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Winter Storm 09

I forgot the exact date of the snow storm, but sometime during the winter it snowed like crazy here in Louisville. 

So when i woke up i decided to go out and shoot a little around my neighborhood.

 Ive lived in Devonshire Apartments with my dad since I was five, when my parents got divorced. And over all these years, I've never gone out and shot pictures around my neighborhood for some reason. On this day i knew i should take full advantage of it. 

At first I just walked around and took some landscapes and detail shots. I really wanted to find  a feature or something to tell a little more of the story, so i just hung around and waited. So what do ya know, out of no where i saw this couple, a mom and son, walking down the street holding hands. I took a few shots and then approached them to see if i could further take pictures of them and interview them. That was when i found out they where a hispanic couple and the mom spoke hardly any english. They were so awesome though. She accepted my request to take photos and was very friendly despite our language barrier. At first, when i would go to take a picture, the mom would grab Eva's hand, and stop him to pose. 

I found this quite funny. I tried to explain to her that they didnt need to pose and we kept walking. She then went to tell me that it was her sons first snow and he is 6 years old.

Continuing our walking, we made our way to a bridge in my apartment complex. In order to make Eva more comfortable with me I showed him how to use my camera. He fell in love. Once i showed him how to use the shutter release he took full advantage of my motor drive. Hahaha. Lets just say he fired away. This day was overall a success. And it reminded me of the wonders in kids and how much fun photography really is. PEACE!

More Random Photos

These are a few more pictures Ive taken over past year at WKU and while at JCC. 

Enjoy.

Thought this was interesting. The girl is just 

like, " Hey look here!" The older lady is

 trying to be chipper.

"Okay Girls, now smile."

And you know the cheerleaders are just dreading the whole thing.

Forgive me. Lol. I have weird humor.

My Mom again.

More from International Night at DUC.

My roommate's car when at WKU.

Hospital Downtown Louisville.

NICE DRUM SESSION

These were some drummers I saw while visiting WKU a while back. Im sorry but I forgot what there name was. I shot it with a nikon D200 and 18-200 3.5 -5.6mm. Lighting was horrible and my camera shoots super grainy while on ISO 1600 but i think i got a few shots that where kinda cool. Though im not used to shooting with so many different colored lights going at once...the event was refreshing and a learning experience.

Jesus:Savior

My Cousin Vince

Portrait I took while covering one 

of my Dad's football games.

Lol. My Mom posing for me in 

the studio. Also my first studio shoot.

Mary's Kitchen

Exit Door to church sanctuary in Bowling Green.

Mary Thomas-Spears

   

Noah Hulsman-Ollie

Easter stress at my grandmas.

 Left to right: Grandma Herp, Aunt Mary, 

and Aunt Phyllis

Picture from my PJ Tech class.

International Night at DUC.

Boston Subway: Unknown Guy, awesome music though.

 

31-W Assignment PJ Tech.

First Timer Here!

Hello, my name is Matt Herp. Im 20 years old and I live in Louisville, Ky. I have been doing photography since I was in seventh grade but didn't begin to really pursue it until my junior year of high school while attending Trinity. For two years I took black and white photo classes and also was one of the staff photographers for our school newspaper, "THE ECHO". During the summer before my senior year, I was given the chance to attend the WKU Photojournalism Camp. This camp progressed my photography and enlightened me quite a bit. It told me that I for sure wanted to be a photojournalist. After graduating from Trinity, I went on to WKU to major in photojournalism. I stayed there for two semesters and did well in my photo classes. When i left WKU i was pretty broke, so i just decided to go to JCC and get a commercial photography degree. Currently i have spent two semester there and am still doing well. My goal in life is still to be a photojournalist and but I love photography in general so if i have to make money and do commercial work I'm fine with that. I do still go out and shoot journalism and documentary style like stuff. I personall love features. For past year now I have been doing a story on an alternative medicine/cannabis cancer patient. 

Since I have never posted on a blogger before I've got tons of photos Id love to put on here. I didn't get my own personal digital camera till after I left western, so I'm a lil behind on stuff as well though. The posts that Im about to put on here are going to be quite random and not in synchronized order from times they were shot. Once Ive posted everything I will then try and post things as i shoot them. Hope you enjoi. Please feel free to critize or critique.