WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF TRUTH

2009-05-12T01:08:00.000-07:00

I'm graduating, you are graduating, and we are graduating.
Don't say good bye. This moment will be our commencement for the life.

I will miss you guys.

Senior students

2009-05-06T10:26:00.000-07:00

Ten Ways To Improve

2009-04-26T08:25:00.000-07:00

Your Multimedia Production Right Now.

I wish I could know before.

http://mediastorm.org/blog/?p=709

India Kitchen

2009-04-26T08:14:00.000-07:00

It tastes real INDIA! My India friends invited me and offered authentic India food.
It was my first time to eat home style India food. My friends said that both downtown India restaurants are modified. We called 'Americanized.' I can't stop eating NAAN!
It reminds me of movie 'Slumdog Millionaire.' haha...

Rings for Bulls

2009-04-03T04:45:00.000-07:00

I just got back from Korea ,and I am still trying to get out of jet lag.
I went to 2009 Bull ring festival during the last weekend.I wish I could stay more there to get more personal picture story. I wish I could stay more with my family and friends.
It's already 7'o clock in the morning. I might go to school directly. I miss you guys. :)

one day/25 hours/newsroom

2009-03-18T09:09:00.000-07:00

25hours/artist/life

2009-03-18T09:03:00.000-07:00

group 01

2009-03-09T09:52:00.001-07:00

These are my outtakes of a teenage thing. I visited to Mile's place on last Friday, but I couldn't stay longer...

Frank

2009-02-16T09:28:00.001-08:00

Frank Stack is a painter.
Here's some works he did.
www.frankstackart.com

Coffee

2009-02-09T09:32:00.000-08:00

I needed a coffee break, so I met a person who had a coffee break on Thursday afternoon.

the first sequence assiginment

2009-02-04T02:39:00.000-08:00

In order to make a good sequence, what do I need? It was the first question popped up from my head after watching some photos by Elliot Erwitt. The first step was to bring a good idea. This was the hardest part for me, so it took a forever to kick off real shooting.

Recently, I am getting interested in playing with a video, so I want to make something new like a mixture of a still photography and a video. Professor David showed MPW in 71 seconds which were made for 2008 Missouri Photo Workshop. I was inspired by this work, so I decided to try this type of sequence.

I got an idea from a Missourian newsroom. Since I was a reporter less than one month ago, I don’t feel being an alien in a newsroom. Actually, I feel like I need to go to a budget meeting every morning. While I was working on a newsroom, there was a sad new that Sunday Missourian won’t be printed out anymore because of a budget matter since this February. I was predicting that it will happen soon, but I still don’t want to accept this fact.

I think it warns me again that this is a time to capture the moment how a newsroom goes through in 2009. So, I made a theme, ‘25 hours in a newsroom of 2009.’

I still need to shoot more photos to make a perfect sequence because I mostly focused on a movement of images rather than taking an emotion shot. Here’s some photos I got. I’m welcomed to have any opinion from you guys.

the last day of January

2009-02-02T20:50:00.000-08:00

I am not sure whether you can't figure out this image or not. It may seems two light bulbs in a dark studio. I am trying to look at the sky at least once a day, but usually I miss it. Anyway, it was a pretty bright night. I found a beautiful crescent and a following star or may be a satellite in the sky. It sounds stupid, but I still wish for the moon.

Today, I wish I won't wait tomorrow's sky without looking at today's sky.

Bird by Bird, Word by Word

2009-01-26T21:07:00.000-08:00

I prefer to read slowly word by word.
This type of habit usually allows me to have a moment. During this moment, I apply myself into a plot, but not always, and it happens when I read a book, 'Bird by Bird.'

While reading this book, I'm so ashamed and I want to hide myself like a bride at the start of wedding 10 minutes before. The sudden thought was popped up from my head, especially when I read this part, "writing a novel is like driving a car night. You can see only as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way," from E. L. Doctorow.

