Rashad Bass: Photography Pursuer

Rashad Bass: Photography Pursuer

                By Emily Bennett, ENGL 336.001

Rashad Bass, known to others as “Logan,” is a junior at Frostburg State University majoring in marketing.  He will not be graduating from Frostburg though, because he will be leaving for a job as a photographer for the NFL once the draft has been picked.

He is originally from Baltimore, Maryland and has two sisters, one in high school, the other in middle school, and a brother who goes to the same high school as he did.  His father owns various businesses in Baltimore and his mother owns her own hair salon.  “I come from a family of entrepreneurs,” he commented.  Rashad is living off-campus with his six-month old baby, an American Bulldog named Drew.  He smiled and brought Drew’s picture up on his laptop.  He is a “beautiful, beautiful demon” that recently ate Rashad’s old camera.

          Mr. Bass enjoys photography and owns Logan H. James Photography.  “Photography is my passion,” Rashad said joyfully.  He works for Street Smart Magazine (www.streetsmartmag.com), running the photography team.  He has photographed many famous people, including Fantasia, Miguel, Two Chainz, Meek Mill, and Common.  He is also nominated for four awards for the Maryland Fashion Awards.  Rashad is also the co-owner of a marketing firm called Plan B Marketing.

          Rashad Bass does not watch many movies, but when he does he likes to watch suspense or comedic movies.  The last movie he saw was Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 1.  When asked what he thought about the Twilight movie Rashad said, “That’s my movie, man.  Team Edward all day.”  He plays more video games than watches movies or reads books.  In his opinion “reading is boring.”  A strange hobby that he has is getting tattoos.  Rashad currently has fourteen tattoos.  He has two half-sleeves, a chest piece, and his left side is a tattoo, just to name a few that he has.

          Rashad is involved in various religious groups including Generations Investigating God and the Baptist Student Ministry.  When asked what his favorite saying was he said it was one his pastor had said at a bible study, “I am not who I was.  I am not who I’m going to be.  I’m somewhere inbetween.”  Rashad says that “because of God I am who I am today… and it’s real.”  In five years, he sees himself having the biggest photography business in the world, spanning countries and continents.  “I don’t stop, I don’t get complacent, there’s always room for growth,” he says.