some of my favorites from the March March parade in the pouring rain. 

Picture Story: Bird By Bird Reading

I appreciated this chapter because it talks about not judging a story too quickly and sticking around with a subject. My strength in photojournalism is long-term story work. I am a firm believer in keeping in touch with subjects and continuing work, as someone story really never ends. It also shows the importance of the relationship between a photojournalist and their subject. If you disappear from your subjects life, sometimes it comes off in a bad way. They invest time with the photojournalist, and it can come off as the photojournalist simply using their story for personal gain.

I also thought it was interesting to look at death as a way subjects open up about their lives. I have never worked with someone who is close to this stage in their life. But I think it's an interesting way for a subject to reflect on their life and have it documented.

Diana:Roll 3!

My beautiful soul sister Taylor

Just Shootin' to Shoot.