2010 Year in Review

admin — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 13:35:18 +0000

2010 = Transition.

2011 = Bring it on.

Happy Holidays!

Tearsheet: Quill

admin — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 13:45:59 +0000

A magazine by the Society of Professional Journalists, recently published their Sigma Delta Chi Awards Issue.

I was a newspaper photographer

admin — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 13:45:52 +0000

You probably saw me on a Friday night working the sidelines of a high school football game or waiting for a moment at a festival. With cameras slung over each shoulder and a notebook in my back pocket, I did my best to cover my community. For the last four years I worked as a newspaper photographer.

As a young photographer, the daily grind of a newspaper was my classroom. I was fortunate to have great teachers in each newsroom that spent time with me to help me grow as a photojournalist and as a person. I learned how to reassure a subject of a portrait who might be a little reluctant. I learned that it’s not about my photography and that I need to let the people speak for themselves. I learned that moments are gifts. I learned that my life needs balance in order to be a compassionate photographer.

I’ve witnessed both tragedy and new beginnings.

I’ve tapped my staff mates on their shoulders and asked if they could take a look at a pre-edit. I’ve complained with them over beers about the way a photo was cropped in print. I’ve sat on the couch with them and had a laugh while cutting out photos for the clip contest before it went digital. I’ve stood by my editor during design meetings when we petitioned for a lede photo. Sometimes we got our way and sometimes we didn’t. Still, we cared and we understood that the story was important.

Now I am a freelance photojournalist. I always thought I would be a newspaper photographer for life. I wanted to be the salty old-timer in the corner of the photo department, who gives directions to assignments by using landmarks that no longer exist. My interests have changed. I love newspapers and I believe in what they stand for. They need to be reinvented.

I will have more time to invest into my personal projects. I will miss the daily banter working alongside everybody on the photo team. Other than coming back with a solid daily photo my favorite part was the nonstop laughter.

Washington, DC and Virginia based documentary photographer Jared Soares +1 816 260 2003 » The Roanoke Times

2010 Year in Review

Tearsheet: Quill

I was a newspaper photographer