I'm not a big fan of running.
Oddly enough I'm actually really good at it. I can somehow control my breathing and lower my heart rate which allows me to run harder over a longer period of time. Everyone always wanted me to run cross country and track but both coincided with golf and baseball seasons. Regardless of my ability, I still don't like to run.
Evan Jager on the other hand loves to run. He has taken his talents past the college level and now into the professional ranks as a Nike sponsored athlete. He even earned a spot on the US Track & Field team last week at the US championships and will compete at the World Track & Field Championships this summer.
His talents garnered some well due recognition and since he grew up and went to high school locally we decided to do an article and video on him. I was given the assignment to shoot stills and also tackle video completely on my own for the first time. Shooting both stills and video on the same assignment proved to be a challenge but everything ended up working out just fine. I took away a few things to improve on as well as confidence that I can adapt to the ever growing changes in photojournalism.
EDIT: Here is the still from the assignment.
-JCE
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