I made the biggest mistake while taking a picture story of a victim of domestic violence during a last semester. First, I made a main story even before meeting with her. I forced her into my plot thinking about how I could make a better story within a due date. But, we both felt something uncomfortable feeling between us later on, and she didn't answer my call anymore.

Why do you want to take a picture?
This basic question I used to answer became the most difficult question I've ever had.
I forget the moment I used to catch because I want to make one well done image at one time.

Okay....
Start with shitty first drafts. That's all I need to do now.

Gentleman

2009-01-22T23:35:00.000-08:00

Mr. Kid Bars turned 40 this year. When asked the secret of Kid's old age, Grindler joked that he doesn't drink alcohol and doesn't smoke, but said lots of love and attention help keep him in great condition.

I can say that he is absolutely a gentle guy.

coming back from winter sleep

2009-01-22T10:56:00.000-08:00

This is my last semester and my last moment in Columbia.
I want to share the moment with you.

painting wt light

2008-05-12T22:22:00.001-07:00

Me,Catalin and Serkan decided to visit Rocheport, Missouri.
Rocheport is a special place for me. When I came to the states four years ago, I had homesick, which led me the deepest depression ever. I wanted to meet river and sea. I can’t explain why I wanted to go, but I heard somebody was calling me from there.

We three had each different view point of Rocheport. Serkan draw himself we say “creepy” in front of cave. Catalin draw himself in a multi exposed way. He seems he is meeting with other Catalins such as finding an identity.

I, Truth, came up with loneness, which I had found four years ago.
I didn’t want to paint too much, but I found my self going to the cave with bare foot.

• SOMBODY was calling me,
• Somebody was calling me, but I can’t hear very well. It’s too far.
• It sounds familiar, but I can’t see well.
Well…I can’t see you.

my favorite multimedia

2008-04-29T12:25:00.000-07:00

click here to link

"The camera is an excuse to be someplace you otherwise don't belong. It gives me both a point of connection and a point of separation." Susan Meisela

(biography from Magnum)

Susan Meiselas' first major photographic essay focused on the lives of women doing striptease at New England country fairs. She photographed the carnivals during three consecutive summers while teaching photography in the New York public schools. Carnival Strippers was published in 1976, and a selection of the images was installed at the Whitney Museum of Art in June 2000.

Meiselas received her BA from Sarah Lawrence College, New York, and her MA in visual education from Harvard University. She joined Magnum Photos in 1976. Best known for her coverage of the insurrection in Nicaragua and for her documentation of human rights issues in Latin America, her second monograph, Nicaragua, June 1978-July 1979, appeared in 1981.

Meiselas edited and contributed to El Salvador: The Work of 30 Photographers and edited Chile from Within, which features work by photographers living under the regime of Augusto Pinochet. She has co-directed two films: Living at Risk: The Story of a Nicaraguan Family (1986) and Pictures from a Revolution (1991) with Richard P. Rogers and Alfred Guzzetti. In 1997 she completed a six-year project curating a 100-year visual history of Kurdistan. Her 2001 monograph, Pandora's Box, which explores a New York S&M club, was followed by Encounters with the Dani, an account of an indigenous people living in Indonesia's Papua highlands.

Meiselas received the Robert Capa Gold Medal for 'outstanding courage and reporting' from the Overseas Press Club for her work in Nicaragua; the Maria Moors Cabot Prize from Columbia University for her coverage of Latin America; and, in 2005, the Cornell Capa Infinity Award. In 1992 she was named a MacArthur Fellow.

multiple flash

2008-04-29T12:18:00.000-07:00

fire fire!
too blow? too hot? yes we are in the middle of a Roller derby's match.

On April 19th, an intra-league was held between Die Die Darlings vs. Daisy Duke'ems at Empire Roller Rink, Columbia, MIssouri.

blending

2008-04-14T21:06:00.001-07:00

Michael Chesney, KOMU-TV8 reporter, is checking a signal right before doing live at Columbia Public School Board. Within a 15-hour period Tuesday, one incumbent each left their seats on the Columbia School Board and City Council, the city and county sewer districts received a hefty boost and Columbia Public Schools saw a $10.3 million property tax levy slip away, according to Missourian.

