Looking to learn from other wedding photographers
Are you an established photographer who could use some back up support or additional photographers for events? Are you interested in mentoring a wanna be wedding photographer?
I’m a photographer looking to refine my skills so I can take the leap from amateur to professional. I am looking for opportunities to photograph weddings, showers, events, musicians, models, and more so I can build my portfolio and start a business.
I am willing to be a lead photographer but would happily, and prefer to, start as an assistant so I can learn from other pros. I own a digital SLR Camera: Canon Digital Rebel X and have a back up point and shoot Canon SD1000.
I have a portfolio with sample images at Flickr
Erie Scrabble Lovers?
Do you enjoy Scrabble? Would you like to play with other Scrabble players in the Erie area? I want to throw around the idea of meeting biweekly to play recreational scrabble at a local coffeehouse. Is anyone interested in this concept? Or do most people prefer to play online?
Cyber Hate
High-Level Overview of Cyberbullying, Cyber Harassment, and Cyber Stalking
What is Cyber Bullying?
Cyber Bullying is terminology that describes the harassment of or by a child or teenager on the internet. There’s a website that talks more about this called Stop Stop Cyberbullying. Visit here to learn about what a cyber bully is, prevention techniques, and how to take action.
What is Cyber Stalking?
Cyber stalking or cyberstalking is online harassment. Cyberstalkers use the internet or electronic methods to intimidate or harass. Not every conflict on the internet is cyberstalking. An offensive email, blog, chat, or argument is not necessarily harassment.
Overview from The National Center for Victims of Crime
Cyberstalking is a relatively new phenomenon. With the decreasing expense and thereby increased availability of computers and online services, more individuals are purchasing computers and “logging onto” the Internet, making another form of communication vulnerable to abuse by stalkers.
Cyberstalkers target their victims through chat rooms, message boards, discussion forums, and e-mail. Cyberstalking takes many forms such as: threatening or obscene e-mail; spamming (in which a stalker sends a victim a multitude of junk e-mail); live chat harassment or flaming (online verbal abuse); leaving improper messages on message boards or in guest books; sending electronic viruses; sending unsolicited e-mail; tracing another person’s computer and Internet activity, and electronic identity theft.
Similar to stalking off-line, online stalking can be a terrifying experience for victims, placing them at risk of psychological trauma, and possible physical harm. Many cyberstalking situations do evolve into off-line stalking, and a victim may experience abusive and excessive phone calls, vandalism, threatening or obscene mail, trespassing, and physical assault.
What type of people cyber harass?
According to Wired Safety,
Cyberstalkers are often driven by revenge, hate, anger, jealousy, obsession and mental illness. While a cyberharasser may be motivated by some of these same feelings, often the harassment is driven by the desire to frighten or embarrass the harassment victim.
Sometimes the harasser intends to teach the victim a lesson in netiquette or political correctness (from the harasser’s point of view). Often the cyberharassment victim is merely in the wrong place at the wrong time, or has made a comment or expressed an opinion that the cyberharasser dislikes. We have even seen cases where the victim is merely being targeted because they are the first ones the cyberharasser encounters when they are in a “bad mood.
More:
2007 Cyber stalking statistics
Erie Bloggers will find this interesting… Blogging Integrity Issues Discussed
I received an interesting piece of email today from a visitor to this site because of referrences to their name on a post. This person has requested that I remove references of their name from my site so, as they put it, “Any future Google search on me, in my private, personal, professional life will pop that personal attack into view as a result of your blog post.”
The private email also says this:
In the event you find that unreasonable, there will be no word from me or rebuttal pending any future negative ramifications to me. At that point, I will forward a copy of this letter, and request to you this day, to my attorney for review, and notify him, that you are the only source of the remark in the search engines currently. I am grateful for your help in removing a potential damage to my reputation.
Since you are now in a business format blog, I am sure you are aware of how damaging Search Engine inquiries can be. I am grateful for your original effort; and I thank you for the correction in your blog to secure my professional reputation too.
