Technical Skills: 

Digital Photography 

Videography 

Image and Video Editing 

Sports Photography

Studio and Lighting 

Interviews 

Current Events / News 

In-Depth Storytelling

Jediah Plumley

I first picked up a camera to keep myself occupied after a shoulder surgery in high school. Sitting on the bench watching my friends playing soccer wasn’t an option for me, I started bringing my mom’s camera with me to occupy my time. After the first game I was so in love with observing and capturing the moments that I forgot how much I missed playing. In no time at all, not a day went by that I didn’t have a camera in my hand. When I realized that I could pursue a career in photojournalism, I immediately knew this was what I wanted to do. 

Over the summer of 2017, I studied abroad in Kosovo and took a Documentary Photojournalism class with Meredith Davenport. This was a wonderful opportunity for me to develop my passions through picture editing and the use of multimedia. This class taught me how to create more depth to my stories in a shorter amount of time. I learned how to edit my work as the story progressed and how to create shot lists. All of a sudden, I was viewing my work differently, I was envisioning the story and consciously developing the narrative as I was working. I quickly learned that editing the work was just as rewarding as photographing. After a few weeks of helping edit a classmate’s work, the teaching assistant told me that I should look into editing as a career choice. Editing allowed me to use both my creative side and my analytical side to create the best-working narrative.