The end of an era is surly upon me. These last 7 months have been quite the adventure I had the pleasure to shoot a plethora of events spanning all sports and seasons. I have had fun every step of the way and this internship at rec sports marketing has been a great learning experience for me. It is a wonderful feeling seeing your work transform into graphic art that serves and directs a student body.

My time here has mostly been spent adding to the vast archives of recreational photography the university has compiled in its over 100 years of sports and wellness. Our main yearly project, the rec sports 2014 handbook has been finalized and has been sent to print. I am officially recognized as the main contributor of photos to the publication.

During my time here my main challenge has been adjusting to the equipment. Having never used a camera as prestigious as a Canon MKii 5D before I made it a goal to become proficient in it and I have exceeded my expectations.

As my last assignment at sports club I am reshooting a tone of department head photos for our website. They are encompassing shots of all the separate facilities we have here at OSU. Below are a few examples of what will become new website banners shortly. Thank you for taking the time to check out my experiences and my photos. I hope seeing the chronicle of my story inspires others to become active within their community and make a difference by sharing photos.

My time here at Rec Sports Marketing is coming to a close. The proof for our 2014 handbook are complete and we are just waiting to hear back from the print shop for the final. Our initial print should be 15,000 but based on last years demand we may have to order more.

My job as a photographer however is still crammed full of activities. Group events last up until the last day of classes and in addition to that I’m reshooting department head photos for almost all of Ohio States buildings. It will just take me a solid sunday but i should be able to capture them all before May 5th.

This last week had a notable RPAC guest, Shelly Meyer joined in on a cycling class to help raise awareness for Peletonia, a cancer awareness cycling event within the city of Columbus.

Boy has it been a crazy past 3 weeks. I feel as if every waking moment of my life is consumed with photos. Between my job as a professional photographer I’m averaging 1500 photos a week! Amongst all the photographing I’m heavily involved in the layout and design of the rec sports handbook which is testing all my skills in the Adobe Creative Suite. The book is almost finished thanks to 8 graphic designers and myself and will be sent off to UniPrint, OSU’s printing service by the end of this week.

Being our biggest endeavor as a department I think the handbook has been the most fun. I have really enjoyed being the resident photographer and watching my work get applied to posters and banners throughout Ohio State’s campus. I only have a few weeks left here at sport clubs and the rest of my time will be devoted to archiving events and shooting current event photos for our daily social media.

To make up for my absence of post the past weeks I have included three photos from some of the most exciting events. First is a photo of the Alumni Club soccer match followed by a picture of an OSU equestrian rider bringing here horse out of the stable. Finally a photo from “Muddy Buckeyes” a sibs weekend event in which participants went through an obstacle course consisting of rock walls, balance beams, zombies and much more! All these events were a b last and  the full galleries turned out great.

Since my schedule has severely slowed down look forward to the standard friday blog post this coming week.