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Photo of the Day: Campus Life One image

I was up at UCSD this afternoon shooting some portraits and spent a little while afterward taking pictures around the campus. It's a beautiful place and I'm always amazed at the amount of different languages I hear spoken as I walk across the university's grounds.

This afternoon, I was at the top of a staircase shooting pictures of students traveling across the campus. When I got back to the office and looked at the images, this one stood out as having a very collegiate feel to it.

-- SAM HODGSON

 

Posted in Credentialed, This just in on Monday, February 8, 2010 3:55 pm. Updated: 3:59 pm. icon Comments (0)

Photo of the Day: Soaring One image

I've been trying to make a habit of arriving early to all my assignments these days. It gives me time to scout locations, understand how the light is working and snap a few test photos.

On Wednesday afternoon, while waiting to photograph Harry Cooper Jr. for this weekend's Q&A, I stood outside Southeast Community Presbyterian Church where he is a pastor, and aimed my camera at the cross. There was a bird perched atop it and I waited, and waited, and waited, until it finally took off, giving me the image I'd hoped to capture.

-- SAM HODGSON

 

Posted in Credentialed, This just in on Friday, February 5, 2010 3:45 pm. icon Comments (0)

Caption Correction

The original version of the caption on Keegan Kyle's story today led readers to believe that it was an image from a press conference this past Wednesday. It was, in fact, a press conference from Wednesday, Jan. 27. The caption was attached to the photo last week, when it would have been accurate. It's been updated to reflect the accurate information.

-- SAM HODGSON

 

Posted in Credentialed, This just in on Friday, February 5, 2010 1:05 pm. icon Comments (0)

Photos of the Day: So Long, LT One image

One of the more enjoyable recurring assignments of my young career as a photojournalist has been photographing LaDainian Tomlinson from the sidelines at Qualcomm Stadium.

Today, Tomlinson told the Union-Tribune that he would not be suiting back up with the Chargers. So I wanted to share some of my favorite images of the future Hall of Famer with all of you and give you a place (the comments section) to share your thoughts on LT's career and the impending end of his employment with the Chargers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-- SAM HODGSON

 

Posted in Credentialed, This just in on Thursday, February 4, 2010 4:30 pm. Updated: 4:33 pm. icon Comments (3)

Photo of the Day: Attention One image

While walking to lunch today in Liberty Station (where our office is, and our five year anniversary celebration will be held tonight) I noticed these banners that are hung throughout the property.

So I whipped out my iPhone with the Hipstamatic app and shot this photo -- a salute to all you sailors out there.

-- SAM HODGSON

 

Posted in Credentialed, This just in on Wednesday, February 3, 2010 5:05 pm. Updated: 3:02 pm. icon Comments (0)

Photo of the Day: Elsa One image

My friends have started calling the Hipstamatic app, which I used to take this picture on my iPhone, "that thing that makes every picture look really cool."

I don't think every picture looks great using this tool, and you still need some good content to focus on, but I do love the results. This particular image is of Elsa Bacon, who might be the world's sweetest lady. I had the opportunity to photograph her today outside her City Heights' home for an upcoming story by Adrian Florido. You'll see another image of her accompanying that story.

-- SAM HODGSON

 

Posted in Credentialed, This just in on Tuesday, February 2, 2010 4:40 pm. Updated: 5:01 pm. icon Comments (1)

Photo of the Day: From My Files One image

I've been pretty busy helping get the artwork together for this amazing project my colleagues just completed as well as getting some new initiatives rolling for voiceofsandiego.org that you'll see in the coming days.

That means I haven't had as much time to be out shooting. In that vein, I'm sharing an image today from my files that never made it onto the site. One evening, with the sun already behind the horizon, I saw this scuba diver pop out of the water in La Jolla. It was a beautiful moment to witness that silhouette come out of the ocean.

-- SAM HODGSON

 

Posted in Credentialed, This just in on Monday, February 1, 2010 5:40 pm. icon Comments (0)

Photos of the Day: Emptying the Memory Card One image

While driving to the office this morning, I began to think about the images I took yesterday at Innovations Academy.

There were quite a few I wanted to share, but didn't end up putting into the story. I thought it would be a shame for them to sit gathering digital dust on my harddrive, so I'm sharing them here.

The play area where these kids spent recess was far from conventional, but it did have a foosball and air hockey table. And like I said yesterday, kids seem to find a way to have fun with whatever they're handed.

-- SAM HODGSON

 

Posted in Credentialed, This just in on Friday, January 29, 2010 3:10 pm. icon Comments (0)

Photo of the Day: To Be Young Again One image

I spent the afternoon photographing kids on a playground at a school in Mission Valley. You'll find out why when you read Emily Alpert's story this evening.

Kids are fun to photograph. They're animated, they're funny and they usually have no qualms about being around the camera. But I have to say, after trying to keep up with these youngsters around the playground, kids are exhausting. I don't know how all you parents do it.

-- SAM HODGSON

 

Posted in Credentialed, This just in on Thursday, January 28, 2010 5:05 pm. icon Comments (0)

Full Disclosure

Over the past five years, I've had many opportunities to write about and photograph San Diego State University and the issues surrounding the school and its campus. Before graduating from the school in 2006, I was news editor of the school's independent newspaper, The Daily Aztec. Shortly after graduating, I joined the alumni board of SDSU's Friends of Journalism and Media Studies.

More recently, I've been employed by the university's College of Extended Studies to teach an audio slideshow course. I felt it was only prudent to disclose this, as today, we ran my photograph on a story concerning SDSU's admissions policy.

I didn't feel that working at the university would inhibit my ability whatsoever to take an honest, truthful picture to accompany Alpert's story. But, in the interest of full disclosure, I thought readers should know my relationship with the school.

-- SAM HODGSON

 

Posted in Credentialed, This just in on Thursday, January 28, 2010 11:05 am. Updated: 11:08 am. icon Comments (0)

Each day, the fleeting vision of Sam Hodgson's face can be seen poking out from behind a camera lens as he scurries around the county trying to snap the best shot of a motivated student, an embattled public official or even just a pretty sunset.

But there aren't enough story pages to fit all the shots he gets every day. Credentialed brings you his exclusive photo projects and the best photos that were left on the cutting room floor. The former reporter-turned-photog will also try his hand at telling his favorite stories as seen through his lens.

Contact him at sam.hodgson@voiceofsandiego.org.

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