the Vigil for Joe Paterno's health - Jan 21

Mary Quayle (senior-communication arts sciences) places a kiss on the Joe Paterno Statue outside Beaver Stadium on Saturday night. A crowd gathered after hearing false reports that Paterno had died.

A female places a candle near the feet of the Joe Paterno statue outside Beaver Stadium on Saturday night. There were false reports made about Paterno's health which prompted a gathering at the statue

Dana Krouse (junior-management) and Casey Krouse (freshman-finance) lean on each other and Mike McKeon (junior-marketing) for support after hearing reports on Joe Paterno's failing health on Saturday night near Beaver Stadium in front of the Joe Paterno statue.

Joe Pa Statue

 I left my own candle at the Joe Pa Statue at around 2:30am on Monday morning.

Upholsterer

John assigned us to photograph a person who has a job with a random letter -- my letter was U. So I chose Sherry Dershimer, who is an upholsterer and interior designer. She was an awesome lady who opened up her home and shared many memories with me. It was very cool.

35 Photos

In class today we were assigned to take 36 photos of the same person who stood in basically the same spot. Each photo had to be different. However I cannot count so i only took 35 photos. Here are the best 4:

Best Thing About PSU

I found this assignment very difficult to photograph because I think that the best thing about PSU is the pride. Almost everyone who goes to Penn State has pride in their school and all that it stands for. Even in the midst of a nation wide scandal people were still proud to be a Penn Stater. So my first thought was a cliche way to show this is Lion's Pride the store:

 I then decided to take a portrait of someone wearing Penn State gear, because every day on campus probably 100s of students are wearing some article of clothing that says Penn State on it. Which I think is awesome.

Stefanie Zaino, a Penn State junior studying nutrition, poses for a portrait in front of Old Main. She is an Ohana dancer for THON.

I also associate Penn State Pride with football games and the 100,000 people who come out every saturday from across the company to support the team. 

Marc Stocum, of Antes Fort, Pa cheers before the football players arrive in buses before the game against Illinois on October 29, 2011.

But Penn State is more than just football, we also have two dozen more sports, all of which are amazing.

Members of the Women's Lacrosse Team and the Field Hockey team dance to get pumped up before the Field Hockey team left for the NCAA Championship on November 10, 2011.