Staying on Track: Beneficial to Success

Surviving this course wasn't as hard as many might think. Throughout the entire semester, we were continually busy with usually a lot of small assignments. Staying on top of my work from day 1 helped me to survive this course because as the semester went on, I was so busy with my other classes that I began to, for lack of a better word, slack a little in this class. But because I wasn't making up assignments from earlier in the semester, I was still able to get my required work done and some.

My main advice to any future students of PJ 245? Get ahead, stay ahead, pay attention, and listen to what the instructors have to say because without their teaching methods and advice, my knowledge and preparation for future classes and eventually my career would be much more limited. I want to say thank you to Lori King and David Cantor for agreeing to teach this course because if they wouldn't have done it, I would've not only been unprepared but also would've not received my Associate's Degree this year.

Ready to Finish

Since the beginning of my PhotoJournalism class, our final project was a consistent topic. So when it was finally time to create our photo story, I was well prepared for knowing how to shoot, what I was looking for, and everything in between except knowing the subject I was going to shoot. After discussing with my instructor on this debacle, I chose to shoot a boxing event.

Upon my arrival, I wasn't exactly sure what my focus was going to be, until I met a boxer by the name of Robert Easter Jr. He was currently 7th in the nation in his weight class and the fight I was to shoot was going to be a qualifier for the Olympics.

It was a great experience and related to something I enjoyed taking pictures of: sports. In the end, I think I was successful and thought this was the best project to finish up with.

Boxers of all ages practice on Thursday at the Glass City Gym before the big fight on Saturday.



Robert Easter Jr. takes a punch at his opponent en route to an easy victory. The win helps Easter in building up his resume to get him to the Olympics.



After winning the fight, it's back to training for Robert Easter Jr. Training hard is a must if he wants to make it to the Olympics.