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Video Shooting: Camera Angles and Shots

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For this exercise, I used my Canon Rebel 6 and a tripod to shoot video. I shot a variety of camera angles, with multiple takes per shot. I then choose the best shots per angle and edited them into a short video.

The video takes place at my house and stars my dad, my mom, my sister, Abby, my cat, Sunshine and my new puppy, Loki. The clips show my family eating lunch, working in the yard and the pets doing various pet activities.

One issue I had while shooting was the noise level. At one point, my dad drove the lawn mower right next to where I was filming, which was very loud. My tripod also creaked when I was panning. I did not realize how loud those sounds would be on video, as I barely heard the tripod while filming.

How to get Social Interaction During a Pandemic

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I was assigned a photography assignment to take headshots of a person. Unfortunately, due to the outbreak of COVID-19, I haven’t been around people lately. I’ve been alone at my apartment for a week now and I was starting to get nervous about how I would complete this assignment. Lucky for me, my family lives an hour and a half away and agreed to meet me for a social distancing picnic in Sheridan, MI. We met at a park beside a little lake and ate mac ‘n cheese and sat six feet apart from each other. I popped a macro lens on my Canon Rebel and was able to shoot my sister, Abby, from a respectable distance. It was photography practice for me and posing practice for senior photos for her. It was great to see my family while also doing homework on such a beautiful day. I was definitely starting to get a little cabin fever.

Growth Through Baseball: Part 2

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I interviewed Dylan Jespersen, Central Michigan University student, about his favorite hobby: baseball. Jespersen played baseball for more than 12 years and also coached. He discusses his love for the sport, lessons he learned and his favorite teams in this interview for my JRN 340 class.

Music Credit:

Fearless First by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3742-fearless-first

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Vegetarian… but on a budget.

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I’ve been a vegetarian for over a year now. I tried being a vegan and I lasted six months, but I like cheese too much. Being a vegetarian as a college student is not as hard as people think it is and it actually gets easier every day.

When I first made the jump into meatless meals, I was still living in an on-campus residence hall. Luckily for me, Central Michigan University has plenty of tasty, dietary-need-friendly food in its dining halls, from black bean burgers to dairy-free mac and cheese. The hummus is exquisite. Being a vegetarian is easy when someone else is cooking for you.

Now that I’m out of the dorms and cooking for myself, it took some getting used to cooking meals every single day. I’ll admit I ate grilled cheese for lunch and dinner two straight weeks. It’s really easy to eat whatever I want, whenever I want, but since I don’t eat meat, I need to make a point to eat foods full of protein. I’m a big fan of tofu and legumes so I have not had any issues thus far. I do also eat a lot of fruit.

One of my favorite places to shop in Mount Pleasant is Aldi. The sourdough bread is really good and cheap! The snack foods, like pretzels and chips, are also very inexpensive and I can’t taste the difference between those and the name brand ones. I don’t like Aldi’s eggs and sliced cheese because they taste a bit different compared to what I am used to but the fancier block cheese is a steal. Aldi also sells some of my favorite veggie burgers.

One of my go-to brands is MorningStar Farms. I’ve yet to be disappointed by anything I’ve eaten from them. The mini corndogs taste just like actual hotdogs and the buffalo wings were the biggest hit at my Super Bowl party, even with my meat-eating friends.

While I try not to eat out a lot, plant-based options have been popping up at lots of fast food and chain restaurants. Burger King’s Impossible Whopper is one of my favorites and it was recently added to the value menu. Chipotle’s sofritas are a tofu-based beef alternative and I am obsessed with them. Although McDonald’s doesn’t have too many options, if you take the meat off the breakfast sandwiches, they are vegetarian-friendly.

Not only do I save on groceries because I don’t buy meat, I also am lessening the impact of the beef and poultry industries on the environment. Being vegetarian as a college student is the perfect time to start.