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Columbia—Models are waiting for a show at the backstage of The Model Citizen Fashion Show, Saturday night. The Model Citizen Fashion Show is held for a benefit of Thompson Center for Autism and Neuro developmental Disorders. The organization raises more than $100,000 for autism. William Thompson, who established the Thompson Center, said that he hopes the center would someday be the leader in the U.S. for the research and care of autistic children.

Columbia—On Wednesday night, Jessica Valenti and Ann Friedman of Feministing.com speak about how the future of feminism will be affected by blogging, journalism, and on-line media. One student, anonymous, made a point the weakness of feminism calling himself an anti-feminist. Jessica Valenti's work, Full Frontal Feminism, will be on sale courtesy of the University Bookstore.

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I took pictures of the Fashion show, which was held, in an executive center at Holliday in Columbia, Missouri on Saturday night. It was challenging for me to use a strobe because it was the first time. It was much harder than I expected. I missed some good moments out because I had no experiences of using the light. I was not able to make each light each situation quickly. I felt I need to practice this more and more on diverse light situations. I tried to catch the difference on shutter speed or aperture. Despite of the harsh situation, I was glad to meet the beautiful moment at a back stage of the Citizen Fashion Show.

Second shot was made at Mark twain ballroom in Memorial Union. There was under a f-light. Firstly, I was trying to capture two speakers, but I captured a bottle of water in front of them. It was really hard to capture background things behind the foreground things. Second, I pushed myself much harder situation. This time, I picked one guy who did not want to tell his name but called him an anti-feminist. He was a middle of girls. I wanted to give him a light to discern him from others. I also tried to capture others’ facial expression at the same time. This time is much better than Saturday. I guess never stop practice makes change on someday.