Blending is a challenging matter on any subject matter. I assume that blending is a key technique to keep a mood of a situation. This isn’t meant that I do not like using a strobe as a key light. I do like a specific mood made by an artificial light, especially when I met European fashion magazine.

I choose speedy and moving subjects to give this effect. Since I used slower shutter speed on a moving subject, I can hardly handle focusing. In order to solve this problem, I met GTA, and she gave me a solution. "GET CLOSER" I went out again to practice on as GTA recommended to me. and I got closer to him.

The reason why I have chosen this subject is that gives me an idea how fast our live is on a live show.

filling flash

2008-04-07T10:13:00.001-07:00

what is adorable or adjustable amount of light?

Well...
Using s right strobe is always challenging especially when I meet unexpected light. During the spring break, I went to Puerto Rico to give a breath. I, of course, grab a camera to get through a new assignment. I thought I read a book a lot, which is related to a technique of a strobe; nevertheless, meeting real situations is always difficult.

Here are some problems I met.

Fill flash

Collision with overexposure.
To Solve; 1/3 stop down for the flash

Balancing

Challenge: easy to artificial or flat
To Solve: still solving

On Wednesday, Taiwanese night was held in at the front of Ellis Library. April Taiwanese student association gives a distinct cultural experience providing free Taiwanese street food and traditional games.

Sex Drugs & Civil Liberties is hosting by Dan Viets on every Tuesday 7'o clock in KOPN. Dan Viets is checking the time right before on time. Dan Viets is an attorney in private practice in Columbia, MO, specializing the defense of marijuana cases.

Color Correction.

2008-03-23T12:40:00.000-07:00

I am having the beautiful spring break time in Puerto Rico, but right before, I was about to be
drawn by the sea. My friends was pushing me and another friend into the sea just for fun, but they don't know I can't swim at all.

I was saved right after I give my last breath to god....

Anyway, these photos are for Color Correction. I forgot to change ISO after taking photos w/o a strobe. It lets me have a lesson that I need to have enough breath before taking pictures.
I know it's hard for photojournalists to have it, but it's important.

Gabriel,29, served as a bartender on 10th street café. “I enjoyed this job because I can meet many different people.” Gabriel said. He loves to make friends and choose different music on different moods.

f-6.3
Shutter speed- 1/200 sec
Iso-400

Dawson’s Shoe Repair, which has been in business for more than 50 years, keeps being busy. Bob wood, an owner shoe repair store, would have dirty hands. “I’d like to have dirty on my hands, because I feel I am working.”
Estel Wood, 80, Bob Woods father, said that he is proud of the shop, but worried about the next generation. “My son doesn’t want to follow me,” Bob said.

f-5.0
shutter speed- 1/100
Iso-200

Color Correction

2008-03-22T13:30:00.000-07:00

I am having the beautiful spring break time in Puerto Rico, but right before, I was about to be drawn by the sea. My friends were pushing me and another friend into the sea just for fun, but they don't know I can't swim at all.

I was saved right after I gave my last breath to god....

Anyway, these photos are for Color Correction. I forgot to change ISO after taking photos w/o a strobe. It lets me have a lesson that I need to have enough breath before taking pictures.
I know it's hard for photojournalists to have it, but it's important.

Gabriel,29, served as a bartender on 10th street café. “I enjoyed this job because I can meet many different people.” Gabriel said. He loves to make friends and choose different music on different moods.

one momento

2008-03-20T09:08:00.001-07:00

being nervous...

What can I do?

behind scene

2008-03-19T23:53:00.001-07:00

I want to introduce my best partner ever; Guy CLAY

SS

2008-03-13T13:25:00.001-07:00

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.

light setup for Mr.Scissor

2008-03-06T02:45:00.001-08:00

light setup for Mr.Scissor

metal and glass

2008-03-06T02:22:00.000-08:00

It was last Saturday. I felt my head is kind of heavy. I have tried to have long hair, since I was 15 years old, but this things never happen in my life. Instead of having long hair, I got bush on my head. I think my hair has some personality.

I am about to introduce some of my hair here. Say hi. :)

Mr.Scissor wants to share his bright smile with you.

f 22.0
Shutter speed 1/200
ISO 100

CMP

2008-02-23T07:11:00.001-08:00

Classmate portrait of Tara Ballenger

(1)use a single light
(2)use one under light, one light, one back light, and a reflector

Honestly, I am a little shy, but not much after getting into, person, so I need a certain amount of time to get to know people. I had never met Tara Ballenger before advanced technique. The first impression I got from her is that Tara is also a shy girl as I am. Her shyness suddenly reminded me of The Girl with a Pearl Earring by Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer.

Since I am majoring in art history, I have many opportunities to see how masters use light to make the masterpiece. Johannes Vermeer is a master of capturing sudden emotion and lighting. However, there is a secret. Art historians are confident that Vermeer used as tools both mirrors and the camera obscura. This helps him obtain the sudden emotion of the girl in The Girl with a Pearl Earring. Close examination of his paintings shows that Vermeer realized that shadows are not colorless and dark and that light is composed of colors. Thus, he painted reflections off a surfaces in colors modified by others near by.
I sometimes imagine what if he lives in 20th century.

I was a stranger to her, and she was a stranger to me. I was trying to capture something ice between people who had never met before. I luckily caught that in the first shot because it was the first shot.

The other shot after some chatting.

CMT-advanced technique

2008-02-09T19:09:00.000-08:00

Stump the Chump

Aperture, N.84 All photographs Untitled from the series “The Accidental Theorist,” 2005. Photographs Courtesy The Moth House.

Mood Lighting

Italy Vouge, Aug. 2006, N.672, ISELIN STERIO AND NATASA VOJNOVIC PHOTOGRAPHED BY STEVEN MEISEL

the beach boys

2007-11-16T20:17:00.001-08:00

Listen today.
i choose the beach boys. I went to the southern California thirty minutes ago.
Finding the right LP for today. it's so much more fun. There are all places in the world.
you can just choose and go.

wood

2007-11-09T22:08:00.001-08:00

folded
folding

zoo

2007-11-05T09:14:00.000-08:00

i need to meet some animals once a month, or at least twice a semester. i decided to go to zoo on Saturday morning. Even though I don't much enjoy driving, there wasn't many options I could choose.

I lost the way exactly three times. It was the great exploring though.

I was like falling asleep during driving. I do not remember where exactly i was, but I surely remember the one thing. "middle of nowhere."

I'm going to upload some pictures later today.

I had some conversations with ph- today.
show your ability of diverse area. show your adaptability regardless of location

thanks ph-

the first experience

2007-10-30T20:41:00.001-07:00

OK, honestly, I am from Missouri, but I don't want to say "honestly." I took some sport shots today. It was my first experience ever!! I was so nervous till now. Athletes were awesome except me. I used a long lens which I had never used before. Yes, I felt like the first date with my first boyfriend. I was concerned about the first kiss on that day, but never happened. anyway...

I chose taking pictures of gymnastic people b/c I wanted to be a ballerina long time ago.
I have not much idea about gymnastic, but maybe there are similarities.

It was hard for lack of lightness and of experiences;nevertheless, I had much more fun than I expected. Thanks for my friends again. They supported me a lot in many ways. :) They are really warm people. We found that sign was much bigger than we thought, so we decided to take a "monumental" picture in front of it.

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2007-10-22T10:51:00.000-07:00

Monday is mundane.
I was walking outside. It was cold.

I can't think of anything but only one thing: visiting Jun soon.

We will travel somewhere. Well, undecided yet.

The one thing I sure is that my blueberry socks will be always tag along with me.

Thanks Blueberry-

The first one

2007-10-17T14:38:00.000-07:00

no more being out of my mind. yes, I need my mind.
Keeping my past, but listen today.