Feature Photo

For this assignment we had to either do a photo illustration or find a feature photo that could stand with only a caption.

Jennifer Redmond, 25, works in as a guest barista at the Coffee Lady stand on Vendor’s Row Thursday May 27 and Friday May 28. Redmond said she sold the stand January 2008 to Christy Vega and told Vega that she would help out if needed. Redmond owned the stand for three and a half years and now owns Jen’s House of Chai. She sells her chai at the Bellingham Farmer’s Market and wholesale to coffee stand like the Coffee Lady. Vega was Redmond’s first customer when she started making chai. Redmond said the most challenging part of working at a coffee stand is keeping an eye on the drip coffee. She said the stand tries not to make large amounts at one time so the coffee will always be fresh. Redmond said coming back and making the different espresso drinks is like riding a bike—it is not something a person forgets once they know how. “I just kind of fell back into it,” Redmond said. “I haven’t made coffee in like three years, or something ridiculous like that.” She said it is fun to see some of the faculty and staff who used to order drinks from her when she owned the stand. One customer was surprised when Redmond remembered what type of drink he ordered and that he was still drinking the same drink.

Maddie's Show

These are some of my favorite pictures from my best friend Maddie Johnston's horse show. These were taken just for fun, not for class.

Heading back to the barn after a long day.

He was such a good boy in the ring.

Wally likes to jump these jumps really big. This about 3'3"

In the ring.

Horses faces can be so expressive.

Heading to the mounting block.

Getting ready to go to the warm-up ring

Wally Kisses

Controlling Motion Assignment

Duncan Graham, 23, skateboards outside the Communications and Academic West buildings. This is his favorite spot to skate. He said he likes the spot because it is low impact if he falls and he has room to do his tricks. The only time he does not like this area is when classes get out because there is too many people, he said. Graham said he started skating about ten years ago when his mom traded piano lessons for his first skateboard. Since then he said he has had hundreds of boards—and pairs of shoes. His most serious injury was a fractured fibula, which kept him from skating for two to three months, he said. “Most everything [else] has been flesh wounds,’ he said. “And a lot of them.”

Honest Emotion/Relationship

This assignment was the first assignment that we had to truly catch a moment. We could not set anything up or influence the situation.

Wes Christensen, 20, has played baseball for eight to nine years; ever since his t-ball days. He now plays on an intramural team at Western after being asked by a friend to join the team. His team was set to play a game on May 3, but the opposing team did not show. Instead the team practiced in a combination of rainy and sunny weather. During his turn to bat Christensen knocked four consecutive balls far out into the outfield. On his last hit he ran around the bases. Little did he know when he was batting that minutes later he would be sitting in the mud. He said later all he could think about was how he missed home plate. “I was mad that I didn’t hit the plate,” Christensen said. “Now I have to go take a shower.”