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Freshman Alison Maier studies for her American government exam on Oct. 13 in Memorial Union. She explains to her friends the difference between soft money and hard money while joking about how unprepared she feels for the exam tomorrow.


Lighting diagram

Single flash

Zack Johnson, 14 (left) and his friend’s father Don Dahlke watch Dahlke’s son, Jesse, 13, bowl. They come to the AMF Columbia Lanes two to three times a week and play tournaments on weekends. Don inspired his son to start bowling at the age of 6 because he has been bowling his entire life. Due to an ankle injury three years ago, Don taught himself how to bowl left handed after 42 years of bowling right-handed.

Few more from the Studio Portrait shoot

Glass

According to Harvard School of Public Heath, olive oil is considered a healthy oil while pasta is the most common way for athletes to carbohydrate load before a big competition.

Classmate studio portrait

Liz Pierson


Without hesitation, junior Liz Pierson describes herself as being “loud, obnoxious and sarcastic.” Her parents wouldn’t allow her only to be a photojournalism major, so she is an individual design major, with a combination of photojournalism, strategic communications and writing with Spanish and art minors. "I used to think I was really funny," Pierson said. "I've always thought that. I guess it took me 20 years to realize I'm not. Not even a little. So I always laugh at my own jokes for sympathy points." As part of her job through the business school, she will take her outgoing personality to India for free to take photos of other students on their study abroad trips this winter break.

I had the opportunity to photograph Liz Pierson for my first shoot in the studio. I had a lot of fun working with Liz and she was a great model.

Inspirational Portrait

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0712/price.obama/content.1.html

A series of photos by Bill Frakes from Sports Illustrated circulated during Obama's campaign for president. It is no secret that Obama loves to play basketball and I felt these environmental portraits revealed a side of Obama that had not been seen during the campaign. This one particularly stands out to me. He seems like an approachable everyday person that I could run into at my own local YMCA. This was an unusual portrait for someone trying to be elected as president of the United States. The red, white and blue basketball ball adds to the photo and is kind of a subtle reminder of his patriotism.

Sedalia, Mo. tornado touchdown May 25, 2011

Never thought when I woke up this past Wednesday that I would be spending my afternoon searching for people whose homes have been destroyed by a tornado hours earlier. Here is my take on the day and you can link to my story.
Although I didn't have my camera on me, I was handed a breaking news camera on my way out the door. Here are some of the photos I was able to get with this camera.

Here are the links to the stories:

http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2011/05/25/sedalia-tornado-leaves-homes-destroyed-some-injured/

http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2011/06/07/sedalia-tornado-destroys-couples-home-three-days-babys-birth/