I read a lot. Constantly.
Lately I have been reading a lot of nonfiction about story and feature writing. I absorb as much as possible and hope it will help me work past the hurdles of form and style when I write for The Ranger.
My first three stories for The Ranger are published. http://www.theranger.org/
9/9/10 "Free admission with Alamo colleges ID"
9/10/10 "Buffalo soldiers exhibit free with new ID"
9/17/10 "Move in blues continue in earth sciences"
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
M= the master of my camera
So a lot has happened since the beginning of the semester.
I began my photography course anticipating a routine structured around that of the last photography course I took a couple years ago.
On the first day of class I discovered that not only will my class by using only digital cameras, we would not be processing our own film or developing our own prints.
The professor said, "I'm preparing you for a professional business. There isn't a business around that still uses film and enlargers to create a final print."
So... no more fun times in the pitch black "box" trying to load film into the developer canister. No more endless shaking of fixer and developer.. just to finish with underdeveloped reels of film. No more chemicals, enlarger or timers. No more dodging and burning print after print of pearl paper. It makes sense, but is still sad.
Next class I brought my digital camera and wanted to show off the bells and whistles with my Canon T2i... and then it hit me. We will be using completely manual mode. I know it's for the best, but it frightens me. Up until today, I didn't know what Tv, M and P meant on my camera's dial. I took photos using the different icons, for portraiture, close ups, fast action, etc.
While my professor said that was good, he still said it's important to know exactly what you are doing so you can create the setting you want without having to fix the image so extensively in Photoshop. Suddenly all those bells and whistles are getting in the way.
My newsroom technician Tricia said, "M stands for Master of my camera."
It's like trying to break an addiction. Fully manual?!?
Figure out my own Fstops and shutter speeds?
EEEK!
I began my photography course anticipating a routine structured around that of the last photography course I took a couple years ago.
On the first day of class I discovered that not only will my class by using only digital cameras, we would not be processing our own film or developing our own prints.
The professor said, "I'm preparing you for a professional business. There isn't a business around that still uses film and enlargers to create a final print."
So... no more fun times in the pitch black "box" trying to load film into the developer canister. No more endless shaking of fixer and developer.. just to finish with underdeveloped reels of film. No more chemicals, enlarger or timers. No more dodging and burning print after print of pearl paper. It makes sense, but is still sad.
Next class I brought my digital camera and wanted to show off the bells and whistles with my Canon T2i... and then it hit me. We will be using completely manual mode. I know it's for the best, but it frightens me. Up until today, I didn't know what Tv, M and P meant on my camera's dial. I took photos using the different icons, for portraiture, close ups, fast action, etc.
While my professor said that was good, he still said it's important to know exactly what you are doing so you can create the setting you want without having to fix the image so extensively in Photoshop. Suddenly all those bells and whistles are getting in the way.
My newsroom technician Tricia said, "M stands for Master of my camera."
It's like trying to break an addiction. Fully manual?!?
Figure out my own Fstops and shutter speeds?
EEEK!
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