I took some photos of the men’s basketball team practicing today:
A little over 3 inches of snow was dumped on Hillsdale in the last few hours! Hopefully I will have some time to take a few photos of it tomorrow.
Category: Photography
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Day 342 – Charger Basketball
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Day 331 – Pool Collisions
I took this shot on Thanksgiving day, when a bunch of us went in my aunt’s basement to play pool after dinner. This is my Dad with the break:
Today was a very nice, family-oriented day. I went to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Richard and my two cousins in the morning, hung out at home for a little while, then went to dinner with my parents, grandparents, Amanda, and Richard. I need to spend time with family more often.
By the way, The Blind Side is a pretty good movie. I recommend it.
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Day 327 – Fire Aftermath
The Chicago Water Grill caught on fire and burnt down last night. I did not know about it until long after the fire was under control, but The Collegian and Will Clayton were there!
I went out right before sundown to get some aftermath photos for The Collegian. Check out the corresponding articleArchived Link. Don’t forget to look at some of Will’s excellent photos from the fire!
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Day 320 – Battle of the Bands Snapshot 2
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Day 319 – Battle of the Bands Snapshot 1
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Day 317 – Night Shot at Baw Beese Lake
I went out tonight to do a dry run before the Leonids show up on Tuesday or Wednesday.
Unfortunately, the special battery in my wireless remote died after one shot, and I was limited to 30 second exposures rather than 30 minute exposures. I decided to take a couple photos anyway, and here is one that came out. Click on the photo to enlarge it (recommended!).
I apologize to those of you who have dark monitors. The sky in this photo is supposed to be dark, but not pure black. You should still be able to see it.
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Day 300 – More Autumn Photos
Here are more of the photos from yesterday:
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Day 299 – Wonderful Autumn Day
The weather was absolutely beautiful today. I took a little time this afternoon to go out and take photos. I will post a few more tomorrow!
Click on the photos to enlarge them.My friend Kahryn:
Dr. Hutchinson’s class:
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Day 298 – Two Little Known 40D Settings
Here are two settings on the Canon 40D that few owners know about. If you know someone with a 40D, send this along to them!
1: ISO Expansion
In normal mode, the 40D only shoots in ISOs 100-1600. Once ISO expansion is turned on, ISO 3200 is made available, denoted as ISO H. This is a HUGE help in low light situations, especially capturing action, such as football games under the lights or indoor volleyball games.To turn it on:
Menu > Scroll over to the Custom Functions menu (the orange square with the camera) > Select C.Fn I: Exposure > Set > Scroll over to 3: ISO Expansion > Set > Select 1: On > Hit Menu to go back to the regular menu.
There you are! You can now shoot in ISO 3200! (I suggest using something like Noise Ninja in your post-processing to clean up some of the additional noise.)2: Highlight Rendition
This little known setting improves the details in highlights. You won’t notice a difference in most shots, but it becomes wildly apparent when shooting photos with strong highlights, such a sunset lighting up a few select clouds with others in shadow. Ken Rockwell has a great writeup on this setting.To turn it on: Menu > Scroll over to the Custom Functions menu (the orange square with the camera) > C.Fn II: Image > Set > 3: Highlight Tone Priority > Set > 1: Enable > Hit Menu to go back to the regular menu.
As Ken Rockwell points out, this setting won’t help you if you overexpose a photo, and it limits your ISO from 200-1600 if you have it on. I only turn it on when I notice a scene with strong highlights I want to get more detail in. -
Day 297 – Ritchie at Coffee House
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Day 294 – Chicago Skyline at Night
Taken during a riverboat architecture tour:
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Day 293 – Chicago Photos, Round Two
Click on the photos to view them at a larger size.
The Chicago skyline on a dreary day, taken from the Chicago St. bridge over 90/80. EDIT: 90/94.
Downtown urban art: This robot character was made out of the same thing the reflective lines on the road are made of. Evidently, someone got his hands on some of it and made these characters. I saw them all over downtown.
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Day 292 – Chicago Photos, Round One
Hancock Building & Others
Inside Cloud Gate (The Bean) at Millennium Park
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Day 286 – More Charger Swimming
All three pre-fall break exams are finished! Now I have to put the finishing touches on my Austrian Economics paper on the notion of cost and its use in economic regulation, and I will be on my way to visit Ryan in Chicago!
Now, for the regularly scheduled program:
4 photos from the Charger Blue & White meet last Saturday:
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Day 270 – Theatre Auditions & Rehearsals
A few shots from the auditions for Red Herring and rehearsals for Our Town. It looks like this year is going to be a good one for the Hillsdale theatre department!
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Day 264 – Studying on the Quad, Part II
Part II of my Studying on the Quad series. I was walking around campus taking photos for the college last week, and I saw my friend Casey studying in what was left of the dwindling sunlight of the late afternoon.
Hopefully the college will use some of my photos of students studying outdoors in its publications soon!
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Day 260 – Computers
I had a few photos in the Collegian today, but here is one I took that did not get published. It was supposed to go with an article that ended up not running this week.
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Day 254 – Another Beautiful Day
Here is a shot I snapped of Dr. Weaire teaching at the outdoor forum. After the fog cleared this morning, the weather was beautiful, and many professors took their classes outdoors. Click on the photo to view it at a larger size.
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Day 252 – Studying on the Quad
It finally stopped raining, and it was a beautiful day today. Many students were studying out in the sun on the quad this afternoon. Caroline (above) didn’t mind me taking photos of her. Natural lighting, f/2.8, 1/500, ISO 100. Click on the photo to view it at a larger size.
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Day 243 – The Goodbye
I took this shot at Freshman Convocation yesterday. These two sisters were saying goodbye before the older one went to officially start her college career.
