Picture Story- Works in Progress 2

The White Sox had their first game this Wednesday against the Athletics. In the bursting sunshine, they pulled out a 4-3 win for their opener. Here are some photos- again- comments/criticisms/suggestions are welcome!

Picture Story- Works in Progress

Here it is: the BIG ONE. We've done several little assignments for Picture Story and a few weeks ago, I started the main 30-day picture project. Baseball pops up again as I attempt to visualize the importance of the game in America. Originally wanting to work with a professional college team, I found too many distractions- advertisements, endorsements, steroids and an obsessive work schedule diluted from the simple point I wanted to illustrate. After contacting Daniel Boone Little League President, Eric Chapman, he graciously set me up with a team coached by Ric Wilborn. The White Sox are ages 10-12 with players' experience ranging from competitive to first timers.

The concepts I want to illustrate through my pictures are summer, family, competition, teamwork: part of something bigger, idolizing players, pride, natural outside environment, pace of the game and American symbolism.

I've been to the team practices for the last few weeks in preparation for the games starting the last week of April. Here are some images from practice. Feel free to let me know what you think- thanks!!

FOOODDD

Like the PhotoJ majors, the magazine sequence kids are also knee-deep in capstone quicksand. Their task work in groups to create a complete magazine. My friend Claire Hanan's group is making a brunch magazine. I was excited when she asked me to photograph for the magazine and even more excited when we ate all of the food afterwards. Here's a sneak peak:

We start with lilac-infused champagne

Turkey bacon, asparagus and red onion pizza...

And a desert pizza of white chocolate, pistachios and cranberries

Random fact about me: I. Love. Bacon

Opening Day- The Best Holiday in St. Louis

Baseball heaven is officially open! The first home game at Busch Stadium was a complete success with 46,918 people- the most in a regular season game at the new stadium. Albert hit another home run and had 4 RBIs. Wainwright also had an amazing game- not only great pitches, but a hit as well. A big thanks goes to Mom and Dad for scoring us tickets in Big Mac Land.

Third baseman David Freese swings away

Skip Schumaker at second

Pujols hits his fifth home run of the season... WHOO

Not a good picture, but I couldn't resist recording Mark McGwire's return to Busch.

Ronald!

Picture Story - Video Job Profile

For my first time using a 5D Mark II for video, I did a job profile of Chef Darren Garmer. He teaches Cuisines Across Cultures at Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in St. Louis, MO. I had a blast and learned about several cooking techniques I'll now be practicing on my roommates. The 5D Mark II made really crisp video and was easy to move around and focus, however, the audio was a challenge. Chef Garmer had a microphone during our sit-down interview, but the camera still picked up a ton of background noise.

Thanks to Le Cordon Bleu, Chef Davenport and Chef Garmer!

Job Profile from Sarah Flagg on Vimeo.