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Rich Bergeman is the curator of this display. He says, “the best street photography creates art from the fleeting moments of urban life.” In today's age it can be seen as taboo or an invasion of privacy. But it gives the audience a look into real life' candid moments. Some advice from George Kelly (Middle) is this: "If someone gets mad because you took a photo of them and asks you if you did. You just say no, you walked into my photo and you ruined it! You could sit there and explain how it's legal, but we all know they don’t want to hear that." Lisa Gidley and Blake Andrews couldn't agree more Five Oregon photographers, George Kelly, Blake Andrews, Lisa Gidley, James Han, and Gary Gumanow, have their street photography on display until November 15th in the South Santiam Hall Gallery. They came to the LBCC Albany campus on October 24th to talk about their images and give advice to aspiring photographers. Some of the best advice that I heard f...

Want to play soccer without the pressure of winning or worrying about how good you are? Are you looking to make some new friends? Then this is the place for you! Every Tuesday at 4pm you’re welcome to come play soccer on the field behind the track. Every experience level is welcome to come and join the fun. Remember to bring a water bottle! Elijah Espinosa goes to pass the ball back into the game. Elijah wants to go to school to be a PE teacher for Jr. High, so you can count on him to make sure everyone gets their stretches in before playing! Stephanie Pace and Mason Sloan race for the ball! Stephanie is a local community member that helps organize this weekly event. She actually got hit by the ball in the stomach during the game, but felt no pain due to her “mom abs.”

TOPIC 1: SHOOTING AN EVENT/ACTIVITY For my event assignment I decided to shoot the Ski Swap in Corvallis. I shot the day where individuals were bringing in their items to have priced and set up to sell for the weekend. I love skiing and the event was close by to my house, so I thought why not? Going into the event, I knew I was unprepared, but I didn't know exactly what to expect. So I just went in with my pocket book and camera and called it good. I also brought my brother along for moral support of course. Everyone there I was talking to was very nice and easy to talk to. I was honestly having an off day, so I have to thank my brother for helping getting conversations started with me. My first obstacle was that there were lots of skis and things I wanted to get great angles of, but I was blocked off with a bunch of tables. I worked with what I had though and got a couple decent shots. I tried to get a lot of each kind of photo, close up, medium, and overall. I was having a hard ...

52nd Annual Ski Swap Volunteer Dan Sherman is helping price snow equipment at his computer for this year's annual Ski Swap at the Corvallis Benton County Fairgrounds on October 17-20. The individual who is bringing in their items to have sold gets to decide their own price for the Ski Swap. A general rule to think when pricing is this: If you were coming to the Ski Swap to buy them, how much would you be willing to pay? Jerry Heilman recommends coming to the Ski Swap this weekend if you're considering taking up skiing or snowboarding as a hobby. This sale begins this Friday from 6pm to 9pm and on Saturday the sale goes from 9am to 6pm. You can get great low prices on used equipment or discounted prices off new equipment while it's still available. They check all items for damage before selling, so you can be sure to count on them.   Sam Littlefield asks Jerry Heilman why they picked the name Ski Swap 52 years ago. Jerry says that snowboards didn...

Topic 1 Jim Marshall, famously known as the Godfather of rock photography, was born in Chicago in 1935. He passed away in 2010 at age 74. You’ve probably seen some of Jim's pictures if you've ever been into a record store. His photos have been on over 500 album covers and in even more Rolling Stones issues. Annie Leibovits, who famously photographed John Lennon and Yoko Ono, called Jim Marshall a rock n’ roll photographer, and for good reason. Jim photographed countless rock artists in the 60s and 70s. Artists such as Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles to even Johnny Cash iconically giving the camera the middle finger. That’s just to name a few. Jim always shot his photos in stunning black in white except for his arguably most famous image, or his claim to fame; Jimi Hendrix setting his guitar on fire at the Monterey International Pop Festival in 1967. This image was so valued that in 1973 it’s said that someone offered Jim $25,000 for the camera that he used to take the icon...

Jared Knowleton My name is Jared Knowleton. I work for the school in the greenhouse, that’s what I’m doing right now, and I do some work on the farm for the horticultural department. I’m majoring in biology here at LBCC, I love anything biology I’m just totally obsessed with it. I love hiking, camping and I love being outside. I also love to cook, but that’s more on the side. A lot of the food I cook is fresh from the garden which is a great perk to this job. I’m a second year student at LBCC. I picked LBCC since it’s close by, I live in corvallis, and I can do all my general credits here before transferring to OSU. I’ve grown to really like it here a lot actually. I have not grown up here, I’m from Missouri. I lived in Kansas City Missouri for most of my life and then I moved here after high school. I moved here because I really wanted to get out of Missouri and go do my own thing. I like the coast a lot and I have an aunt that lives in Portland that I would visit. I’ve always l...

Monique Montoya “She showed me what true battling was” My name is Monique Montoya and I’m majoring in Phycology here at LBCC. I’m from eastern Oregon, a small town named Echo, Oregon. It’s over by Pendleton, Oregon and La grande. Over in that area. Something that inspires me would be my aunt, Denene. She passed away from breast cancer a couple years ago. She showed me what true battling was. She used to go by this saying that she used to say a lot, and that was to “kill them with kindness,” and so I really live by a lot. One of my favorite things is sports! I used to play third base in softball while I was in high school. I also played the setter in volleyball. I’ve always loved watching sports mostly! I also love to hike. I’ll hike anywhere it doesn’t matter. David Briggs  My guitar was a gift from my brother. Back in high school I had the nickname of “cool guitar dude” because I used to just walk around the halls and play my guitar. What inspires me m...