Critque: Environmental Portrait

This is an environmental portrait I took Fall term 2008 in Photo 101 of a friend's daughter Eva age two laying on her living room floor coloring. I love the point of view I shot at. I had to lay on my belly beside her. She was so easily distracted, it was easy for me to just disappear and shoot her while she played. The only thing I would change is the clutter in the background. Dec. 2008.

Environmental Portrait: Cloud of Cloud 9 and The Downward Dog

Cloud Davidson owner and part time bartender of both restaurant and bar Cloud 9 and The Downward Dog in downtown Corvallis.Here he is happily preparing a Downward Dog's House Cocktail for the early Monday Happy Hour crowd. (Monday, Jan. 26, 2009).

Cloud is well know as a friendly owner with a "can do" attitude. Head on down to Cloud Nine for your Valentine's Day dinner for two or have fun with friends and strangers at The Downward Dog next door.

Corvallis Culinary Week

Saturday, Jan. 24, 2009 was the last night Cloud Nine and seven other Corvallis restaurants hosted Corvallis Culinary Week. The room was crowded everyday Monday, Jan. 19 trough Saturday, Jan. 24 with reservations. People who desperately wanted to taste Cloud Nine's ten dollar special Chef’s Plates without their name on the list was accompanied at bar top only with Cloud Nine's bar tender Jason Hogan.

Critique: Coyote wrestler

Coyote wrestler Doug Eoff poses with his dog Candy in front of his home in Frederick, Oklahoma. July 7, 2007. Photograph by Kelly Kerr.

Overall this picture is just so-so, it looks a bit candid and I don't think the house in the background is necessary, but overall a good feature photo. The best part is the caption and title of this shot that makes it quite hilarious. The title of the shot is called, "Hand Wrestling Coyotes". So you expect to see a strong man wrestling a coyote with his bare hands, but you don't. Instead you see this friendly picture of his feminine looking dog nudging the smiling old man with a rifle in his hand. The caption says, "self-proclaimed coyote hunter poses with his dog, Candy". Hahahaha! This coyote wrestler's dog's name is Candy!

http://mainehuntingtoday.com/bbb/2007/07/30/hand-wrestling-coyotes/

Featured photo: Linn-Benton Bus Loop

Students ride to school dressed for a cold day. Luckily, the bus is heated. This picture was taken in December on the Linn-Benton bus loop to Corvallis.

Ride Linn-Benton's heated bus loops free everyday with a student ID and a brightly colored bus sticker from the Registration Desk in Taneka Hall. The Linn-Benton loop picks up and drops off students from locations around Corvallis and Albany. Check out the Linn-Benton bus loop schedule at
http://www.cityofalbany.net/publicworks/ats/lb_loop.php for bus times and locations.

Tied Up Dog and Run Away Ball Feature Photo

This photograph I shot Fall term of 2008 of a playful dog tied up to a post in the front yard who had tossed a ball over to me as I was walking by. I love how trustful she was to toss a stranger her bright yellow ball...if I hadn't picked it up she would not be able to retrieve it because of her short red leash. This is a picture of the yellow ball waiting to be picked up, and the black and white border collie waiting patently in the background. Later I learned that the dog's name is Possum...very ironic for a trustful dog to be named Possum.

Love the bright colors in this shot, very playful, just like Possum.