Photojournalism – Page 3 – Cooper Ricketts Photography Blog

FIGHT!!!

I recently shot a MMA fight with my friend Nelson. The fights were an interesting event to cover and I think I got some really good shots out of it. The fights were an all night event at Wild Bill’s.

Ride Along.

I was given the chance to ride along with Smyrna fire fighters. This is a on going project but here are a couple of shots.

On January 12 a devastating earthquake destroyed parts of Haiti leaving many without home food or water. There are many relief groups who are trying to help the victims of this earthquake but how do you go about choosing one. CNN.com has a list of Haiti relief information. Yahoo.com has a list of organizations that are helping the victimsContinue reading “How to Help.”

Thinking About Doing This.

The Story Beyond The Still Introducing the first user-generated HD Video Contest where photographers become filmmakers, and we all see beyond the still. To kick off the contest, Canon asked photographer, Vincent Laforet, to interpret what story lives beyond this still and to tell that story with the new Canon EOS 7D. His will beContinue reading “Thinking About Doing This.”

Wedding Shoot.

Over the brake I got a oppertonity to shoot a wedding, one of my classmates (Jenni Green) was going to shoot the wedding but couldn’t so I shot the wedding. I had some help form some of my fellow classmates Brittany Roy, and Chelsea Smith. We shot all day long and had a blast doing that. I end upContinue reading “Wedding Shoot.”

Music Photography.

As the music industry evolved over the last several years, the business of photographing musicians and bands for record labels changed with it. Despite declining album sales industry-wide, reps who get their shooters work with music labels say they have just as many jobs now as they did a few years ago. They alsoContinue reading “Music Photography.”

Ed Kashi

I recntly discoverd Ed kashi and I think his work is really remarkable I like his style of story telling and how he composes his pictures. To find othervideos of Ed Kashi click here you can also find his work at media storm.com

Interview with Dave Labelle

This video is for my multimedia class my teacher Mr.Jones wanted us to go shoot a video about the past quarter, I decided to do an interview with Dave Labelle I ran in to him at the Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar. He talked to me about feature hunting and how it is important to stay curiousContinue reading “Interview with Dave Labelle”

Sports Illustrated Photography of Walter Iooss

Walter Iooss is was one of sports illustrated photographers, I thought it was interesting to see some of his work because he was shooting before digital was around so he had to time his shot right. If your intrested in seeing more of Walters work go to his website by clicking here.

Week in pictures.

Workers attempt to remove a 100,000-pound crane that fell onto the Santa Rosa, Calif., home of Michelle and Kevin McCarthy on Nov. 17. The couple had hired a contractor to remove a 150-year-old oak tree in the backyard for fear that it could fall. Instead, the crane fell and sliced through the house the McCarthysContinue reading “Week in pictures.”