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My December

2012-02-10T15:14:00.003-05:00

I had on week working at AnnArbor.com in December. Than I went into surgery and had my gallbladder removed. Surgery went well.

Here is a card my bosses Melanie and Angie made for me for a going away/get better soon card. It was a photo from Senior Day at a U of M football game and they photoshoped it with their faces. And a picture of my Grape Platter since I couldn't have cake at the time. In case you cant read the grape platter, it says "Thanks Joe". They are they best. I hope I get to work with them again one day.

November 2011, Ann Arbor Month 3, The Unfortunate Ending to a Great Internship

2012-02-10T14:23:00.005-05:00

November was my last full month at AnnArbor.com due to medical reason. I had gallstones and needed to have my gallbladder removed. I thoroughly enjoyed my internship at AnnArbor.com. The staff was great! Writers were nice and fun to hang out with. My photo bosses Melanie and Angie were the best. It is what I imagine the future of photojournalism to be like. A hybrid of stills and multimedia. Completing a multimedia project a month, which is awesome. I had two memorable moments in the month of November. One was working way to long on the ROTC multimedia piece. I always feel accomplished when I put in hard long hours especially when I start the day off with a gallstone attack. Second is when I got to shoot the U of M vs OSU football game. It was an awesome vibe to shoot in, especially when everyone rushed the field.

The following photos are from U of M vs WMU hockey game, the one and only spot news I got in Ann Arbor which was a house fire, ROTC running a 236 relay, U of M basketball, Camp Take Notice which is a camp for homeless people run by homeless people, Boy Scouts volunteering after Thanksgiving, EMU vs MSU basketball, and the infamous U of M vs OSU football game. Attached is also a soundslides following the U of M ROTC on Veterans Day.

October 2011, Ann Arbor Month Two

2012-02-10T14:10:00.004-05:00

My second month in Ann Arbor went well. It is great shooting along side great photographers. Working at Big Ten sporting events, I get to see a lot of awesome photographers from all over and it is great to get to know them. Still this month shot a lot of sports especially college football at U fo M and at EMU. I even got to travel a CMU and Toledo to shoot some football. It was nice to see some familiar faces when I shot EMU vs CMU football.

It was an o.k. month for photos. The following pictures are from U of M Homecoming game against Purdue, a Zombie Walk along with multimedia piece at the bottom, when Eric Cantor came to speak at U of M, a football deject moment, swimming meet, and EMU at CMU football.

New city, new adventure. Ann Arbor month one.

2011-10-12T02:05:00.004-04:00

After I ended at The Flint Journal, I took about two months off to go do one of the things I love to do most, go volunteer time to be a camp counselor. Had some ups and downs during those two months. One of the biggest ups was landing the first ever multimedia photojournalist intern spot at AnnArbor.com, formerly The Ann Arbor News. It feels great to get back into the swing of things. Since it is the first time for them to have photo interns, it seems like a great way to hopefully help being apart of setting up a great program for future interns.

So far at my first month at AnnArbor.com, I have been shooting a lot of sports given the schedule I have. University of Michigan football rules in the city especially with them doing so well. I had the privilege to shoot the first ever night game at The Big House. Besides that, I had the chance to do two multimedia pieces. My parkour piece is included in the post.

June, My Final Month at The Flint Journal

2011-10-12T01:38:00.003-04:00

June was my last month in Flint and in many ways my assignments of them month had a theme of endings. Schools closing it's doors, graduations, and end of the high school sports season. It was bitter sweet. I was happy to move on to new adventures, but I was going to miss the city, the friends I have made that I will never forget, and the challenging assignments that made me who I am as photojournalist today. I am honored to have been chosen to be an intern at The Flint Journal and working with the wonderful staff. I hope that one day I get to work with one of them again.

Photos from Juneteenth, arson, graduation, food give away, closing of a school, MS research, Powers Catholic girls soccer winning the state championship in soccer, and disappearing metal from an abandoned school.

