Portrait of an Athlete

Chris Bidwell, 20, from Glasgow, Ky., has been practicing martial arts most of his life, focusing on Hapkido. When he came to WKU he decided to try a fencing class, and is in a parkour club comprised mostly of Western students.

Portrait of a Roommate

Tailgating 9/18

Jay Cottrelle stands on the bed of a truck chanting and waiving the Kappa Sigma flag during tailgating Saturday.


Two WKU tailgaters hold hands on the edge of the crowd of tailgaters in the Kentucky Street lot.


Clay Goodson sits on a cooler in the middle of a crowd of dancing tailgaters Saturday.


Kayla Nall sings and dances from the bed of a truck before the WKU football game Saturday.


Two WKU tailgaters hug while others dance to the music around them Saturday.

Pepper part 2

For lighting we shot our peppers again, this time lighting them with a strobe.

WKU vs Ball State soccer

I covered the women's soccer game on the tenth for the Talisman. They lost 1-0.

Pepper

We had to creatively shoot a pepper without the use of a strobe for our first lighting assignment. I chose a pepper of the bell variety, and turned in the top photo for class.