Day 315

315/365, originally uploaded by Aaron LaRue.

The time has come to make the staff change for the next year, and I'm no longer the photo editor at the Nexus.  
I'll be sticking around as a photographer until school is out, but after that my career in the newspaper business will most likely be over. It's kind of a bummer, I enjoyed working for a daily paper, but I'm graduating and them's the breaks. The new photo editors are obviously doing a good job though, considering they put three of my pictures on the front page today and one more on the inside!


After a year, I feel like I learned a lot at the Nexus. I'm definitely more critical when I edit photos and I feel like I have a better grasp on what makes a good picture. I'm definitely quicker on my feet when I shoot. After shooting festivals, concerts, lectures, dance performances, debates, and different on campus events, I've learned to solve problems quickly. I learned to shoot with both eyes open, because a lot of time what is happening just outside of the frame is a lot more interesting then what your camera is pointed at. And while I'm far from having mastered it, I've developed the ability to tell a story with my photos. But most importantly, I learned that no matter what, you have to get the shot. It doesn't matter how grainy a photo is because there was no light, or that the person you are shooting has a weird expression, or that you couldn't get close enough because you're too poor for a 70-200 f/2.8L II IS (oh my god it's so beautiful....). What matters is that, when the day is done, you have something. Sure, as a photo editor, I'm not going to be thrilled with a grainy/blurry/dark shot, but I'd be even more mad if I had no shot at all!