Memorial Day weekend at The Flint Journal

2011-10-12T01:23:00.003-04:00

Though it was a very long weekend, it was a great weekend of shooting. The Great Lakes National Cemetery is in Holly Township which is in the coverage area so I went there a few times over the weekend. Young Marines showed up to put flags on each grave site of a veteran. It was an awesome sight to see and witness. Not many people go to see it, but if you ever have the chance I would recommend to see this amazing tribute. Besides trying to photograph Memorial day events, a few spot news opportunities came up as well. A water rescue on the Flint River, which is unheard of, and a homicide and a tornado happening in the same hour.

The homicide photo won second place in NPPA spot news and MPPA news honorable mention for the month of May. The water rescue photo got first place in MPPA news first place for May. The drummer got picked up by AP and got published in Arizona.

May to up to Memorial Day Weekend at the Journal

2011-05-28T23:17:00.008-04:00

The assignments in May are getting really fun. I was able to canoe with an author, photograph the best female boxer, and get really excited to see my photos blown when I edit them. Another photo got picked up by AP and used.

Female boxer, special olympics, a salute to the military, canoeing with an author, remembering a sister, AP flood photo, victim upset there is nothing left in their house from a fire, national day of prayer, roll over vehicle accident, baseball portrait or "sportrait", softball, basketball with the Detroit Lions, and an art walk.

April at the Journal

2011-05-28T22:49:00.007-04:00

Month of April went well. I did a video. I one of my photos I sent to AP got onto the MSNBC photo blog. Another AP photo made it into the Midland Daily News, which is awesome because it is a paper that I respect for their photos and their photo staff.

Link to feature video I did on Carlot Dorve, a one armed trumpeter. Video

MSNBC AP photo, AP photo from vigil, people from vigil waving to prisoners at Genesee County Jail, prisoners watching the vigil, testing the Flint River water, upsetting last years league champs, Earth Day, protests, completing first 5k, 5k, food give away.

Month of March at the Journal.

2011-05-28T22:27:00.006-04:00

Well as many of you guessed it, I didn't get Michigan College Photographer of the Year. I was up against some really good people. I am happy to say a lot of my friends place and CMU swept CPOY... again. It got me motived again. March went alright. I won first place NPPA monthly clip contest for the month of March in region 4 sports. It is my first award ever in photography and I got a first place photo.

First place photo, loss in regional basketball, skeet shooting, high school power lifting feature, wrestling state championships, spot news, remembering Chavez, unveiling a Rosa Park Statue, nice quiet moment, and Benjamin Franklin the King of Toilets.

Mid February to the End of the Month... Kind of

2011-02-24T23:31:00.005-05:00

Last time I updated my blog, it was almost half way through February. Things are still going well, looking forward to start a multimedia piece within the next week or so. More details to come about that story soon. Tomorrow starts judging for POY in Michigan, so we shall see what happens.

Following photos are from the mayor preparing for the State of the City Address, Clio firer fighters goofing around after a drill, winners of election in Davison, American Legion meeting, and Baker College students developing a business plan for nuns and women making scrubs and hospital gowns.

Beginning of February to Now.

2011-02-14T19:47:00.004-05:00

Now it is February and we are half way through it. Things are going well and still liking my job... well... internship. It has been great working with the people I have so far. The only drawback to my experience so far is it is very hard to get a photo story going because the paper is expecting something super unique. I think it would be nice just to do some kind of photo essay or a story just because it can be visually interesting. I am craving the photo story and some video work. Here are some photos from the beginning of February to this past Friday. I am going to try to start posting some of my work once a week. We'll see how that goes. Photos shown are from Snowpocalypse (which my boss tells me the next day I should have sent it to AP, ARG!), feature on an award winning high school television station, a sports feature on Kirk Gibson's son who plays hockey, and a 7th grade class preparing a play for Black History Month.

