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IU / Monday / photo / Twitter — Comments Off on I do the photographic Don’ts – sometimes on purpose
11
Sep 17

I do the photographic Don’ts – sometimes on purpose

I delivered a lecture on photojournalism composition to a graduate class today. So we talked about the rule of thirds and margins and the golden ratio and visual storytelling and all of that.

My favorite section — after Step 1.) Removing the lens cap — is the Don’ts section. Don’t do grip and grin shots. Don’t shoot buildings. Don’t put people right up against a wall. Don’t let mergers creep into your shots. Don’t do the Facebook photo poses. You know, the let’s all get together and squat down, or throw fists on hips or, my favorite, just stand in front of a thing. It’s good for Facebook, not so much for the work you’re trying to do here. I show the students, who are always paying close and careful attention, several examples. I used this one of my mother-in-law for the Facebook photo:

Also, I need a haircut.

Yesterday’s sports talk show from the sports talk guys:

From the Department of You Gotta Love People:

cycling / Friday / IU / photo / video — Comments Off on Let’s get into this weekend!
8
Sep 17

Let’s get into this weekend!

This morning’s ride powered by four hours of sleep and nineties tunes. It was air-cooled by 53° temps and accompanied by this guy:

And this morning we were in the studio shooting a morning show. Well, the students were in the studio. I sat in the back of the control room watching them through a monitor:

And here’s a show from last night, when we were so much younger:

And possibly more awake.

IU / photo / television / Thursday — Comments Off on We should all be like microchips
7
Sep 17

We should all be like microchips

This is that picture-of-a-picture thing, a bit hastily done:

Last week we had a little event in the building where they officially named the studio’s control room after an old IU graduate. He went out into television, had a good start to his career, did graduate school, went back into the news business. And then he’d ultimately go on to help build a few of the stations you might see on cable today. Ed Spray became a successful television executive, a president of Scripps and remains a nice and unassuming gentleman. So he and his family and a few friends were on campus for the event.

Someone accidentally left behind a few photographs. And the pictures made it into an envelope which made it to my hands today on the way back to the rightful owner. And I wanted to share a quick glimpse of the old gear.

This is what the new stuff looks like, a fraction of the weight, a lot more ability.

Wouldn’t it be great if people worked like technology does in that respect? Knowing more, weighing less?

IU / photo / Tuesday — Comments Off on Words to live by
5
Sep 17

Words to live by

My television station students held an organizational meeting tonight. This was the news division:

There was simultaneously a production meeting going on elsewhere. There will be a sports meeting and then a creative pitch meeting come up soon, too. For a small organization it sometimes seems rather big. Their first shows head into the studio next week, by the way.

Tonight, though, there were meetings after a full day. And then I really wanted a hamburger. I really wanted a hamburger. So I tried the new Red Robin. (Yummm.)

The burger was fine. The french fries were few. But it was late into their night and I am sure the kitchen was ready to close. Around the corner from my table, though, was a cool sign:

When in doubt, make a joke about the salad, and then order something else.

football / IU / photo / television / Thursday — Comments Off on That thing that everybody’s working for
31
Aug 17

That thing that everybody’s working for

There’s just something about today that makes it feel like Friday. Maybe it is that there is a three-day weekend ahead. Maybe because there is football tonight. There’s just something in the air to make it feel like today is the getaway day.

Maybe it is the little informal ceremony we had today. The Media School did a very low key thank you for Ed Spray. He’s an IU alum that has just had our television control room named in his honor. The studio is named after his classmate, Ken Beckley, who became quite successful on camera. Spray became a star off screen, and in media administration – Emmys in Chicago, management in Los Angeles, co-creator of HGTV and president of the Scripps Networks. Lovely gentleman, as unassuming as could be.

That’s the dean and Spray, on the left, in the control room. We decided that while there is a strict no food or drinks policy in the room, his name is on the door, so what can we do about it if he brings in a water bottle?

And then, this evening, I turned on the big screen, which usually shows off six different channels, to just the one for the big game. Thursday night football in 25-foot by 12-foot glory:

So, yeah, it seems like the weekend is already here.

But, then, there is always tomorrow.

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