Archive for June, 2009

iLily

Posted by GZ in Gear, Photography on June 24, 2009

iLily, From my iPhone 3G S

Picked up my iPhone 3G S this week, and the camera in it is as impressive as I had heard. As camera phones go, my 1st-gen phone was serviceable when I had no other options (and there was plenty of light, and nothing was moving), but this new gadget is pretty nice. I’m especially enjoying the tap-to-focus feature and the lower-light capability.

I’ll have to make an effort now to bulk up my meager phone cam set on Flickr.

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Redeemed

Posted by GZ in Events, Life, Newspaper, Photography, Published on June 23, 2009

Turns out I was unjustifiably hard on myself over the quality of the photos I got on the dual high school graduation assignment on June 11. Despite what I thought to be a poor showing, the editor chose a number of shots and each grad story (West Valley HS and San Jacinto HS) got an illustration. I needed the confidence bost.

As a bit of a bonus round, a follow-on story from the Memorial Day event got a pic as well. You can call me “File Photo”.

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Pass/FAIL

Posted by GZ in Events, Life, Photography on June 12, 2009

West Valley High School Graduation, Hemet, CA

If I’ve learned (or confirmed) anything from my last assignment, it’s that I do not do good work when under pressure or when under-prepared. As one who puts the “Pro” in procrastination, I’ve always tried to fool myself into thinking that I do, though the results are consistently disappointing. Whether its a report for work or photography, I need to give myself more time or opt out of things that I can’t hope to do well.

Any chance to shoot is a chance to improve, but while I’m grateful for the opportunity, I had people depending on me. I’ll be lucky if they can use any of what I produced at all.

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Byline II

Posted by GZ in Events, Life, Newspaper, Photography, Published on June 5, 2009

My second byline, June 5, 2009

As previously posted, I worked the Hemet-Ryan air show and got some decent things in to the paper for consideration. The editor picked two, and the story is here. I’m assuming the dead-tree edition will use the same pieces (Update: for good or ill, they did).

I think I kind of like this. San Jacinto High School graduation up next.

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