Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Upon our begining at 7:00 this morning, we got right into our day with some envigorating exercise—"pull-ups", "sit-ups", and a few "fingertip push-ups." Then we dug into our "wisdom search" with another installment of our video lecture on leadership, which covered the three keys to credibility: are you competent, trustworthy, and dynamic.

Following breakfast came the final analysis of the daily contest photos, and instructions for our photo shoot of the day. We arrived at the Dallas Famer's Market at about 9:30AM, and had until 11:45AM to complete our assignments. Our limitations for the day were a total of 48 photos, 24 each in B&W and color. Also, digital users were denied the use of LCD verification of images, or ANY deletions.

Our assignments for the day were to capture at least one illustration of each of the following: Rule of thirds, leading lines, repetition, side lighting, back lighting, and high contrast black & white. Also, our contests for the day were "discarded" and "new", as well as our daily "picture of the day".

The Farmer's Market encompasses several acres, and includes vast quantities of flowers, fruit, vegetables, metal sculptures, and furniture. For the alloted time, we worked in groups of two or three, and tried to find creative, individualistic ways to fulfill our quota of photos. The day was heavily overcast, but thankfully, the rain held off until we were finished with our morning work. It was definitely a great place to work on our creative skills, and I am looking forward to the exciting photo critique session this evening!

—Prizewinning Photography Student Dean Shenberger