Sunday, December 6, 2009
Final Project
Monday, November 30, 2009
EPJ Final Update
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Latin Dance
Joel Hernandez leads Maritza Huerta through a turn during the Latin Dance Night at the Underground, a coffee shop in Columbia, Mo., on Wednesday November 12, 2009. "It's very nice to dance here. It [the space] is not too big but it's perfect for us who want to dance," Hernandez said.
And the lighting diagram:
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Fill and Balancing
Blair Bopp (left) and Ataley Boulicault (right) refine their t-shirt design for the MU Horticulture Club at Acme Hot & Fresh T-shirts on Ninth St. in Columbia, Mo. on Nov. 09, 2009. While neither MU student majors in horticulture, they participate in the club to support one of their friends who is an officer.
And here's the lighting diagram. As you can see, this was done at +3 bouncing off of the ceiling. The poor flash had such a hard time since I was kneeling and the ceiling was relatively high.
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Psst.. wanna see a cool multimedia project?
Super awesome museum flash!
Ok. So this doesn't really count toward any class (I don't think...?), but seriously. I'm not really an OMG type of person, but this flash makes me want to permit the use of the phrase (word?). You know all those books about pirating, dragonology, etc. that they're making now that have the cool little flaps and documents? This is the flash version of those. I think it was made by the Philadelphia enquirer as an alternative reporting method. No really, check it out.
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/special/30621649.html
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Mandala Sand Painting
Tibetian monk Yeshe of the Drepung Loseling Monestary forms lotus petals on a mandala in the middle of Ellis Library located on the University of Missouri campus on Oct. 28, 2009. Tibetan Buddhist monks have practiced this tradition for centuries. Working in a team to draw the mandala with colored sand, the monk uses a specialized funnel, or chak-pur, with notches that, when rubbed with a stick, cause vibrations that cause the sand to flow smoothly out of the funnel. All mandalas have a spiritual significance; this particular one signifies the monastery’s mission of compassion. During the closing ceremony, the mandala is destroyed to represent the impermanence of the material world.
And the horribly illustrated lighting diagram:
This was a cool subject to shoot, but it was hard to get a clean background in the library. Also, I think I spent an extra hour there waiting for the monks to take a break so I could get their names and some caption info. I'm pretty happy over all, though I could have used a slightly higher shutter speed for this shoot.