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One particular of two major prize-winning shots taken by Rugby Significant Faculty senior Tucker Schoneberg displays a silhouetted determine holding a bow and arrow with a sunset as a background.

For the second time as a college student at Rugby Substantial University, senior Tucker Schoneberg has received the Dakota University at Bottineau’s Substantial Faculty Photo Contest, the college or university announced on March 12.
“The to start with time I gained it was when I was a freshman in substantial school and then past month I did all over again,” Schoneberg stated of his wins.
“I have three pics that won to start with place awards,” Schoneberg additional. “Five of my pics created it via the very first two rounds and then a few of them made it into the major 25, then individuals a few are the types that received printed and awarded very first position.”
Schoneberg said he also entered images in DCB’s contest in 2021. The contest was canceled in 2020 because of to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“It’s some thing I genuinely enjoy to do,” Schoneberg mentioned of pictures. “I begun performing it about eighth quality or seventh grade, then from there, I continued to do it and try out and development my expertise.
“My mom was normally into photography when I was minimal, so I have constantly been all over it,” he additional. “So, then her passion for it transferred over to me, and below I am.”
Schoneberg said he experienced an chance to choose a training course in multimedia at Rugby Superior, taught by Jennifer Zachmeier.
“You go out and get shots and study how to use fundamental image-modifying computer software just to aid current your skill and in general improve your shots,” Schoneberg claimed. “I relished that class when I was equipped to just take it.”
Schoneberg mentioned he hasn’t taken any official pictures courses considering that he studied with Zachmeier.
“Now, I just do it largely as a pastime by myself, and this 12 months I’ve done a whole lot of images for our college yearbook,” he claimed. “I just go out and consider photographs of the athletics crew and submit them to our yearbook advisor.
“Last 12 months, in my junior year, I did some basketball,” Schoneberg noted. “This year, I started out carrying out football, basketball, volleyball, and hockey. In the coming months, I’ll do track, cross-region, and baseball.”
Schoneberg mentioned his favorite photography topics are sporting activities and cars. Just one of his winning photographs depicts his Volkswagen bug, taken on a dark, deserted street, lit by streetlights to set the mood. Raindrops bead up on the car’s shiny pink paint.
His other winning entry displays a silhouette of a classmate with an arm outstretched on a bow, ready to shoot an arrow into a sunset.
“The bow and arrow picture was the most voted-for image in the contest,” Schoneberg pointed out. “That one particular, I was accomplishing with two good friends of mine. I was getting senior photos for them.
“That was just one they especially questioned me to do and I requested them if I could use their image for the contest and they happily agreed,” he stated of the bow and arrow photo. “And the picture acquired me a first-spot trophy.”
Schoneberg claimed he hopes to stand on the sidelines with his digicam at University of North Dakota sporting activities occasions when he attends faculty there following yr.
“I hope to choose photos for some of their sports teams like I have right here,” Schoneberg stated. “I hope to perhaps do much more people’s senior photographs although I’m out there and even at dwelling for approaching seniors.”
Schoneberg stated at UND, “I will be pursuing a diploma in biology, not photography.”
He explained he ideas to comply with in the footsteps of this father, Dr. Steven Schoenberg.
“The 1 thing I told myself I would in no way do through superior school is go into the professional medical area,” Schoneberg stated with a giggle. “Now, in my senior 12 months, in August or September, I made a decision I would like to go on to grow to be a geneticist and I would be in the professional medical subject doing study.”
Schoneberg mentioned his expertise in images may possibly show useful as he studies biology.
“If I make your mind up to get out of genetics and go into one thing like ecology or nature biology, my photography competencies would be genuinely helpful, just to consider images of all the factors that I would see all over my occupation,” he reported.
“Photography has been an fascination for me about the several years. I’ve just truly loved pursuing the craft and progressing with it,” Schoneberg additional. “A good deal of people have pushed me to do much better and I appreciate them undertaking that because I sense it is manufactured me an extremely well-rounded photographer in excess of the yrs.”