January at The Flint Journal

2011-02-14T19:31:00.004-05:00

After the month of December, one crew of interns left and another came in. One of them is now my roommate. We are all getting along and I am sure that all of us interns will get pretty tight. Here are some photos from the month of January while working for The Flint Journal. Images are from the New Years baby of Genesee County, a wrestling feature, a triple overtime game, my first time lighting a gym, and clowns.

December at The Flint Journal

2011-02-14T19:13:00.006-05:00

A few days after I graduated, I started my very first internship at The Flint Journal. It took some time getting used to the pace of the real world, but I caught on pretty quickly. Here are some photos that I like from what I shot at The Flint Journal in the month of December. Photos are from an 8k race, a portrait about a couple wanting to adopt a new born, feature on ice fishing, Christmas at the soup kitchen, feature on the Michigan Cootie Commander, and a bike giveaway at Swartz Creek.

Junior

2011-02-14T18:57:00.006-05:00

This was my favorite story that I have done to date. The family was really great to work with and because of that, this story was a huge success.

Five years ago, Danielle and Richard Holland of Mount Pleasant gave birth to Richard “Junie” Jr. who has cerebral palsy, hydrocephalus, a seizure disorder, and legally blind. “When Junie was born, we were told he was going to be a vegetable for the rest of his life,” Danielle Holland said.

Click here to view the sound slide.

Summer, Fall, and Winter of 2010. Summary and Review.

2011-01-02T20:30:00.011-05:00

So 2010 has come and gone. A lot has happened. Me pretty much just starting to get into the swing of photojournalism to graduating and landing that internship right out of college. A pretty sweet starting internship too.

First I have to start off in the summer. I did not shoot to much. I was a camp counselor for most of the summer. At one of the camps, Andrew Zwarych and I tried doing a photo a day project for the parents of the kids who were at camp. We didn't manage to get a post for every single day, but we tried. Taking care of kids and trying to trying to do this kind of project was pretty hard. This is the link of the photo a day project for the camp and than my favorite image following it which I put into my portfolio.

http://ypuivpk2010.blogspot.com/

Campers pile on each other as they play capture the flag in Middlefield, Ohio on July 15. The campers belong to a world wide Ukrainian scouting organization called PLAST.

Fall and winter of 2010. It is a time I will never forget. Back in April, Jake May asked me if I would like to shoot an assignment for CM-Life. So I shot along side Nathan Jame Kostegian. Jake saw my take, like one of the photos for the secondary. Next issue it was published and he asked me if I was interested in shooting for CM-Life in the fall and I was excited. Fast forwarding back to the fall. Worked at CM-Life and got staff photographer of the month in my first month there. That was an awesome feeling. Although quality was not a factor yet, it quickly came.

422 a class that kick everyone's ass. I was not signed up the first week because the class was closed out. Kent saw my dedication to the class and he gladly bumped me in. Thanks Kent.

Working closely with the awesome staff and students at CM-Life and with my professor Kent Miller , which I can call all of them some of my closest friends now, helped my development tremendously. Sara Winkler, Sean Proctor, Leah Sefton, Paige Calamari, Libby March, Ashley Miller, Andy Kuhn, Jeff Smith, Victoria Zegler, Beth Walter, Kaite Thoresen, Neil Blake and if i forget someone I extremely apologize... Thanks for shooting with me and pushing me. I would like to thank particularly Jake May, Kent Miller, and Tim Fitzgerald. Tim, you started me off in PJ. Without you making the class interesting , I don't if i would be in PJ right now. Jake, I know you were the editor at CM-Life but you were more than that. You were also a great mentor. Thanks for pushing me in the right directions and kicking me in the butt and telling me to go back in shoot if you didn't like it. Kent Miller, thanks for kicking my ass in 422. I know you first impression of me was not the best, but I sure hope I changed that from 420. I know I didn't turn out the best stories in 422, but I saved the best story for for last in the class and I now have this kick ass story to share with people. Thank you very much for your patience and passing on the good word so I could land my internship at The Flint Journal.

