Girls Varsity Basketball Springhill

ISO: 1250 Aperture: 5.6 Shutter Speed: 1/250 Lens: 28-135mm Flash: 2-580 off camera flashes

ISO: 1250 Aperture: 5.6 Shutter Speed: 1/250 Lens: 28-135mm Flash: 2-580 off camera flashes

Soooo this was the last basketball game that I shot. To be quite honest I was very disgruntled at the beginning of this whole basketball experience/fiasco. Right after getting out of drill team practice which ended around 4:45 in the afternoon I received a call from a fellow photographer. Curious as to why there was panic in the tone of the fellow photographer's voice, I naturally asked what was wrong. I was then told, that there was no gear in the closet and that they had to shoot the game in like 15 minutes. Normally I would just kinda be like, well that's your problem you didn't get your stuff together (and then secretly help them later and make them feel like poop), however, at this particular game it wasn't just them who would be put between a rock and a hard place. It would be every photographer shooting after them, which included myself. Soooooooo, I continued to call most every photographer and harassed them asking them where all the gear was. In the end, all the gear made it to the game, however, it was quite the inconvenience.

Moving on to the actual photography aspect of this blog, I'm kinda just like mehhhh with the pictures that I took. I guess that's kinda because I really liked the pictures that I took at the prior basketball game. I had to use a 30D at this basketball game, and I didn't like it because the older camera's don't have as fast of an auto focus. That is really disappointing. Especially cause I feel like I missed quite a few good photo opportunities... BLEHHHH

Band Christmas Concert

ISO: 800 Aperture: 2.8 Shutter Speed: 1/80 Lens: Bigma

ISO: 800 Aperture: 2.8 Shutter Speed: 1/100 Lens: Bigma

So these were my two favorite pictures that I took at the Texas High Band's annual Christmas concert. At first I wasn't too terribly excited about taking pictures of this assignment, but afterwards I was really glad that I did. On top of the photo opportunities, the music was great!! Getting to go and experience things that I never would have even thought of going to do is one of the things that I like the most about photography. Due to photography, I am so much more knowledgable of sports, plays, people in general, and things going on around the school!! Anyways, sorry I kinda got off task! The hardest thing about shooting this assignment was the fact that all the people in the band were sitting really close together and they were all facing towards the center. Therefore, it was extremely difficult to get faces in the pictures. I had to shoot through people and junk just so you could actually tell who the person is. I also wish that I had taken another lens with me because there were some times when I wanted to get some shots closer to the stage but couldn't because of my lens. However, I'm still glad that I brought the bigma so I just wish that I had brought 2!!! So the first picture that I took I really to enjoy, but I get the feeling that it is just really cliche!! I've seen this picture quite a bit, but I just can't help but like it. I like the second picture because the whole point of going to shoot this assignment was to get pictures of the students. While the first photo doesn't fulfill this, the second one does. I like it because it shows some emotion!!

Shop With a Cop

ISO: 1000 Aperture: 3.2 Shutter Speed: 1/250 Lens: 50mm

ISO: 160 Aperture: 11.0 Shutter Speed: 1/200 Lens: 70-200mm

ISO: 1000 Aperture: 2.5 Shutter Speed: 1/250 Lens: 50mm

ISO: 1000 Aperture: 2.5 Shutter Speed: 1/160 Lens: 50mm

ISO: 1000 Aperture: 2.5 Shutter Speed: 1/160 Lens: 50mm

So these are some of my favorite pictures from Shop With a Cop. I really enjoyed shooting this assignment, but it was really hard to separate the emotional from the photo journalist aspect of the assignment. Shooting this assignment was really hectic. There were people everywhere, and it was difficult to know what was okay, and what was not okay to take pictures of. However, I was really glad that I was given the opportunity to shoot this assignment because it really helps you to think about your shots and where you should be shooting. It makes you realize that you have to get on the level of the kids. It also helps you to make sure that you get the WHOLE story in the picture. Sometimes it was hard to get both the kid, the toy, and the policeman in the shot. If there was something that I could have done differently, I definitely would have taken one more lens. I probably would have wanted to bring a 17-50mm just because it would have been a little more versatile that the 50mm. However, I do like the creamy background that the 50mm provides. 

editing "media"

So today during class has really been the first day that I have begun to edit all of the club picture day footage. I started the last class period, but didn't get too far. As of right now, the whole period I have been going through all of the clips, and cutting them down. I'm trying to put together a picture in my head of the order I want the clips to go in and how I want the video to go together, but the picture is VERY fuzzy right now. Considering that this is my first true experience using Final Cut Express, I would say that it hasn't been too terribly bad. However, there is still a whole lot to learn. I haven't even gotten to the part of transitions or anything like that. I feel like the hardest part for me will be putting it together in a cohesive way that makes sense. Woodsies will be there to help though, and I'm really hoping that this "media" project will turn out to be an extremely good practice for the BIG 72 and the video competition and ATPI Winter Conference this year. Woodsies and I intend on winning that this year. Or at least not get last place...