Photo of the Day- January 16, 2014

I’m going to try to post a photo of the day as often as possible, whether it’s something I shot or a photo from another photographer. Today was a slow day in the newsroom, so today’s photo comes from one of my favorite, and one of the most popular photojournalism blogs out there. The New York Times “Lens” photography blog. I find myself on this blog at least once a week, browsing through the images of the day and photo stories.

This photo of “Ultra-Orthodox Jews celebrating Tu Bishvat, the ‘Jewish New Year of the Trees,’ in Jerusalem” was made by European Pressphoto Agency photographer, Abir Sultan and is featured on the “Lens” blog’s “Pictures of the Day” gallery for January 16.

This photograph drew me in initially because of the repeated pattern and the pop of color. The uniform dress and color of the men makes this a great opportunity for a fun and interesting photo. The bright color of the fruit against all of this pattern makes it really pop and draws the eye in. If you study the photo, you’ll notice that it’s a fun moment as well. The expressions on the faces and the hands reaching for fruit that is tumbling out of the basket make this photo a particularly interesting one.

A Frigid Fire

          

On January 3rd, 2014 there was a barn fire in Walpole, N.H. It was quite possibly the coldest day of the winter so far, so it made for some interesting images. By the time I arrived at the scene, the fire had mostly been put out, but the sky was filled with thick clouds of smoke. The thick smoke mixed with the frozen ground and visible breath of the firefighters made for some interesting images. I used my telephoto lens (70-300mm) for these images.

Photo #1: Focal Length: 70mm ISO: 250 Shutter Speed 1/4000 Aperture: 5.6

Photo #2: Focal Length: 70mm  ISO: 250 Shutter Speed: 1/4000 Aperture: 5.6

Photo #3: Focal Length: 270mm ISO: 250 Shutter Speed: 1/640 Aperture: 6.3

Photo #4: Focal Length: 135mm ISO: 250 Shutter Speed: 1/640 Aperture: 5.6

An Introduction

Welcome to the Brattleboro Reformer’s new photojournalism blog!

My name is Kayla Rice, and I am the Multimedia Editor at the Reformer. Since I will be the one doing most (if not all) of the posting on this blog, let me briefly introduce myself. I grew up in Brattleboro and spent my high school years taking photography classes at In-Sight Photography. A mixture of these classes, some motivational teachers and peers and some traveling that I did throughout high school all brought me to deciding to study photojournalism at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. Throughout my years in school, I interned with former photo editor Zach Stephens at The Brattleboro Reformer as well as at The Collective Film Locations Agency in London and Time Out New York in New York City. I graduated in May 2013 and got the job at the Reformer as Zach Stephens was leaving to become the Program Director at In-Sight Photography.

I’m looking forward to using this blog to share some of my experiences working as a photojournalist at the Reformer as well as work from other talented visual journalists from around the world that inspire me.