Features
Berchtesgaden, Germany
Here are a few frames from my trip to Berchtesgaden, Germany last month. Berchtesgaden, located in Southern Bavaria, is known infamously as the home of the Nazi party elite during World War II. While there, I visited the Eagle’s Nest, which is known in German as the Kehlsteinhaus. The party gave Adolf Hitler the mountain-top house as a present for his 50th birthday. After the war, it was spared from demolition and it is now a museum and restaurant. I recommend the Wiener schnitzel and beer if you ever go.
Service dog training
Austin, Texas
Today was the first day of my internship at the Austin American-Statesman. I arrived on Monday afternoon after a two-day drive from Indiana. As usually is the case with a new job or internship, the first day basically consisted of a lot of paperwork. I got acquainted with the Statesman’s massive building and the paper’s photo department. Late in the day, my editor sent me out to hunt a few features. I drove over to a local park and made the image below. One thing I’ve noticed immediately is the number of kayakers and cyclists in the city. It’s not the most hard-hitting feature, but I think it works on a compositional level. One of my goals for the summer is to get better hunting and shooting features since it’s an essential skill for daily newspaper photographers. I’m honored to have such a great internship so I’m really looking forward to hitting the ground running with some daily assignments in the coming days.