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March 2021 marks the one year anniversary of when our lives changed due to the ongoing pandemic. With more immunizations being administered, we definitely see the light at the end of the tunnel but we cannot let our guards down now, not after all this.

The other half of our photojournalism class published their last Pioneer yesterday. They had the excellent idea to commemorate the one year of COVID-19 with a story called “A look back at COVID” which included a number of pictures taken throughout the year. I was glad to have four of my images as part of that picture story.

Two of those images were published earlier but the other two, which represent the earlier part of that year, were never published so here they are below. It is certainly interesting to look back as to what we have gone through in the last year, while imagining easier times ahead.

Yesterday, our last Pioneer was published. It was a good edition with some fresh news from our first year students, an article on a prestigious nomination from a graduate of the program for a World Press Award, a multimedia piece and more.

A number of the articles are from yours truly. I was glad to be able to try new things in the edition as well. For one article on theatre plays being worked on in Kingston, I put a collage of multiple pictures together. It’s not something we do often but I think it worked well in this case. I am also particularly proud of the article on sheep farming, mostly because of the nice images with the article. Normally we publish only one image per story but the three images in this case really add to the narrative.

I hope you enjoy this read.

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Last week, I was published again, this time in a new format for me.

Global News in Kingston did a story on March 3 for Easter Seals, since March is Easter Seals month. The purpose was to promote Easter Seals but part of the story was about the Easter Seals Regatta that was held last summer to raise funds. I produced images for that event and I was happy to let them use these images for the promotion.

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Well, here we are in March already, the year 2021 is already well on its way, despite the fact that I’m still not used to write 2021. This week has been our reading week at Loyalist College, so no class. But despite the break, I’ve been busy enough, even shooting more than usual.

Continue reading “March and Reading Week” →

I did not have to produce stories for our Loyalist Photojournalism publication (The Pioneer) this week but this is the time to chase new stories.

As I’m finding out through our regular production of The Pioneer, journalism is a constant struggle to find and chase relevant stories for our readers. As photojournalists, we also try to always get good visuals to accompany our stories as well. And that is not always easy for some stories, and especially now during a global pandemic.

Continue reading “Chasing Stories, a photojournalist’s life” →