Alex Moseman '11 - Saturday was my first day shooting for Present Indiana. I decided that I would start with my hometown of Bloomington, and take advantage of my knowledge of the area. I was a little nervous at first, as if it were the first game of the season. But as soon as I started those nerves were gone. I was glad that I caught a break as the rain stopped and the sun come out for long enough to take pictures.

The first place I visited was Kirkwood Street, arguably the cultural center of Bloomington and home of Nick’s English Hut, which has been featured in ESPN’s top college bars in the country. As I made my way down the street I was able to get some good shots of people “out and about” on their Saturday Mornings. After shooting on Kirkwood for a while I headed over to the farmers’ market, which is usually buzzing with local vendors on a Saturday morning.  There were several bands playing there and I was able to get some shoots of the crowds of people interacting with the performers.

The performers there were two brothers, one played the guitar and the other added percussion complete with his suitcase drum. While I was walking around the market taking in the sounds and sounds I stopped for a moment and thought to myself, “Wow I can’t believe that I’m getting paid to do this.” 

After spending some time at the Market I went across town to the Buddhist Monastery. While I was disappointed that the Monks were out of town and I would not be able to go into the monastery, it was a great place to stop and take some pictures of the outside of the structure. I am continually surprised when I look at the pictures of the monastery and think, “ this can’t be in south central Indiana.”  After lunch I was off to Oliver Winery, the biggest, and oldest winery in the state. All in all it was a pretty good day in the field but I can’t wait till the next day that I go out to shoot.