Kind of. I’m currently enrolled in a photojournalism class at Orange Coast College. (In case you aren’t familiar with the school, it’s consistently ranked by Playboy as being one of the top ten colleges in the US for hottest student body. I mean, obviously… I go there *cough*.) I took an assignment to photograph the Men’s Crew team which is doing fairly well this year.

Saturday morning, I got up at 5 am, showered, and headed down to Newport Bay. It never ceases to amaze me that despite barely being able to wake up in the morning during the week everyday to go to work at 9 am, I don’t have any trouble getting up for shooting jobs. There’s also something cool and calming about being up that early and driving around. You feel a sense of camaraderie with the few other early risers you share the roads with in the early hours. Also, waking up early to be on a boat in Newport Bay isn’t a bad way to start the day, either.

Here are the shots I ended up submitting to the paper:

That first image made the cover, and the two other images are a large spread on the back page. You can see them here. Just click on the Coast Report thumbnail on the left side, and it’ll download 7.5 meg PDF copy of the paper.

Woot. Anyway, more on India coming up soon. One more fluff entry later in the day though first.