my last day with Rep-Am

Today is my last day of this 10-week summer internship with the Waterbury Republican-American
except the weather and humid, it has been a fantastic summer for me, I learned a lot not only about journalism but also everything about life
especially two days ago when I heard my rodeo school story has been picked up by AP and featured on Sunday advanced story

here are a few pictures of the newspaper building and the tower which is the tallest in New England area

Thank you Connecticut and all the newsroom people at Rep-Am!

I will be leaving here next week and enjoying my real summer vacation.
Adventure continues...

a day on a blackhawk

I had an assignment about the National Guard's forest fire fighting training in Riverton, CT
and I had a chance to get on a Blackhawk helicopter, that was a really cool experience

Rodeo School in New England Day2

another day shooting the one and only rodeo school in New England

A Simple Question project in Torrington, CT

filmed during the Arts & Culture Commission in Torrington, CT

4th of July

Above: three photos from three different assignments
1. skydiving in Torrington,CT
2. William Hung with his dad before his performance
3. children playing magic bubbles before fireworks starts in Waterbury Municipal Stadium

Two years ago, I was at the Rainbow Gathering in Cuba, NM
Last year, I was in China doing my Three Gorges Dam project
This year, I was doing assignments in Connecticut

Rodeo School in New England Day1

I spent this morning and half of the afternoon at the one and only rodeo school in New England
it locates in Canaan, CT

this is just the first day of getting to know what is it like
I am looking forward to go back and meet them again next weekend

here are a few picks from today's shooting.
Jim Shannon, thank you for helping me editing the photos

Goshen fairground

seems like I will send the entire weekend in northern Connecticut
a story about the Goshen Stampede
and a story about the only one rodeo school in New England

a picture from today's picture hunting, after the thunderstorm and before Goshen stampede started

steeplechase

I have to say this, I've waited for shooting steeplechase for two days.
I was covering the Connecticut State Boy's decathlon and Girl's heptathlon in New Britain these days. But I missed the girl's steeplechase yesterday because I have to go to another assignment.
Today, I waited from 11:30am to 3:30pm for shooting this event. and here is the picture,

a Jamaican wedding

one of my four assignments today is to photograph a wedding that the couple (both Jamaicans) requested guests to bring food as wedding gifts, and the food will be donations for Connecticut Food Bank

this photo is from the wedding but nothing related to the assignment.

high school graduation

I covered the Westover School 's graduation ceremony today. And Bob told me that I will have a lot more high school graduation to shoot in the following days.

This area has 48 high school, so far we have only covered 1/3 of the graduations.

Memorial Day

I worked on Memorial Day, took a lot of parade photos. This is my favorite of today.
Jason Turner and his two-year-old son Maty Turner were watching the parade in downtown Torrington,CT. The boy had no interest in the parade, he kept turning around and looking at all the toys in the closed toy store behind.

It's two days away from June 1. In China, June 1 is a holiday for all the kids, we call it Children's Day. I remember when I was a kid, Dad always gave me ¥5 to buy toys and I always get a different military ship or jet.

well,
Happy Children's Day!
even if you are not a child any more