The first two weeks

Here are some pictures from my first two weeks of internship at the Colorado Springs Gazette

This is a story about Amber, a teenager girl has cancer, she made a wish that she could attend the Air Force Academy ball, but due to her body condition, she could not make it. The day I went there was the cadets from AFA decided to go to the hospital to have a mini-ball for Amber. This pictures was taken while Amber was going on her way to the ball. 

Two of my favorite pictures from the Air Force Academy graduation,  the top picture got chosen to be on the A1 of the Gazette.

I had a chance to photography Jono Schwan, a 16-year -old Colorado Springs native, who is the second person that has performed 1080 in history

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 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

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

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.

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

NVL track&field championship

This is the second day of my summer internship in Waterbury, CT.
I got three assignments, the third one is a high school track and field game which was my favorite.

it took me a couple of minutes to get used to the strange environment. Because I am so used to the New Mexico sunlight, blue sky, it is cloudy here. My friend Bob told me it has been rainy for the past three weeks.







so far, the only two things I don't like here: the highway is really really confusing; there is the a dress code for working at the newspaper

next adventure

I am leaving for my summer photo/multimedia internship with the Republican-American, a newspaper in Waterbury, CT next Thursday.
2,100 miles of driving from Albuquerque, I am still thinking about to make it two days or three.

wish me good luck!

Finals Week

I finished all my finals a week ago. This week is mostly for me to relax and apply for as many summer interns as I can.

Monday morning, I got my first rejection letter from the Dallas Morning News. I was a kind of sad but later I realized that I might get more and more as time goes. Sooner or later, I will hear back from the Denver Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Star Tribune.

I am already looking at some smaller newspapers to apply. Wish me good luck!

I took this photo last Saturday, for an ice skating show. The only thing I learned from shooting this kind of event is no matter how warm outside is, it is still very cold inside, cuz I have to stand on ice.

Groups of ice skaters warm up for the "It's a CooLLOOP" Christmas 2010 show at the Outpost Ice Arena in Albuquerque,N.M. on Dec, 11, 2010