Enough of the mushy stuff now... here is the work that is in my portfolio that all of these people helped me push to shoot. Photo Story will come in the next post because this will be one big post.

Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart senior wide reciever Matt Mills catches a pass in mid air defended by Saugatuck freshman defensive back Tristan Farrara during Mount Pleasant Sacred Hearts win 42-21 on Friday morning at Ford Field for the MSHAA Division 8 Championship Game. Mills scored two touchdowns, had a punt for 74 yards, and completed 184 all purpose yards.

CMU freshman midfielder Tammy Long, right, battles junior forward Stephanie Skowneski on Sunday afternoon at Scott Park Soccer Complex in Toledo, Ohio. Long had one shot in CMU's 3-1 win over WMU to win the MAC Championship Tournament.

Steven Harren of Clare kisses his daughter Sydney on Friday evening at the Mardi Gras parade. Harren says, "the kids really enjoy dressing up and watching the parade."

Carissa Flocken and Anastasia Netto are the CMU Chippewa's goalies for the women's field hockey team. Netto starts for the women's field hockey team.

Mike Demos of Kentwood gives flowers and hugs the coordinators of the United Way event. "I started the 100 mile bike ride through a challenge from some co-workers. I told them I'll do it if you raise money for United Way."

Jordan Chatman, 9, showers other children with water as she pulls on the top of the tent. The United Way event was to raise awareness for Alzheimer's Disease.

Freshman forward Jennifer Gassman, left, junior defenseman Liesel Toth pile on sophomore midfielder Bailey Brandon after their victory over WMU in the MAC Tournament Championship on Sunday afternoon at Scott Park Soccer Complex in Toledo, Ohio. The win gave them their second consecutive MAC championship title.

This is my portfolio coming out of CMU. All of it was shot in my last 3-4 months at CMU with CM-Life.

Thanks Everyone! All of you made my last few months at CMU the most enjoyable. I miss it tremendously.

JRN 423: Leader Dogs

2010-05-05T16:17:00.004-04:00

Leader dogs for the Blind.

First the video I am submitting is my final project for the class. It is a video about leader dog puppy raisers. Its all about what it takes to be a puppy raiser and what kind of things the puppies goes through.

Leader Dog Puppy Raisers

Leader Dogs for the Blind is a group out of Rochester Hills, Michigan that arranges, trains, and prepares dogs for a working life. These dogs help the blind do what we would consider simple tasks and go from place to place. What some people tend to not think about is how the dogs get there.

Raising Puppies is probably one of the hardest jobs of this process. It is at eight weeks when puppies get enrolled to be trained for their future as a leader dog. For the first year of their life they are raised by volunteer puppy raisers, which are approved by Leader Dogs for the Blind. The role of a puppy raiser is important because it is the raisers that teach the puppies basic obedience, to socialize, and recognize when they are working.

Future leader dogs often wear a bandana or a vest accompanied by a puppy tag to indicate that they are leader dogs in training and that they are working. When the puppies have these two things on, it is than people are not allowed to pet them or feed them treats except for their handler. After that first year of training, the puppies go through a physical to see if they are physically able to do the job for the majority of their life. If they don’t pass because of some physical problem that may interfere with their long working life, they become career-changed dogs and they are fit for any other job a dog could do or become someone’s pet. If the dogs are physically fit, than they graduate and they go through another year of training. After training, than they are assigned to a qualified candidate who is ready to receive a leader dog.

Veteran puppy raisers Judy Brankel, Cindee Shaffer, Tammy Bartz, and Rhonda Wilson talk about what it takes to be puppy raiser and some of the basics they are responsible for teaching the future leader dogs.

Leader Dog Puppy Raisers from Joseph Tobianski on Vimeo.

