Pep Rally (Nov. 1 make up blog because I'm in California right now)

ISO 1600, aperture 4.0, and a shutter speed of 1/80th of a second

This was taken at a pep rally. I like this illustration mainly because of the lighting... but I don't like how it's so plain. I used a wide angle lens. 

Mt. Pleasant vs. THS

ISO 1000, aperture 2.8, and a shutter speed of 1/500th of a second

This image was taken at the football game! I used the bigma. I really like the lighting and the action going on in this image. Even though the other team has the ball, I like the action of the Texas High team going after the guy.

Cover Delima

what I was trying to accomplish...

how it turned out. 

For the second issue, the newspaper staff decided that they wanted the first picture above as their cover picture, but instead with two girls that were adopted. The cover was decided on last minute, giving me barley any time to get in done before the paper would be send off to press. I worked on it for several hours, Smith worked on it, and so did Haley and Caroline. The main problem with my version was that you couldn't tell what the features of the two girls were. When I took the picture of them, I should have gotten them both together (instead of separate and then putting them together in photoshop) and I should have put the 2 alien bees, which were on each side of their faces, further away in order to create a bigger shadow. This cover was extremely upsetting because it didn't work right. Next time, I will sit down the newspaper staff and tell them that they have to get things in to me sooner so that I can go ahead and begin working on the images for them. For the cover, they ended up using a picture Caroline and Haley took of two hands. At least the paper is done! And.... I learned a lot more about how to work photoshop. I haven't every really worked with it until this cover attempt.

Hair Toss

ISO 160, aperture 8.0, and a shutter speed of 1/250th of a second

I took this picture last night at the newspaper worknight. Caroline Purtle is doing an entertainment story on 15 proper ways to tie/wear a scarf. This assignment took forever, but it turned out great. This is my favorite image out of the 15 I took because of the hair toss. I used a 17-50mm lens. When processing, I had to go in and make the background completely white because it was kind of gray. I should have put an alien bee behind her to hit the background to make it white. 

Grave's Family

ISO 1000, aperture 4.0, and a shutter speed of 1/80th of a second

This assignment was extremely frustrating because the first time I went to go take the picture while newspaper was interviewing the family, the little girl wasn't there, so I had to do a mock photo that would go in the doubletuck of the second issue. I used the wide angle lens when taking this picture. I wish I would have had more time to take a more creative and cozy type of family bonding photo. The lighting in the house was horrible. This is a very nice family, but since the picture wasn't taken during the interview, I feel like it's way too posed! 

I'm sick and I found out that we will probably have to put down my 13 year old dog, Kipper today. I'm sorry I've been out of it all day. Today I kept up with the juniors and made sure they pushed what needed to be pushed for newspaper.

THS vs. Pine Tree

ISO 1000, aperture 4.0, and a shutter speed of 1/250th of a second

This is the best picture I captured at the football game on Friday, and it really isn't that great. This picture is actually in focus unlike multiple of my other images. It was quite depressing. I should have had my shutter speed on 1/500th of a second. Next time I will make sure that the shutter speed is always correct; I'll make sure my finger doesn't slip and make the shutter speed slower. I'm not happy with these images, but they could have been worse. I do like this image because of the angle and his emotion.

Pre-game video

Today Smith taught me how to use video and the final cut express program. There was a long process, but it was easy to get the hang of. We were planning on using audio from the video camera and Caroline's picture from the varsity pre-game against Pine Tree. Smith, Caroline, and I were going to create an on-sight pre-game video that would go up on Tiger Times Online. Everything was captured for the perfect first video, but the images took way too long to transfer. I got to shoot the rest of the game though! It was an exciting game too! GO THS.

blueberry

Josh Rostek took this picture today during class, and I helped with what I could. On Monday, he was searching through flickr and found an image very similar, so we thought it would be really cool to recreate it! We tried to get a nice pretty background, however, that didn't really get accomplished. This image was my favorite out of the ones he took. This image took forever to get correct. The timing was difficult. I helped Josh set everything up and get the focus set correctly. It was hard to get the perfect milk splash, but I think he did a great job. I had a blast helping him out with the blueberry photograph.

Golf...

ISO 100, aperture 4.0, and a shutter speed of 1/500th of a second

Well, this is literally the only descent image I got at the golf tournament at Texarkana Country Club. I don't know anything about golf, so it was hard to understand what was going on. The coach told me not to go on the field or take pictures of them where they could see me. This assignment was difficult, and personally, I dislike taking pictures of the sport. If we shoot golf again, I will make sure to get more action shots. I'm upset with all of my golf images. I used a 135-400mm lens.

TX. vs. Ark

 ISO 1000, aperture, 4.0, and a shutter speed of 1/200th of a second 

ISO 1600, aperture 4.0, and a shutter speed of 1/500th of a second

Both of these images were taken with a 70-200mm lens at the TX vs. Ark varsity football game. I love the eye contact in the first picture, and I like how the guy playing the trumpet is bending backwards. My football pictures weren't that great, but the pre-game stuff I captured was a lot better.

Spiraling into an economic depression

ISO 100, aperture 8.0, and a shutter speed of 1/250th of a second

This picture was taken for a newspaper story about how weed lowers student's IQ's. It was complicated to get this picture properly lit and everything. I was given a picture to look off, so I knew what they wanted. We rolled up a piece of newspaper and stuck a match inside of the end in order to give the "weed" effect. As soon as the match was lit, the picture had to be taken for the proper lighting that the newspaper staff wanted. We put a 800 alien bee light behind her hand to get a rim light. The timing was the most important part of taking this picture. I really like how her nails were dark, it gave the spooky effect. I used a 17-50mm lens.