In an effort to consolidate and add instructional content for teachers and their students, I have added a dedicated YouTube channel. It’s all free and without ads, so enjoy!
https://youtube.com/user/mrwestland
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Category: Ramblings
Sports Photography (In low light)
I was recently asked about shooting fast moving subjects, in this case, football players, in poor lighting conditions. Stadium lights are nowhere as powerful as the sun and indoor gym lighting can be poor as well and provide its own challenges when finding proper white balance. I learned how to do this in the cruel, low light of our school gym where everything was painted blue. Continue reading “Sports Photography (In low light)”
New Video Editing Class!
This class took about a year to develop and write. The biggest struggle was finding a software package that ran on just about any computer, was easy to learn, yet powerful enough down the road and was FREE. Continue reading “New Video Editing Class!”
HDR Software For Free (Photomatix)
In my photography class for teachers, I have a unit on HDR photography. If you are not familiar with HDR, this is the process where you take several pictures of the same scene at different exposures so you can capture every element at its proper setting. Your brain converts all of what your eye sees, but a camera can only capture one level of exposure settings at a time. Continue reading “HDR Software For Free (Photomatix)”
Self-Publishing Yearbooks – An Update
Well, self-publishing your yearbook may not be fun at first, but if you break the various tasks into chunks so it isn’t too overwhelming, you’ll get through your first year with a big profit that you can use for growing your program(s) and never have to beg for scraps from the office again. I dived in head-first my first year, but you could phase in some or all of these chunks to fit your needs. Continue reading “Self-Publishing Yearbooks – An Update”