Walk-off home run by Freese, Cardinals force World Series Game 7
The Montage crew watched the unbelievable game six tonight in a sports bar near our hotel in Florida. I watched them watching the game and got a few good ones. The table behind us had the only Ranger fans and we were the only Cards fans. Needless to say, we’ll be back tomorrow.
Color isn’t perfect, but I have convention sessions in a few hours to attend. Updates to come later.
STLCC—Meramec Presents “The Rocky Horror Show”
I lost my Rocky virginity this week shooting the rehearsals for Rocky Horror at Meramec for The Montage. This will no doubt be the most visually covered event so far this year with a photo booth being set-up for show goers, extensive video work being done by our fine video editor and still images of the show to accompany the story. I can’t think of a better event to pull out all the stops for after seeing it.\
Too many favorites to show them all. More to come in a slideshow on The Montage next Tuesday.
What were they thinking?
Before starting my journey into photojournalism I always wondered what photographers were thinking when they were taking photos. Was there some sort of extreme higher level thought process needed to produce eye pleasing photos?
Well, I made some photos I’m pretty happy with at Busch recently and thought back to what I was thinking when taking the photos. Little hint: there was no revolutionary thought process going on.
STLCC makes an appearance at Busch Stadium
It’s been about a year since I’ve done any sports shooting so it probably wasn’t the wisest choice to wait and brush up on it during one of the better opportunities I have this year access wise.
STLCC played inside Busch today following the Cardinals game. Here are a few favorites out of of my little selection of keepers.
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First issue, first photos.
The Montage had its first issue this last week. I think I had a strong start photo wise.
A view overlooking the first floor of the library shows a temporary ceiling in place covering the first floor and blocking second floor access during summer construction to replace the roof. Construction of the library’s new roof began the week after spring semester finals and will continue through the summer.
A passerby walks along sidewalk replacements on August 9 in the quad on the Meramec campus. The sidewalks were replaced as part of annual concrete maintenance and were among numerous summer construction projects.
Ozark Drive Trailer Fire
I covered my first fire in months tonight. It’s weird how I get a feeling and then a few seconds later my pager starts ringing and sure enough it’s a 1st-alarm fire page. The trailer was fully involved by the time the first truck arrived. By the time I got there it was all out and hotspots were being knocked down.
Review: 9 first impressions switching from Tweetdeck to Hootsuite for Android
Recently, for various reasons, I started two additional twitter accounts besides my own, one professional and another a parody of sorts among friends. I’m a heavy user of Tweetdeck (TD), both on my Mac and my Droid, but TD doesn’t handle multiple accounts very well other than personal ones. I’m giving Hootsuite a try this week and after two days, it isn’t doing a good job of winning me over.
Some observations and comparisons to TD:
1. No background processes. If you want to attach a photo with that tweet you’re stuck waiting until that photo uploads before going back to check your timeline or do anything else within Hootsuite. My phone service is through US Cellular. Much to my dismay, they have yet to launch 3G service in St. Louis and surrounding areas. That photo is going to take five or more minutes if I’m moving around. Not okay for my twitter use.
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Social media worst practices: Capitalizing on a storm, the @dotjenna story.
Inspired by @Rizzotees’ blog post and after watching the exchanges unfold on my timeline, this was too good (read: terrible) to pass up as a display of how to not conduct yourself on twitter or in general.
Embedded below is my Storify on the subject.
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Schnucks tries and fails using QR codes in TV ads
I’m all for innovative QR code use. I include one on my business card to link to a page here on my site. Whenever I see one in public I’ll usually take the time to scan it just to see how companies or individuals are using them. Tonight while fast forwarding through commercials during The Office I saw a QR code fly by in a Schnucks ad. I made the rare move of actually watching the ad, pausing it at the end to try to scan the QR code.
Only one problem, I couldn’t scan it.
Even though I knew it was coming after fast forwarding through it the first time around, it was only on the screen for a mere five seconds. Continue reading “Schnucks tries and fails using QR codes in TV ads”