(1/125 s at f/22.0, ISO 200) © McGuire 2007
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. “All of the photographs in the paper were mine because no one else knew how to use a digital camera.” Sara said.
On top of her busy school schedule Sara freelanced for the Flint Journal and job shadowed at the Detroit news. Upon arriving at UMC she met with the head of the photojournalism department, David Rees, to talk about the early enrollment program. After reviewing her portfolio, Rees decided to allow Sara to start taking the Photojournalism classes early. Sara will officially be in her sequence by fall of 2008. She plans on graduating with a double major in photojournalism and film studies.
(1/125 s at f/11.0, ISO 200) © McGuire 2007
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.
