Getting my snap on

I had never taken pictures before this assignment. In fact, the extent of my photography prowess is being on "America's Funniest Home Videos" for holding the camera facing towards me on back-to-back-to-back intended pictures of Mickey Mouse at Disney World. I did some more thinking this time around though and I really think I got some cool stuff.

Assignment #2

For my second project I decided to take advantage of the fact that I was lucky enough to cover the Red Sox and Angels last week. I know that these things aren't supposed to be geared towards sports, but I figured that it might be fine since I took more of the "why do the Angels seem most off their game when playing in Fenway?" angle. I thought it was interesting to take one idea and see how three people felt about it. Obviously, nobody was more upset than manager Mike Scioscia following a game in which he was certainly jipped on two ninth-inning calls, but as the piece goes on you can tell that he calmed down a bit. For example, he seemed furious when somebody asked him if he watched replays, but minutes later he was saying that his team can't go blaming umpires for anything. Torii Hunter's candor was also amazing in that he is usually very nice and calm (John Powers of the Globe and I had even discussed prior the interview that being a sportswriter would be the easiest job in the world if all of the players were as genuine and accommodating as Hunter). The one part I hated about it was that I had to narrate it with a cold and probably sounded ridiculous, but all in all I enjoyed it.