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By: Heather McGuire, Alex Grigsby and Alex Lewis
My Visual Diary







I came up with this idea after a failed attempt at shooting my glass assignment. As seen below, I had an idea of using class reflections and color to get some great shots. I think I did, but they had no content to them, and were not journalistic. Therefore I decided to shoot a commercial-type ad with Alka-Seltzer and a thermometer because the flu season is approaching. I was very happy with my end results, and hope you all are too. Thank you to my partner, Alex G, for putting up with my semi-perfectionist ways... and for dropping the tablets in.

Sara Stogner, 19, is pre-journalism major. She moved to Columbia, MO from Flint, MI after gaining advice from professionals at the Detroit news that the Missouri School of Journalism was among the best. During high school, Sara was involved in a lot. Her senior year she was the student director of theatre, editor and chief, photography editor, and the arts and entertainment editor for her school newspaper. 
I had a really fun time in the lab with Sara. The whole experience was a learning curve for me. With this photo I was trying to create a warmer light, and I did so with an orange gel. What I learned is that you can't have the gel too close to the subject, or they will end up looking like an oompaloompa. So in this case Sara was further away from the light so it created a softer glow that I wanted.