New Year, New Adventures!

Alright, it was a winter break full of non-stop, much needed work, but it's back to the educational world with the new semester. I am taking some of my pretty intense senior level courses right now and I have also been hired as a consultant for the student run firm here on campus PR Central. I will be working with a team of four and with our client Student-Athlete Advisory Committee to promote their annual spring event Jock Rock. I'm really excited for this chance to gain some hands-on experience, help out a program on campus, and to add some pieces to my portfolio. I will make sure to keep this blog updated about my work on the project and I will upload any pieces I worked on.

Chase Nelson - Fall 2009 Photojournalism Photo Story

These were the photos I turned in for my final assignment in Photojournalism. We were required to find a subject and create a photo story over a two month period, shooting no less than 250 images, but turn in only 5-7 of the photos that we thought best told the story. We had to turn in all of the images we shot so our professor could determine how much effort we put into the project, but the 5-7 photos is what we were graded on, along with the captions and copy block that we created.

Photography Assignment 4

I couldn't find the edited versions of these photos that I turned in to my professor, but these are the originals of the two photos I turned in for my fourth photography assignment.

Photographic Design Elements

I didn't write this article at all. The text and photos were provided to me and I had to knock out the background of the two girls in the lower right side of the page and place it within the text, along with the team photo, to create a visually appealing design. This was all done in class for a quiz. The only reason my name is on the byline is because that's how the professor asked us to turn it in for a grade. I had a lot of fun with this and I'm looking forward to working with these concepts some more for our next project.

TOM'S Shoes Work

This is the flier I created to promote the DVD viewing TOM'S Shoes at CMU was putting on to raise awareness about the mission of TOMS Shoes. I think it turned out okay. I have signed up to do promotional stuff for the group for the rest of the year, so hopefully this will let me create some pretty nifty things that I can post on here.

Final Movie Poster Design

This is what I turned in for my final draft on Tuesday. The prof actually ended up choosing it as one of his favorites! I'm so excited that he liked it! Check it out and tell me what you think!

Photography Assignment #3

Here are some of the photos I took from my "Event" assignment. They have yet to even be turned in to my professor so you get to see them first! The event was called "The National Save A Life Tour" - a high impact alcohol awareness program put on my Resident Life at Central Michigan University.