{"id":10083,"date":"2023-05-29T11:37:36","date_gmt":"2023-05-29T11:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/wordpress\/lavie\/?p=10083"},"modified":"2023-05-29T11:37:36","modified_gmt":"2023-05-29T11:37:36","slug":"student-spotlight-emily-reaman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/2023\/05\/29\/student-spotlight-emily-reaman\/","title":{"rendered":"Emily Reaman: Life through a lens"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Meredith Haas ’24, editor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Life through a lens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes, it\u2019s a challenge for someone to find their niche. It wasn\u2019t until coming to college that Emily Reaman, a junior speech-language pathology student, found hers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emily has found a true passion \u2013 and talent \u2013 in photography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her real entry into the world of photography started in high school when she began taking pictures at her younger sister\u2019s volleyball games, but she may say she got a glimpse much earlier on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy mom had one of those little cameras that I feel like everyone had when they were young,\u201d Emily said. \u201cSo, I played with that. That was when I was like 10 and then I stopped and probably didn\u2019t pick it up again until I was like 17.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank goodness she did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It wasn\u2019t until Emily came to LVC that her photography truly picked up. She got involved with photography club just for fun, but soon, it was photography club that started opening doors for her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI got here and soon after, one of the real LVC photographers couldn\u2019t make an event and they asked me to do it because I was in photography club. I was like, \u2018sure.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flash forward a short period of time, and Emily has established herself as a reputable and talented photographer \u2013 one who now has an official role as an athletics photographer for LVC, a freelance photographer for LVC Marketing and the newly-elected president of photography club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI felt like I didn\u2019t really have my \u2018thing\u2019 in high school and then I came to college and now I do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emily covers a wide array of sports on campus, citing football as her absolute favorite to shoot. Yet she\u2019d be happy to tell you that she enjoys photographing any sport she understands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New to her list of sports to photograph is lacrosse, which she\u2019s found herself to enjoy, despite some initial hesitancy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI played two years of golf at LVC. Golf is the most individualized team sport there is. There is no screaming, yelling or getting hype, so being able to be on the field as the guys run out was the first time I felt like \u2018wow, this is awesome.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Emily has made a name for herself as an LVC athletics photographer, she also has quite the side hustle going. Despite her young age, she\u2019s already started her own business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt always feels awesome to tell people that I\u2019m 21 and running my own business. My parents ran their own business, so I like to joke that it\u2019s in my genes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emily\u2019s business, Emily Reaman Photography, focuses on portrait photography. She specializes in senior pictures, graduation shoots and family sessions, but she\u2019s willing to accommodate to what a client asks of her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Starting this summer, she hopes to expand her business into equine photography, specifically rodeos and portraits with girls and their horses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ve had my horse for seven years and I only just got my pictures taken with him like last week. I want to be able to do that for other people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spoken like a true photographer, Emily\u2019s camera is a permanent fixture on her body \u2013 she takes it everywhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI always have my camera with me so if it looks like something is gonna happen, it\u2019s coming out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While she enjoys casual photography on her own time, it\u2019s clear that Emily has a passion for capturing special moments. Whether that\u2019s an athlete\u2019s first goal, or the last time a player will step on the court, Emily wants to document it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite the busy schedule that comes with owning a business and serving as an LVC photographer, she doesn\u2019t seem to mind the chaos. When she\u2019s not looking through the lens of a camera, you can find her riding her horse or riding four wheelers on the weekends \u2013 doing anything outdoors, really.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a future speech-language pathologist, Emily was sure to note that all of the work she does with her photography can only benefit her in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think that for a future working with children, the level of patience needed as a photographer has been helpful. Being in an accelerated program has encouraged me to be organized and manage my time well, just like I do with my business.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emily is proof that it\u2019s never too late to find a passion, and it\u2019s surely never too late to pursue it.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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