Kolby's Blog

  Kinley Sizemore poses with used tires on the afternoon of October 21 at Walmart on South Santiam Highway in south Lebanon. He has worked as a service technician at Walmart for eleven months. He has worked with cars for twenty years; he attributes his knowledge to his father who was a mechanic. There is no such thing as a typical day for Kinley. He could be incredibly busy one day and slow the next. He works three opening and two closing shifts each week with a weekend on Monday and Tuesday. He enjoys his job because he gets to know people and does what he loves, working on vehicles. He spends his free time fixing up cars and hanging out with his kids. Kinley Sizemore

  Nancy Fast replaces a gas nozzle on a Friday afternoon. She has worked for Chevron for four years. Nancy has worked at this location, at the corner of Division Way and South Santiam Highway in Lebanon, for three weeks. She is the manager of this gas station. She enjoys all aspects of her job: doing paperwork, pumping gas, interacting with customers, and building rapport with her employees. In her free time, she hangs out with her family. Brittany Nassar prepares a cup of hot cocoa on Oct. 22. She is the owner of Mugs Coffee House on Main Street in Lebanon. She started working for Mugs Coffee in late 2019 and became the owner shortly after the pandemic began. She enjoys her job because she gets to serve people with the best she can give and make people happy. When Brittany isn't working, she does craft projects and helps build a modern aesthetic for Lebanon.

          The Associated Students of the University of Oregon set up a bi-annual street fair every year. The money made at the fair funds food security for students at the University of Oregon. A student at the University of Oregon scans a vendor's art at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, October 14, on East 13th Avenue in front of Fenton Hall in Eugene. Vendors and students pack in front of the Lillis Business Complex for the ASUO street fair on a cloudy Thursday afternoon, October 14, on the University of Oregon campus. Sage Liskey poses with his books in front of Fenton Hall on the University of Oregon campus at noon on Thursday, October 14.  The fair ran from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. from Wednesday, October 13, through Friday, October 15. The Spring 2022 Street Faire is scheduled for May 4, 5, and 6 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day.    

Monet Gutt tours the LBCC courtyard on a gray Thursday afternoon.   On a Wednesday evening, David Sauer visits Grandpa's Fresh Market on Highway 226 in Albany.  On a Thursday afternoon, Jan Boucot helps a customer purchasing honey at a farmer's market on the corner of Main and East Grant in Lebanon.

My name is Kolby and I live in the Willamette Valley. I am a freshman at LBCC. I am majoring in Journalism. I took this photojournalism class to kickstart my career as a journalist or a photographer. I have no experience with cameras other than the one that came with my phone. I hope to truly understand what it is like to be a journalist. I would like to go through what other journalists tackle. I want to learn the best advice for taking pictures. I hope to get out of my comfort zone, interact with the community and publish articles on important topics. A line forms outside Sugar Vibes in Lebanon. The customers are here to support Sugar Vibes as they protest OSHA's mask mandate.   From the north side of Foster Lake, you can see the east side of Sweet Home on an overcast afternoon. The boat ramp at Foster Lake. Access to the boat ramp is restricted.