September 9, 2009 PageA8 P a rtic ip a te in D e m o crac y V o te Return your ballot by mall or drop i f o ff at any designated voter dmpsite. Call J 866 673 8683 to find a location near you. ^ ^ J n r tia n h QMisertter M. rznt rwpvilUinkba'iitkuM i ■ C ith tu i Week ¡n '"‘‘Review Election Ballots On Way I »«olirtitt»«*terVhrao I Lar» Mtet't develop his talent. O ne area, c o m p o s itio n , Pulliam s said he learned that it is much more than a technical process that in v o lv e s under­ standing your camera, how you look through the view finder and how you make a print. I t ’s the challenge o f com position and com paring w o rk w ith others and getting new perspectives from instructors that keeps him He’s not only the president o f Portland Community College, but Preston Pulliams is also a customer. P u llia m s , a re s id e n t o f Beaverton, is a budding pho­ tographer and student. He has applied his hobby all over PCC and the world, from small things like flow ers to huge ones like the presidential inauguration in Washington, D.C., and an ex­ cursion to China. “ I was ju st a point-and-shoot kind o f guy that took pictures at fa m ily o u tin g s and vaca­ tions,” Pulliams said. “ "W hen 1 arrived here fiv e years ago 1 decided since I had this nice cam era w h y not take some courses?" Now, the camera is Pulliams constant com panion on busi­ ness trips, vacations and any other kind o f free time. T he in s tru c to rs in P C C ’ s C o m m u n ity E d u c a tio n p ro ­ gram helped foster his in te r­ est in the art and helped h im com ing back. “ I do get a sense now o f what a well-com posed p rin t should look like,” he said. “ I ’ m not pro­ ducing perfect prints but I do have a sense o f what to look for. The com position piece o f photography is really what gets me excited. And I ’ m excited be­ cause the instructors have been so engaging.” So how do his fe llo w class­ mates and his instructors treat PCC's commander in chief? “ I t ’ s been in te r e s tin g ,” Pulliam s said. “ Students con­ nect w ith me in terms o f their experience at the college and I often hear how things are go­ in g , h o w th e y e n jo y th e ir classes, and what their experi­ ences are. 1 get a different per­ sp e ctive o f PCC in s id e the i Tahra .J. m ! Cm a» te> , ..«-holte «vs.ua «■•«» te a t Ott Hraraate« "raw«i B»-u«i~UJ 1-nte. «4 usa.» t «rana, a» « t e W itte ta parate« aura tel lavaUhry Matt Arant M t Uu«M| M («. » . ' s tubi) ate pitra* a» sb-U-ra . aaitbv ttoKaaauso Wte a t P m Faasia- ta»an Tl» i-< a «• « V— (-.<«« College President also a Student Moving his hobby to an expertise People o f color fin d a political f it Vi t a orante Tx>oU C Ite tea a«.*»««. «4 classroom, w hich is really fas­ cinating.” You never k n o w w here a C o m m u n ity E d ucation class m ight take you and, fo r Preston Pulliams, he wants to parlay the skills he’s learned to not ju s t benefit him self but the college, ■.lassKfha Fav» -te». « «ai h» too. He plans to get other PCC photographers together such as C h ris tin e C h a irs e ll, vice president o f Academic and Stu­ dent A ffa irs fo r an e xh ib it to sell their work to benefit the PCC Foundation and student schol­ tM sk Runar I >'a«a*M*la «- khrt »ah - '•» k r l«i4wl « rat*au l»«»n»i ip.oiUth-fc «kasi • • n ihrpnfeetm ’»a Z-am» ONE-ONONE i M to (M Ufctao -ka»*- t e tel te«» «te 5«. Ma> teay '»'<»•«»>» i.n t e » Premiere bonds live theater to live basketball La»«»«« Loohtete.il S«« » a* Coni '**!»•.. n . . «?•«• 10 Äo» . «ulM-oO' asCkt.paualn •fraiIsravteh«al a«)-:«ttia.a.tef Alia*«, li *’*•'•*' h«.,. ih. »a »»-»«™ IhraBt ;«•««! ih. • p.«ora- *»**•. M 1 1« fVìiuiingstad fo rn ii a TlantAoh.OaatTe« arships. “ It has been fun observing a hobby turn into his discipline,” !h»h> Ua.*. >• '«raiteft anana.-«dtauwteote a a»»» an a « «»noM br. Va te tete o «te «Pite htsP«H>a< C xatelahoote F«r io -kaa* <•«» vrtaUu iute4u< Or •>>«»> ah M * fura « «tete theater in tlie round ubere a Street basketbaJI court dominatet Faraa t attrai Trai it e » LtetelHop« htaw> ra<.».mv«to« « te i« « » « » « !>-; .«»■< Ywa« ataK« •» I-aifb W» *n »'»*•' m A »-ss»»« «h te» «u «a •< ,vn»mui yg an fife H T •»nanna yg en ft* AT F lu V ac cin e in S h o rt S u p p ly said Pulliams. 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