FIll and Balance

Fill and Balance wasn't as hard as I thought it would be, but it's definitely a little more complicated to find the angles and the best way to do things.



Coca-Cola Zero representative Bryan Bennion records how much product has been given away at Lowry Mall on MU's campus Monday afternoon. Bennion and his business partner, Joel Derrigo, are in the midst of a 10-month tour with Coca-Cola Zero.

Color Correction

Ohhh color correction... It wasn't as difficult as single flash was for me, but it was still a challenge. I am now looking at light differently, and I plan on getting more practice with all the new techniques over break because I know I still need work.




Shot at F/8 1/4 ISO 500

Single Flash will bring me down

Single flash was one of the hardest assignments I have ever done. All things considered, I think I did an okay job on this assignment. It was much more demanding and harder to get used to, but with practice, I will get the hang of it.



MU students Antria Washington, Chantell Smith, Alana Young and Sierra Watson gathered together March 5 to promote unity of the student body at the Gaines/Oldham Black Culture Center anti-hate rally at Jesse Hall. Following the "Cotton Ball incident", students from different groups, such as the Legion of Black Collegians and Missouri Students Association, came together to promote change on campus.



MU juniors Jill Frasher and Gwen Daniels study for their music history midterm in the Reynolds Journalism Institute Tuesday night. Frasher and Daniels have been friends since they met at Summer Welcome before their freshman year at Mizzou.

I had some more dynamic pictures of Jill and Gwen, but they either had white balance problems, the flash didn't work right, or didn't seem to work as well as I thought. I know I need to get out of my Mizzou bubble and that's what I am planning to do this weekend for the color correction assignment.


LIGHT DIAGRAM


Bounced light: F/8, 1/60, ISO 400, WB-custom
Direct: F/8, 1/125, ISO 400,WB-daylight

Metal and Glass

For the metal and glass assignment, my portion was the metal side. Check out Jonathan's picture of glass. We collaboratively brainstormed for several days, only to come out with "half-baked" ideas, before Jonathan had an epiphany moment early last Saturday afternoon. We drove around town to find an aluminum trashcan, and then ended up going to buy one at ACE Hardware.

The shoot itself ended up being a fun time.



Jonathan Hinderliter acts as Oscar the Grouch. Inspired by Hinderliter's personality, Oscar's trashcan was the perfect use of metal for this assignment. "Oscar was something that once I came up with, was something I could relate to. He kind of gets a bad rap for being a cranky guy. I know that I can give off the grouchy vibe. Not only was it a new character that was a representative metaphor for my personality, it was also an image that is immediately recognizable to people who know anything about American pop culture," Hinderliter said.

Lighting diagram: