Amanda's Stuff

final project - ragtag grand opening weekend

2008-05-12T21:11:00.000-07:00

http://web.missouri.edu/~anwgc4/ragtag/ragtagnewlocation

here is our final project flash presentation! there are two parts, the grand opening party and the hickman academy of rock.

photos by: Jonathan Arner, Angela Cipponeri, Christine Siebert, Amanda Wilson

interview: Jonathan Westhoff

live music: Moongarm & Norsefire

happy summer vacation to everyone!

painting with light

2008-04-30T19:22:00.001-07:00

Two headstones glow in the dark night at the Walnut Grove Cemetery in Prairie Home, Missouri. Prairie Home is a town of 221 people just 20 miles outside of Columbia, Missouri. The cemetery is associated with Walnut Grove Christian Church and sits off of Highway 87.

audio

2008-04-28T19:27:00.000-07:00

here are some links to some interesting audio slideshows:

http://www.carolinaphotojournalism.org:16080/cpjw/2007/

click on stories at the upper left and then i recommend ... "A New Future/Lennie Edwards" or "Goats"; this site is nice b/c each story has an icon so you know if it is video, audio or photo only - the video of a kid and his goat is so fun to watch, too. i have been having trouble with their site over the past 24 hours, so hopefully it will be up and running soon.

they have a lot of interesting audio slideshows from the year before as well:
http://www.carolinaphotojournalism.org:16080/cpjw/2006/

the tribune also has some interesting audio slide shows
http://www.columbiatribune.com/Photo/multimedia.asp
i particularly like Chess Competition and Canine Competition towards the bottom

the cpoy and poyi sites have good references for multimedia winners, too - and if you havent seen soul of athens, which won in both competitions, check it out!
http://soulofathens.com/

and in particular, a brilliant use of photo and video, and a cpoy winner, jenny's story.
you can link to this from the soul of athens site or the cpoy winners gallery, but since there is no flash player on this campus computer, i cant get to the link right now.

multiple flash

2008-04-14T20:34:00.000-07:00

Zede Donohue (foreground) and Paul Frisbee (background) warm up at the bar in an intermediate ballet class taught by Cynthia Anderson. The class takes place on Monday nights at the Twilight Dance Studio in Columbia, Missouri.

Shot at ISO 200, f3.2, 1/200 at 70 mm

blending

2008-04-09T16:12:00.000-07:00

Students in a West African dance class at the Moon Belly Studio warm up to the beat of the Bocomo Drumheads on Sunday, April 6, 2008. The students are taught by Pulguinha (Jill Hartleip), and are practicing a dance called the I-kon-kon, which celebrates a fruitful harvest. They will be performing at the Earth Day Celebration in Columbia on Saturday, April 19, 2008.

Shot at 100 ISO, f4.5 and .4 sec shutter at 28 mm with flash on manual setting and dialed down to 1/4 power.

i (heart) hatch

2008-04-02T17:31:00.001-07:00

so, my 36 hours in nashville was so much fun. i have been obsessed with hatch show print for many years and to actually walk in through their doors was amazing. the country music hall of fame was also amazing, and even more so because the posters and signs were all done by hatch! this photo is a balancing photo, there are a few fill below in my outtakes, but those didn't go as well. plus, one of the women who works at hatch (in the photo pulling out the sandwich board) just happens to be from portland - brilliant!

color correction at cosmetology concepts

2008-03-19T21:20:00.000-07:00

here are two selects for the color correction assignment. these were both shot under fluorescent lights on RAW with a green gel on the flash. both were shot at ISO 400 and 1/40sec. The top one at f5.0, the bottom at f4.0. below are some outtakes, it was a fun place to take pictures.

gone to the dogs

2008-03-12T20:33:00.000-07:00

ss - single flash

2008-03-12T20:13:00.000-07:00

i had a really hard time with this assignment and am not too impressed with the results. here's to a better week ... starting now, please.

horse close-up (bounce): ISO 200, 1/200, f6.3

volunteer training (direct): ISO 200, 1/60, f5.0

metal and glass

2008-03-05T21:35:00.001-08:00

well, here is an attempt at shooting glass. i most certainly have not mastered the studio yet! but i will enjoy eating the tomatoes if nothing else. this was shot at 1/200sec @ f18 with an ISO of 100. The strobe behind the light table was at 900w and under the subject it was 300w with a reflector clipped to a boom over the subject and angled towards the floor at around 45 degrees or so. i also included an outtake of my attempt at dark field lighting mainly because i love hatch show print and you should, too ;)

Studio Portrait Assignment

2008-02-20T22:05:00.000-08:00

select portrait shot at ISO 100, f5.6 @ 100 with one light (soft box) and a reflector with the lens at 105mm. following are some other outtakes i really like as well...

midwest regional barista competition

2008-02-16T16:18:00.000-08:00

cmt (copy and metering test, not country music television)

2008-02-06T21:51:00.000-08:00

these two images were originally shot by the wonderful and amazing william albert allard. in another life i may have been a cowgirl. they were both shot using a copy stand in the studio with a light on either side at a 45 degree angle to the image, with the camera directly above (and level, thank you for the tool box, dad!). the first one caught a bit of glare on the left cowboy's stomach despite our efforts to prevent such occurrences.

the first image is for mood lighting, and the second is the stump the chump (and it also shows a lot of mood through lighting as well). although it doesnt look like he used a lot of lighting tricks in the second one, i am more curious as to how someone would go about shooting in that kind of light in order to create this layered effect with soft lighting in the foreground and such high contrast in the background, but with everything exposed properly. Even the doorframe in front of the two children who are almost in silhouette is exposed clearly, but then only a little bit further back the children are almost completely in shadow.

of dogs and delis

2008-01-26T17:39:00.001-08:00

well, this will be my farewell to portland (and vacation) posting and my welcome back to columbia posting, too. for anyone who knows me, it is fitting i spent my last day in portland at the rose city dog show (i am obsessed with dogs and desperately want one of my own when i will actually be home enough to care for him/her) and also with my nearest and dearest at our neighborhood deli, where luci and her dad had an impromptu photo shoot. this is an especially full post, as i had trouble "editing" out any of the dogs, and of course i can look at pictures of luci for hours. now that i am back at school, i will mostly be posting class-related shoots and info for a little while...

Papa Haydn Shoot

2008-01-12T14:48:00.000-08:00

papa haydn is a portland institution & well worth a visit for nw cuisine and the best desserts in portland if you are ever coming through town...

Sleepy Girl

2008-01-09T17:41:00.000-08:00

Portland Pubbin'

2008-01-06T14:27:00.000-08:00

bridgeport brewpub + the hedge house + good friends + good beer = happy times in portland

Happy New Year!!!

2008-01-05T15:01:00.000-08:00

hello, happy new year and here is my first post! i am reading barbara kingsolver's "animal, vegetable, miracle" and feeling quite inspired to garden and eat locally - two very difficult things to do in portland in january. instead, i am reminiscing with photos from a trip to colorado this past fall - good friends, beautiful aspens and an amazing farmer's market in boulder!