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The Heartland Humane Society is an open-door, local, progressive, and non-profit animal welfare center. They opened up in Corvallis Oregon in 1966 by a number of different community members, looking to start a program to help the stray animals around Benton County. They are currently housing around 2,000 animals, and working to find all of them new loving and kind homes. They put on a number of different programs including Humane Education, where they visit classrooms to talk about care and treatment of pets, and Pet Food Pantry, a program that allows the community members who cant afford food for their pets to pick up free food twice a month. Their Mission: To build a more compassionate community by teaching humane messages to our youth, caring for homeless animals and strengthening the human-animal bond. This is Stewart. Stewart has been in the center for five months, and still keeps up his charm. Volunteers and community members can walk the dogs, and big yard is available...

Matthew Ward Laughter is the first thing you hear when entering LBCC’s Veterans Center . On closer examination though, while laughter is the most prominent sound, it isn't the most important. In every corner and on every mismatched couch sits a veteran, all unique in their experiences, and yet distinctly connected. They yell and argue like old friends, even though many of them have only just met. The Veterans Center is a safe haven for all, and continues to be the place where they all come in between classes to study and be social. One of the more prominent voices, standing out through all of the chit and chatter, is Matthew Ward. “It's nice not to be around teenagers all the time, the Veterans Center is full of people at similar places in their lives,” Ward said. Ward is an engineering major, and as comfortable in the Veterans Center as he is at home with his wife, and 11-month old daughter. Ward spent five years in the Marine Corps stationed in Kaneohe, H...

Week 1: A goal I have for Feature Writing this term is to be able to write more conclusively. I feel as though some times I have too many ideas on where the story goes that I cant always make a cohesive piece. Another goal I have for Feature Writing is to become more comfortable at interviewing and be able to make my interviewees comfortable. One last goal I have is to be able to come up with more interesting questions. Week 10: I do believe my stories are more conclusive. I have written pieces that I've been genuinely interested in and pieces I really couldn't care less about, and it seems that I'm at my best when I'm actually passionate about what I'm writing about. There is nothing better than getting into a writing grove, words flying from fingers to page with barely enough time to breath. And there is nothing worse than muddling through a piece you just want to get over with. When you've got the passion, you know the story and you know exactly what you ...

Week 1: One of my goals for this class is to become more out going with strangers. With the first photo assignment I had a hard time talking with strangers, even though most of them had been super interesting and welcoming. I also hope to learn more about camera setting, and photo editing. Week 10: Well I'll admit I don't really think I'm better at talking with strangers, I'm awkward, and I don't think thats ever gonna change. With that said, I think I am much better at walking up to people and asking them weird personal and intrusive questions. I still feel weird, but I have learned that people, to my dismay, are very willing to answer personal and intrusive questions. I am much better at setting the ISO and F-stop to the weather and lighting. I am also better at seeing when a photo could look really good with different edits, and am more willing to try bold things.

The best photo I took this term was the one pictured above of the Wallowa Lake Marina. I liked this photo because of my use of black and white. Because tourist season hasn't hit yet, and the weather wasn't perfect, the lake was deserted. In this small town, the summers are filled with tourists, so a deserted lake is not something we will see until winter hits. I think this picture perfectly captures the calm and peaceful lake, something only locals ever get to experience. I think I got a new, fun angle, something I learned in photojournalism. I think I don't always look for the best photo anymore, but what photo is going to tell the best story. What is this photo saying? To me my photo is telling the tale of a small town, a hidden gem, a peaceful day. If I didn't live there already and I saw this picture, I would sure want to go. I am also better at setting up my setting for the lighting, fixing the setting and am more familiar with my camera, and take a lot more sh...

I have a great many favorite parts of Lynsey Addario's book, and I think it would be almost impossible to pick just one that stood out more than the rest. With that in mind, a part that stood out for me was in Chapter 4, when Addario was in Pakistan photographing right after the 9/11 attack. On page 73, she talks about how she got harrased by the Pakistani men. I think a lot of people don't realize how different it feels being a women, and while this was an extreme case, it highlighted what a lot of us have gone through. In a mans world with a mans career, just getting noticed and feeling accomplished is something impossible without feeling the oppression of trying to make it in a world that doesn’t give you quite the same chances. I think Addarios work stands out mostly because of the quantity, if anything was happening, she was there. She also got a lot of shots that you don't normally see. Not only did she get pictures of soldiers in battle, but also soldiers on thei...