Park City High School junior sharpens his give attention to The Park Record employees

Jack Casebolt is a junior at Park City High School and The Park Record’s first-ever images intern.

Originally from Minnesota, Casebolt grew to become fascinated about images by a category supplied throughout his freshman 12 months. He initially took the category to fill a commencement credit score, however grew to become more and more extra within the topic. 

“My dad used to be into (photography) a long time ago, so he had an old camera lying around,” Casebolt remembered. “I took it and went to one of my friends’ sports games and they really liked the photos. That’s kind of when I fell in love with the process and began learning along the way from my teacher in that class, and also a lot of stuff online.”

Casebolt’s specialty is sports activities images, however he has turn into extra fascinated about photographing landscapes and wildlife, in addition to portraits, since shifting west to Utah within the early summer time. The junior mentioned he loves it right here.

“It’s beautiful. I’ve met some super great people, everyone’s super wonderful,” Casebolt mentioned.

Casebolt beforehand labored as a sports activities images intern together with his native paper in Minnesota. So when he moved to Park City, he seemed for comparable alternatives.

He got here throughout The Park Record and emailed Editor Don Rogers, who helped join Casebolt with the photographers on employees.

As The Park Record’s images intern, Casebolt receives a distinct project every week. Sometimes he has one day-after-day, typically a couple of occasions every week and typically only one. These assignments vary from protecting highschool sports activities video games to enterprise openings and even Park City Council conferences.

He then takes these photographs and edits them earlier than placing them within the WordPress system and including a caption. The footage are then despatched off to be formatted with the newspaper.

Casebolt mentioned he hopes to achieve extra expertise and be taught from the skilled photographers on The Park Record employees as an intern, in addition to be taught extra about various kinds of images and have new experiences.

He mentioned photographing conferences or metropolis council conferences could be notably tough to seize, and dim rooms with fluorescent bulbs could be difficult from a lighting standpoint.

He’s additionally anticipating that this can assist him acquire extra images connections and add to his portfolio.

He plans to pursue a four-year diploma and hopes to {photograph} sports activities on the school stage alongside a photograph or media staff. Casebolt can be aiming for an alternate profession within the enterprise area, however needs to take care of images on the facet.

His long-term profession purpose is to finally turn into knowledgeable sports activities photographer. His favourite sport to shoot is hockey, and he mentioned Hunter Dyke, who shoots the Utah Mammoth hockey staff, is his favourite photographer.

Casebolt mentioned his favourite factor about images is that it provides him alternatives to satisfy individuals. He loves that folks worth and respect the photographs a lot and the way glad it makes them.

“Watching other people be so happy and appreciative of the photos just makes it all feel worth it. It’s something great to do. I love it,” he mentioned with a smile.

Casebolt additionally actually enjoys the problem that images supplies.

“It’s a challenge every time. It’s never the same, so being able to learn and build up new techniques, it’s basically always learning,” he mentioned.

Outside of the digital camera, Casebolt loves spending time outdoor. He loves mountaineering, tenting and fishing. He additionally loves taking part in golf.

Readers can discover Casebolt’s photographs in previous and upcoming editions of The Park Record. They may catch a glimpse of Casebolt himself on the sidelines of most highschool sports activities video games and occasions.

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