Chillin' in the grass

Here is a man with his dog sitting on the grass last Sunday at the Landa Park in New Braunfels.

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Only amateur photographers use direct flash. You are not an amateur photographer anymore if you pass this course.

Whenever you see a white ceiling or white wall in a dark environment, you should think about bouncing your flash. Well, if you do not forget bringing your flash.

  Flash can help you reproduce the natural lighting without the danger of slow shutter shaking and high ISO noise.

Watch out the color of the wall you bounce to!

Or you can purposely bounce to a green wall to create a green color light.

Let the camera's exposure combination setting take care of the background exposure.

Let the TTL flash take care of the foreground subject.

Measure and set the background exposure setting. Set the camera in M mode. Bounce flash to the ceiling to light up the indoor shadow areas.

Photo from class today! Good times.

Dr. Lo's note: 
Right! Good times. We now can freeze anything we want as long as we have the flash! No matter how dark it is! By the way, do we have to set our shutter speed at 1/1000s? Why not?

Hey Dr. Lo! Who's cap is that?!

Dinner at Toribios tacos food truck.

Next week's posting topic

Next week's posting photo - Sitting on grass (due next Wed. morning)

People or person sitting on grass.
Do not stage a photo.
Can be out of campus, but not your home.

Extra credit score as of Oct. 21

In order to make this more exciting, I am going to create a DOUBLE EXTRA CREDIT for whoever shoot the best assigned blog photo. That means if you have the best photo posted this week, you will receive 2 points instead of just one, starting from this coming week!

Here is a waitress holding a drink that she is about to server to someone in the restaurant Buffalo Wings & Rings on 983 Loop 337, New Braunfels, TX. on the night of Oct. 16.

Yum!

This week's posting topic: People carrying food.

Could be one person or a group of persons.
Person must be walking.
Must have food in hand.
No stage photo.
Due next Wed. before class.

Nobody post photographers taking photo for extra credit?

There is only a few hours left!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY COLEMAN!

Happy birthday Coleman! Hope you have a great birthday week!

Must read before mid-term

Hi News photo 1 folks,
Our midterm exam will include 20 questions and one shooting assignment. It will start right after the staff meeting.
I would suggest you download this document and read through it. It definitely would help.
Also, I remember I told you guys to read  the Lens chapter. Compostion chapter and Portraiture chapter are also listed as required to read in the outline.
If you have not done so, start now.
EL

Check out the Ranger!

Taylor's blood moon photo is on the front page! Good job! Taylor!

I got people! Yes, I am still watching you.

I know you guys have fun. I am getting a lot better now. I will see you guys soon.

How about a video? Yes, we teach video production here too, in News Photo 2 next semester.

about extra credit

Don't forget that other than posting a theme photo each week, you also have to comment at least once on others post to get the credit.

There are still 4 classmates did not response to my invitation. The invitation was sent out 9/29. Check your e-mail box.

EL

This week's topic

People or person taking photo (due next Wed. at 10 a.m.)

Conditions:
Must not be a staged situation. You found it, not created it.
Must be someone you don't know his/her name.
Must not be inside the building of journalism and photography department.

Jogger at Brackenridge Park

This is my photo that I shot. Not the best shot but I couldn't find much time to shoot over the past week but I'm going to try and get more time for the next one.

Jogger at Southside Lions Park

jogging - weekly topic

Good or bad. You need to come up with something, or, you will not get this credit.
He was trying to pass me on my left. I left him do that so that I can get a photo to get my extra credit!

Jogging Extra Credit

I wanted to try my hand at some silhouette photos. These are two of the best from my photoshoot. Joggers.

A senior citizen jogging at Ramirez Park

The photographers

Can anyone guess what photography skill they are learning?

Jogger at the San Pedro Springs Park

Dog hangin outside of Tobin Lofts.

Saw this dog chillin outside a window of the Tobin Lofts while I was on assignment. Looks like a Pit Bull. Lick! Don't think they're supposed to have pets up there. Haha. Carde said "looks like a catahoula."