The second video was going to be on of the segments for the entire project, but since our professor cut down the project, he said anything other than the one video is extra credit. Here is segment 2, Leader Dog Graduate for extra credit.

Leader Dog Graduate from Joseph Tobianski on Vimeo.

I hope to continue this project in the near future and make it into a multi media piece. You can find these videos on the Leader Dogs for the Blind website in the near future.

Take Me Out To The Ball Game

2010-04-14T23:00:00.004-04:00

I had a chance to make it to the first two home games of the Detroit Tigers. The first day, not to much went on because of the weather. Game 2 of the series is a different story. This year is the year of the tiger according to the Chinese zodiac. So the weather was nice in Game 2, the festivities were rolling.

These pictures and more are in Grand Central Magazine.

Second Baseman Scott Sizemore pops out, but it still a nice photo.

Dale, who also came in for the Frozen Four, sat right behind me, beat me to the foul ball and managed not to spill his beer. Every time a there was a foul ball, everyone in our section started to scream "Dale!" to catch it. It was a running joke for the rest of the game.

Dancing and fun before during the pre-game festivities.

Fans from the Frozen Four came to enjoy the nice day and kill time before the final game that night.

Paws messing around during the pre-game festivities.

Pitcher Ryan Perry to First Baseman Miguel Cabrera for an out.

High fives all around.

JRN 423 Project 1: 25 Years of Fish Fry

2010-04-07T19:53:00.002-04:00

Fish Fry from Joseph Tobianski on Vimeo.

This is a video I shot for my Online Visual Storytelling class. It is the first video project I did outside of class.

JRN 423 Final Project Proposal

2010-04-04T23:37:00.000-04:00

For my final project, I would like to do Leader Dogs for the Blind in Rochester, MI. It is a group of people who train dogs to help blind people get around town. I would like to interview trainers, the recipients of the trained dogs, businesses that allow the dogs and trainers come into their business but do not allow other pets to enter, people who breed the dog or where the dogs come from. Basically follow along what process the dog goes through to become leader dogs.

http://www.leaderdog.org/

Portfolio Website

2010-02-24T18:38:00.000-05:00

http://gc.kentmiller.com/tobianski

I have been creating this website for my Online Visual Storytelling class. It took some time, but with the patience of my professor and fellow classmates, I got through it. It is a portfolio of all my work to date.

Comments and suggestions are appreciated about the website and content.

Cloud Magic and Macpodz Show.

2010-02-24T15:05:00.000-05:00

I was covering this show for Grand Central Magazine. Here are some of the photographs I took when covering the event.

Annual Boyne Ski Trip

2010-02-09T18:52:00.001-05:00

Every year I go to Boyne Highlands. This year I brought my camera along. These are the ones I picked out.

I know I am in the last picture. That was intentional.

JRN 423: Coach The Michael Willett Story

2010-02-03T19:36:00.000-05:00

US Botanical Gardens

2010-01-11T00:14:00.000-05:00

I went to the US Botanical Gardens during my Christmas Break Vacation in Washington DC. Getting back and looking at all the photos I took, it was apparent that I haven't picked up the camera in a while. There was some decent shots I came up with.

Specs of the camera setting coming soon.

The first picture I really enjoy because of the colors that came out. For a larger size of this image, just contact me.

This second shot I cropped down a lot, but I got it the way I liked it. Because I cropped it down so much, this is as big as the picture comes.

Additional Photo 1

2009-12-02T11:28:00.001-05:00

I chose to do a portrait of Sean Proctor. For those who do not know him, he is a photographer, but more well known as the barefoot photographer.

I had trouble choosing a photo from this set. I narrowed it down to a few. Here are a few photos. Suggestions please.

All photos were shot at: ISO 200, 250, f11

Photo Illustration

2009-11-16T11:53:00.001-05:00

JOB HUNTING. Mark Maddens, a senior at Wayne State University, is job hunting for when he graduates. Unemployment just went up again and the jobs might be scarce.

I lit Mark from his left with a reflector to his right. There was no major Photoshop, just cropping and toning. f11, ISO 200, Shutter speed 100.

Fashion Photography

2009-11-02T12:20:00.000-05:00

I had a lot more fun with this assignment than I thought I would. I guess it was all in good company. These are two close friends of mine and they were a lot of fun to work with. The first picture is Dmytri Hryciw posing under a bridge near the Amtrak Station in Ann Arbor. F11, 1/125. ISO 200. The second scenario is Eryn Campbell and Dmytri Hryciw posing on the opposite side of the train tracks behind two storage shacks. I made this photo more about Eryn and tried to make her the focus of the photo. F 6.3, 1/125, ISO 200. The last scene is a runner up. It was one we did for fun and I liked it a lot. I almost used as one of my two proofs. F 6.3, 1/125, ISO 200.

Location Lighting Assignment

2009-10-19T12:06:00.000-04:00

Info - f 5, 1/30th, ISO 200

Dan Diggler looking out at a pond in a park near his apartment in Kalamazoo, MI.

I put the strobe to his right and wedged the reflector to his left in the tree. I held on trying to get the picture without falling in the water.

Info - f 5, 1/30th. ISO 200

The model is Dan Diggler from Y 96.5, Kalamazoo's New Country. He has been a long time friend before he was ever on the air. One of my favorite movies, coincidentally his too, is !2 Angry Men. There is a scene in the movie where one of the characters walks to the window talking about his son and it is raining outside. The rain, the lighting, and the position of the actor gave the illusion to the viewers he was crying. I have always wanted to recreate that lighting scenario since I saw that movie. It wasn't raining, so I took a squirt bottle and sprayed the window. Put a strobe outside and someone held the gold reflector near Dan. If you look at the lighting set up photo, you can see the strobe through the window.

Assignment 3 Still Life

2009-10-05T12:53:00.000-04:00

Image 1 - Joseph Tobianski; Still Life; f4.8; 10/200 sec, ISO 200

It is a camp scouting hat from the group called the Werewolves with a metallic wolf mug.

Image 2 - Joseph Tobianski; Still Life; f4.5; 10/200 sec, ISO 200

It is a pipe with a pipe cleaning device, matches, and tobacco.

Both images were lit from the left hand side and a little bit in front of the object. Did not use any flashes. I used a lamp.

Assignment 2 - Painting With Light

2009-09-21T12:52:00.000-04:00

This is Patrick Glasson. My camera set up for this picture is f-stop 11, 15 second shutter speed, ISO 200. What I was going for in this picture was someone who looks into the mirror and sees them true selves. In this case, the person's true self needs help. The person in the mirror is communicating to himself by spelling help. The yellow lighting represents the caution he is in. I had Patrick write help into the mirror and then pose. Right when he posed i popped the flash with a yellow gel.

The camera set up for this picture is f-stop 11, shutter speed 25. and ISO 200. In this picture I tried to go for someone who is confused and bombarded. He is in a situation where he doesn't know what to do. How we did this is I had Patrick hold a flash light and just wave it all around his head. As soon as it was around 20 seconds he stopped and posed. Immediately I popped the flash.

Assignment One - Portraits

2009-09-09T12:25:00.000-04:00

These are the photos I chose from my first assignment in JRN 420. The model is is Jake Neher, a member of a band called Blacktop Musical. In the band he plays guitar, mandolin, and sings vocals. I also included a picture of the studio and where the were positioned for the assignment.

There is a First Time for Everything

2009-09-08T21:33:00.000-04:00

These are the pictures I ended up choosing from the in class photo shoot I did. It was my first time with someone modeling in a studio for me. Some of the things I learned from this is that if your subject is trying to give you a good picture, you have to try to think one step ahead. With that in mind, you also have to be aware of the lights in the studio so you do not accidently capture them in the frames.