This email was very interesting to me as a blog owner– and by someone who is interested in social issues related to blogging. I have a few questions that I need to ponder more:
- Is the spirit of the Internet based on free and open information sharing? Is it fair to manipulate Internet searching and content? Bloggers are not morally obligated to help people save face and they are not morally obligated to change content or be fair and balanced. One side may want the truth, and a record of recorded events, while another side wants others to see the situation as they would like it.
- I am a believer in personal branding so I can understand why people want only positive things to be published. Most people want a positive spin and that’s understandable.
- Am I being bullied (intentionally or unintentionally) into removing a name from my blog?
- Is it a reasonable request to remove the name?
So, moral question, should I honor this request because it’s a nice thing to do? Is it better to leave the comments as is? I’m sure many people say things online that they don’t think twice upon. Upon further refection, people may regret what they said. The risks of using your own name on the internet include embarrassment. Sometimes this is self-induced. Sometimes it’s not.
Is this just a pissing contest between two bloggers and now i’m in the middle of it because I had an opinion?
I hope we get a good, objective, and intelligent discussion on this– one that does not personally attack anyone involved.
Note: The purpose of this post is not malicious– it’s to foster discussion.
Jennifer K. Robinson is published at US News and World Report Website
Newly Corporate is a member of the US News and World Report Career Blog Network “Outside Voices“. This post is an excerpt from US News and World Report and is Jennifer K. Robinson’s first digital publication with the prominent business magazine. Visit Newly Corporate , a resource for millennial and gen Y professionals.
By definition, hobbies are activities that yield pleasure or relaxation outside of your occupation. A great hobby can make you forget about the fires at work that may require attention when you return to the office. At first thought, hobbies might not seem appropriate in the workplace. However, the right hobby can be integrated into your career, causing greater job satisfaction. The benefits for you are easy to recognize—you get paid to do something you usually enjoy doing on your own time. You may also gain a positive reputation for being good at your hobby and successfully meshing it with your career.
I integrated my love of photography into my daily job in marketing communications. I love taking pictures—and everyone knows it. I am the go-to person for photography and imagery in my department. Not only am I using my skill, which makes me personally happy; I am saving money for the company by using my own professional camera to take pictures for presentations, for stock photos, and for our intranet. I am building a portfolio of professional imagery and getting to develop myself as a photographer while having fresh imagery for my own presentations and assignments…
Read the rest of the post at Outside Voices…
Pretty Blossoms
Here’s a picture I took in May in the Fairview, PA area. Spring is a beautiful time.
Tips for landing a job from your internship
My only internship during college was during my final semester at a local TV station. The experience was very rewarding. I received hands on experience working in a news room and in the community. The field experience was great– I remember meeting many notables including the Kathryn Baker Knoll, the Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania, president hopeful John McCain, and many local community leaders.
The experiences I went through during my internship where not something I could have learned in the classroom. I had people chase me to tell me their stories about a corrupt county organization that was keeping children from their parents. I waded through flood water to get a scoop. The emotions and learning associated with these experiences were very powerful and I will always remember them.
My regrets regarding internships is that I did not pursue one sooner. The staff at my college did not push having an internship or even talk about it. I would have taken more internships if I had more time. I worked full time through college so my focus wasn’t on non-paid opportunities. Students to take internships– paid or unpaid– because the experience is so valuable. They should do it early in the college career– not at the last minute.
I graduated in 2004– and internships are on my mind today because my company uses their intern and co-op pool for hiring millennials. If you perform well during your internship, you will most likely get an interview. If you nail your interviews and had a good performance record, you have a better shot at getting hired after graduation. Here are a few tips for new summer interns who want to get a job after college:
- Exceed Expectations. Don’t do the minimum amount of work– always look for ways you can exceed your manager’s expectations. Don’t wait for someone to give you an assignment. Actively seek out work that will help you grow, give you experience, and contributes to the betterment of the company. Take initiatives and don’t expect someone to hold your hand.
