Katie McGaha photographs her sausage and brisket plate at Black’s Barbecue in Lockhart, TX on Sunday afternoon.
February 6, 2011
Katie and I had a Lockhart adventure. It involved BBQ at Black’s and antique store browsing. Sadly none of the other University Star-crew could make it cause I’m dumb and scheduled it on Super Bowl Sunday.
Canon T2i
Sigma 10-20
February 5, 2011
Kathyphantastic and Objects of Confection had a Valentine’s cake pop workshop class. I got to shoot it. Such adorable cake pops!
Love bird cake pop
Teddy bear cake pop
*Top two shot with a Lensbaby Composer, bottom photo shot with a Sigma 10-20mm.
February 4, 2011
SNOW! In South Austin! This is probably the most snow I’ve ever seen in Texas!
Snow animals made by Kathy and I. Snow rabbit (Chinese zodiac) and snow cat (Vietnamese zodiac) for Lunar New Year. More photos later.
Canon T2i
Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8
February 3, 2011
Happy Lunar New Year! It’s year of the cat, meow.
Lunar New Year feast with my sister and Chris at Get Sum Dim Sum. Bok choy with vegetarian oyster saucr, spinach dumplings, banh bao (steamed buns), fried spicy tofu wrapped in seaweed, banh cuon, spring rolls, sesame balls, coconut bread…. omnomonom!
Canon T2i
Sigma 10-20mm
February 2, 2011
Texas is definitely experiencing winter. Freezing temperatures and rolling blackouts led Texas State to cancel classes for half the day.
Since my grad class wasn’t meeting, I momentarily thought I could go see Tokyo Police Club, but then I got called to edit some video. Oh well.
This is a shot of bushes next to my bank. It seems someone forgot to turn off the sprinklers.
HTC Nexus One
And as of February 1, 2011 I hit 60,000+ page views on my Flickr since joining in mid-2007, woohoo!
Staff members of The University Star gather around the newsroom to watch Andrew Goodwin’s (far right, glasses) newest segment air on Spurs Insider on Tuesday night.
February 1, 2011
Allen Reed, the Editor-in-Chief at The University Star, runs a pretty tight ship. I mean, dude even works/edits stories when he’s dying of swine flu. Hardcore.
So when Allen lets everyone stop what they’re doing during a production night to watch TV (that’s isn’t election night coverage), you know it’s a big deal.
After the videographer assignment meeting, Andrew Goodwin, Multimedia Editor at The Star, turned on the newsroom TV to see his most recent segment air on Spurs Insider. We all gathered around to watch his feature story on one of the Spurs’ camera operators.
In addition to being the Multimedia Editor, Andrew is also a videographer for Spurs Insider and an award winning director/producer. Oh, and he got nominated for a regional Emmy for a piece he produced for The Star last spring. And he’s 23. Really.
During his reign as my Assistant Multimedia Editor last semester, he made probably one of the most beautifully shot videos produced by The University Star: coverage of the 2010 Fun Fun Fun Fest.
Myself, Andrew and Sara Strick were all reporting on Fun Fun Fun for The Star. Here are a couple shots of Andrew at work.
Setting up an audio recorder during Deakin. Note: when you point a wide angle lens towards the sun, expect some intense lens flare.
During French band Yelle’s set. He’s the black cap in the bottom right corner holding the 7D and fancy Glidecam, obstructing my view of the stage hah.
When I hired him as a videographer last February, all I knew was that I was hiring some guy who’d shot a ton of really neat-looking skateboarding videos. All of the things I just listed were accomplished in the past year. Dude is going places!
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I forgot my wide angle Sigma at home, so I took two shots of the newsroom using a Tamron 28-75 f/2.8 at 28mm, then “stitched” them together with a panorama style action in Photoshop CS3. Here’s the quick tutorial for making a panorama, in Photoshop:
File > Automate > Photomerge
and select which files you want to use.
The original photos:
Canon T2i
Tamron 28-75 f/2.8
January 31, 2011
Kathy was making red velvet with cream cheese frosting cake pops in preparation for her Valentines Cake Pop class with Objects of Confection this Saturday. These are actually her first cake pops of the year, since she’s been on vacation in Thailand/Vietnam and just starting a new job. Busy busy busy.
Naked/undecorated cake pops!
Canon T2i
Tamron 28-75 f/2.8
January 30, 2011
Lazy Sunday means I try to be more creative with my photo of the day. No Photoshop magic here, just a long exposure and some light painting with a flashlight.
Project 365 day 038 outtake. What was originally supposed to be just a simple happy face ended up being way creepier when I added flash bursts of my hand moving around and my face on the tail end of this 15 second exposure. Long exposure + light painting = ghosts. Freaky.
Canon T2i
Tamron 28-75 f/2.8
Canon Wireless Remote
LED flashlight
Shelf as a tripod
a dark room
January 29, 2011
After an unsuccessful (for me) shopping trip at Le Garage Sale, Kathy and I ate lunch at Thai Fresh.
We both had a tasty coconut soup with mushrooms and lemongrass, and a tofu pad Thai. For dessert, I got a slice of lemon thyme cake. So many flavors, overwhelmed by deliciousness… ahhhh!
HTC Nexus One
January 28, 2011
Violet Crown burger: A Bleu Cheese Burger topped with bleu cheese, and grilled onions on a toasted jalapeño cheese bun. Onion rings on the side.
…this was Kathy’s dinner at Phil’s Ice House. I had a vanilla milkshake. I want real food/the ability to chew again. Sigh.
Earlier today I also had Yogurt Planet (my first post wisdom teeth surgery frogurt!) and Tom’s Tabooley with Phil (no relation to the ice house), and had the 1960s Olympus Pen D3 I got off ebay, looked at at Precision Camera.
Photo of the day taken with Kathy’s Canon PowerShot S95
Hummus Medley at Tom’s Tabooley on the Drag
Olympus Pen D3, a half frame viewfinder camera produced from 1965-1969.
