Photojournalism

Photojournalism is by no means my strong suit, and with the pandemic, there haven't been as many photo opportunities as I would have liked. However, I have a wide range of experience from powerful protest photos to still life images to portraits.

Warm drinks

We were running low on photographers for print, and when one of our staff members offered to take up a fourth photo assignment in addition to their design, I wanted to help. For this warm drinks recipe spread, the designer wanted photos of the end result. I followed the recipe for each drink over the course of three days at the same time, assuring the lighting was the same. I had to position the camera and settings very carefully to get the perfect reflections.

Protest photos

As someone who is passionate about social justice, I've attended quite a few protests, some of which I've covered for journalism. In the photo gallery to the right, I documented Iowa City's "Say Their Names" rally after the murder of George Floyd in the summer of 2020. I strove to capture the energy of the protest while keeping the faces of participants hidden in order to minimize harm.

Iowa Watch portraits

As a sophomore, I participated in an investigative journalism project with Iowa Watch on the culture of overworking oneself present in our school district. There were no photographers on the project, so I took them myself for each of my six sources, making this my first ever photo project. Looking back, I wish I had experimented with a camera instead of using my phone so I could have built confidence in photography earlier.

Beauty standards

I took this series of photos for a print spread about beauty standards. The designer for the page plans to make cutouts in photoshop (hence the green screen background) and edit them to have a broken mirror effect. Because I wasn't interviewing the sources myself, it took an extra step to set up outside times with the sources for photoshoots. I also learned to adjust camera settings for shutter speed and ISO with the help of fellow photographer Sachiko Goto because the photos originally turned out slightly blurry.