- Follow the rules. Don’t be late. Don’t leave early. Even if you think no one is watching, they are. If you can’t follow the basic rules, you can’t expect to be hired.
- Be mindful of your image. If you dress sloppy because it’s your style, people are going to think you are sloppy and lazy. Dress for the job you want.
- Don’t gossip. It doesn’t take long for rumors and gossip to get around even the largest of offices. Don’t contribute to gossip. Don’t share sensitive information you may over hear. Don’t talk about how your intern buddy got hammered or about how your boss is going to get fired.
Visit Newly Corporate for the entire article!
Erie Volunteer Opportunities
Give back to the Erie community by volunteering your time to enrich the lives of others. GoErie.com has a very thorough list of volunteer opportunities. What can you do to help? Here are some volunteering opportunities that look fun or interesting to me, visit GoErie for the complete list:
Erie Playhouse needs volunteer pit musicians. Call Patrick Rose at 454-2852, Ext. 7, or send e-mail to patrick@erieplayhouse.org.
Erie County Emergency Management needs volunteers for the Community Emergency Response Team. Send e-mail to Mary Richards at mrichards@ecdops.org for an application.
Crawford County Animal Response Team needs volunteers to help animals during a disaster. Call 425-1850.
Mercy Center for Women, a transitional housing program for homeless women with or without children, needs volunteers to write grants, assist house managers, and do yard work. Call Mary Graziano at 455-4577.
Volunteers in Probation needs adult volunteers to mentor at-risk children between the ages of 9 and 15. Call 451-7432 or 451-6054 during business hours.
Erie Zoo needs volunteer docents to interpret exhibits, conduct tours, assist with education programs and special events and handle education animals. Call 864-4091.
Amazing Grays, which produce a television show for older adults on Community Access Television, needs volunteers to run the camera and audio board, and other duties. No experience necessary. Call Jim at 864-3175.
The Girl Scouts of Penn Lakes Council is looking for volunteers with leadership experience to lead troops. Call Jan Leonardi at 734-3793 or send e-mail to jan.leonardi@girlscouts-pl.org.
Therapy Dogs United needs certified therapy dogs, or potential therapy dogs, along with volunteer handlers to make visits to hospitals, schools and senior living centers around Erie County. Call Pat at 456-3647.
Sirius/XM Merger Makes Headway
I personally did not think the Satellite merger of Sirius and XM would be approved. Information was recently released that FCC chairman Martin supports the merger.
As I’ve indicated before, this is an unusual situation,” Martin said in a statement. “I am recommending that with the voluntary commitments they (the companies) have offered, on balance, this transaction would be in the public interest.”
I personally feel that a merger is not in the public interest, but benefits XM and Sirius operationally. While agreeing to a price freeze for three years, the price will still raise. What may be good for consumers is an a la carte pay structure, where users only pay for the channels they use.
Big Thumbs Down to ErieBlogs.com
It’s days like today when I wish www.eriemediablog.com was up and running. Erieblogs.com doesn’t let a lot of comments through and I don’t want this message to be censored.
I am appalled by the commentary posted today by **NAME REMOVED ** in the daily news and events section. I feel like I should be keeping score each time I am offended. (PS– I’m hard to offend!) **The Author** said that frequent Erie blog commenter, **name removed by request**, could find the services of a behavioral health organization useful. For a site that wants to promote Erie, blogging, and the spirit of community, the external message to visitors is detrimental to the brand of Erie Blogs.
Update at 6:29 EST, June 21, 2008:
One of the persons who was previously named in this thread has asked that his or her name be removed so that negative information about them would not show up in search engines.
Also information info since this was posted:
- The blog author who said something about another is no longer affiliated with EB for unknown reasons.
- I have decided to alter the content of this post and have removed the names for privacy reasons.
- I need to add a policy to this blog to avoid future conflicts.
- I will manipulate the names that have been posted but leave a disclaimer that the names have been altered for privacy.
