Browns vs Chicago (Preseason Wk 4)

It's been a hectic week. I was in Chicago this last weekend. I surprised my now fiancee, Shelley, by taking her there for her birthday and proposed to her and she said yes! We had a great time but Tuesday after the trip I had to go from Cleveland to Athens to start my last semester of school. Then on Thursday I came back up to Cleveland to shoot the last preseason game. It was unfortunately a pretty empty game as far as fans go. The Browns said they were going to bench a lot of their starters to keep them fresh and healthy for Week 1 of the regular season. I spent a lot of time following Chomps, the team mascot, and got some great photos of him with younger fans. The staff and Chomps are hilarious to be around and it has been fun photographing them so far. By the end of the 4th quarter there weren't many fans left so I had some time to shoot the game, which I don't get to do too often. I can't wait for the regular season to get started next week on Sept. 9.

Family Day at the Browns

I had my first day at the Browns yesterday for their Family Day. It was more for me to get a feel of the stadium and how to get around in their since it's a pretty big place and easy to get turned around and lost in. It was an awesome feeling for me. My family has been Browns fans all my life and I've been to a handful of games since they came back to Cleveland.

Scotch Whisky Documentary

I'm back from Scotland! It was a great time over there! The country is amazing and the people there are incredibly friendly and outgoing. I can't imagine trying to do something like field school in another country after being there. Here is my final edit on my whisky documentary that I did for my class. I had a blast shooting it - enjoy!

The largest collection of whisky

Coopers

Coopers are workers who make the barrels whiskey sits in for at least three years, sometimes as high as 53 (the highest age I've seen so far). I was lucky enough to get to check them out and they were all pretty cool, very friendly and very helpful.

A bit o dram

I finally started on my project about whiskey today. I took a beautiful, hour and half train ride north just a little into the Highlands. Everyone at the distillery was incredibly nice and helpful. There are only two employees usually working on distilling so it was hard to get people in my photos. But the man who showed me around (pictured below) was very nice and told me tons of info about whiskey. I got a free taste of five different kinds they make, a free bottle of whiskey beer and a 20% discount on two bottles I bought from their shop. I hope to go back soon when they are filling the barrels and stenciling them with the year and other info that gets put on the barrel.