I love photojournalism. I really do. I love it for the opportunity to meet people and share experiences that I normally wouldn't get to share in and then to share those experiences through my vision. But sometimes, an assignment comes along that I just love because you can't not love making the photos that happen in front of you.

On Tuesday I shot diving for the first time while on an assignment for The Columbia Missourian. While the article (and many of the photos) focused on one of the divers, Clark Thomas, I shot a bit of everything. I also want to thank Alexa Beckwith, Kendra Kieser, Lauren Reedy, and Lauren Callin who all put up with the picture-taking. The group was a blast to spend time with I was having so much fun with the access that the shoot flowed naturally.