Forum 7

My Neighborhood / Hometown

I will be photographing Corvallis, Oregon because it has been my hometown for the passed fourteen years.  I am familiar with many different landmarks, people and activities that happen around it.

I am hoping to be able to get my environmental portrait of Samantha Lewis who was going to be my original subject for the earlier project. She has her tattoo studio right down the street from me and it should have nice lighting if I can get there early enough.  For an activity I am either going to get some good shots at the skatepark, the farmers market, wine walk or show.

As for the landmarks, the dog statue downtown is one that I know holds the hearts of many members living and visiting corvallis. Or, the Old World Deli or Squirrels which has been in Corvallis for many years.

I think the one that will pose the biggest challenge is going to be capturing an activity and getting all of the people who are participating in it okay to be photographed and or all of their names.

Photo Story Ideas:

I am hoping to be able to document the CAW - Corvallis Art Walk - that happens every Thursday at different places around town. Ideally I will be able to work with a particular artist in their private studio, the set up of their presentation at the Art Walk and their final art piece.

My other thoughts for doing a photo story is following the documentation process of OSU's Prism magazine of creative art submissions. It would be really neat to be able to work with their team and see their process of selecting submissions, creating pieces, and piecing together the Prism catalog

XC State Championship Race- CHS Girls Bring It Home

On Saturday, November 9th the High School Cross Country Runners of Oregon gathered to compete in the State Championship Race that happens annually at Lane Community College in Eugene, Oregon. 

Corvallis High School girls ran hard and fast along everyone else and successfully brought home another 1st place medal for their team. After winning districts the week before, CHS girls had their eyes on the price.

From Left: Madeline Nason, Ava Betts, Avery Nasion, Ronja Soares, Kaia Anspacher, Olivia Dever and Vivienne Mcfarland Price ran their last minute warm up 3 minutes till go time

Madeline Nason paced herself with the competition during the first lap. Madeline broke her personal record at the finish line at 17:51 minutes, placing first in the girls 5A race

Raymond Ingersoll stayed ahead of the competition for the CHS boys team. 
Ingersoll placed first on the Corvallis High School Boys team

Mark Hulburt, the current executive coach for the Corvallis Cross Country team has been coaching for the passed 25 years. He lets the runners put in the work they are able to do, pushes them to stay inspired, and stays light hearted with his short, quirky responses to the teams personalities.