Hood College Photojournalism

Independent Study Blickenstaff: Warehouse Batch 1 - Unedited (For Blogs, Infographics, etc)

Portraits, Hong

My girlfriend Emily Gardner measuring out vanilla extract for baking cupcakes.
She's pursued baking since high school and graduated from Johnson and Wales University with degrees in baking and pastry arts and hospitality management.

Although not her current occupation, Emily still finds time to bake, especially for her loved ones and is even involved in local catering events, such as Preakness. It's very personal to her, as she would spend time baking with family when she was younger.

Emily demonstrating some of her stretches. A passionate dancer at heart, like the culinary arts it's in her blood, having spent most of her childhood participating in competitions alongside her older brother Matt.

Her working late on some business inquiries and consulting her meetings for the week. Driven, punctual and very much a people person, Emily works for a local software company as a business development specialist and saleswoman. Despite not being her first choice of work, she loves what she does and her co-workers.

Independent Study Blickenstaff: Spectrophotometer Blog

Spectrophotometers Need Love Too

Valentine’s Day is right around the corner and while everyone is busy figuring out how to best to dote on their loved ones, hardly anyone thinks of their poor unloved spectrophotometer.

Day in and day out, who’s going to be there to measure the absorbance of samples at whichever wavelengths you ask of her?

Spectrophotometer!

Who’s going to make sure the measurement of the reduction in intensity the beam of light shining through is dead accurate?

Spectrophotometer!

Who is going to check the concentration in your sample thus ensuring quality control? You guessed it…

Spectrophotometer!

But who makes sure Spectrophotometer’s needs are being met? Hopefully, on a regular basis, you’re pampering her calibration wants and needs. Thanks to regular wear and tear and a bit of dirt and dust, many Spectrophotometers are not giving you the accuracy you seek. For many labs, regulations ensure the periodic testing and calibration of Spectrophotometers. For others, what are you waiting for?

Wavelength and photometric accuracy, resolution, and stray light should all be verified to be certain your Spectrophotometer is performing in the most functional way possible. BaneBio can pamper your meter with a full operational check and cleaning. If she’s ready for retirement, we have an array of slightly loved yet fully functional replacements.

Give your Spectrophotometer some love and she’ll reward you with the accuracy you desire!

https://banebio.com/spectrophotometers-need-love-too/

Independent Study Blickenstaff: BaneBio - BioBeers at FITC

BioBeers is a biotech industry even in which scientists as well as equipment providers in the Frederick area gather to discuss projects and progress. This event was held on 1/27/17 at FITC and was co-sponsored by BaneBio and RoosterBio. The beer was from Barley and Hops.

My internship site, BaneBio, was very happy with the images and most were uploaded to their Facebook page.

Portraits, Shields

I have known Shelby since her overnight at Hood. We actually grew up about 10 minutes away from each other in Pennsylvania but we never met until college.

This represents Shelby's bad-ass-ness. She's a tough girl that plays catcher for Hood's softball team.

Softball has always been a part of Shelby's life. Her father has always been her coach throughout her life, including during her high school years when they won a State Championship together.

I got this idea off of Pinterest, but the black and white gives it a really nice effect. I also really like how you can see the Alabama "A" logo from her bracelet which is where her new home is.

I thought this would be a cool picture that eludes to the monkey emoji. Shelby's personality is fun and playful so this worked well.

Portraits, Kendall

Katie Harmis recently finished out her education at Hood College and is awaiting her graduation in May. She enjoys photography, animals, and most importantly Disney. I have known Katie since we were one and a half years old, she is the closet thing I have to a sister.

This picture was taken on the dirt road beside my house. We have made many memories on this road. When we were younger we would take walks with our moms almost every week up and down the lane.

Tea has been a very important part of our friendship. Ever since we were little we would have tea parties every now and then and we go to tea houses every year with our moms to celebrate our birthdays.

Katie regularly practices Yoga. It is one of her passions and for years she has been trying to get me to practice and every now and then she succeeds and it always makes her very happy.

Knowing Katie as long as I have, I have learned that it is not easy to get Katie to smile, especially in pictures. Because of this, this picture is very special to me because I got her to laugh enough to make her smile long enough to take this picture. This picture was taken on the swing set that we used to play in when we were little.

Katie loves her animals, her dog Coco, pictured here is a little ball of love. Katie also has a cat, KJ, who has more nicknames then any other animal I have ever met. KJ is her pride and joy. Katie recently lost both of her Australian Shepherds who she grew up with, Cassie and Abbie, so Coco and KJ are even more special to her now.