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2. DIRECTOR’S The German poet Bertolt Brechet said, “Because things are the way they are, things will
not stay the way they are.” I’m not sure what that means to you, but for me it means
change is inevitable, be ready; and that is the topic of this edition.
CORNER Navy Visual News Service (OI-7) and elements of the former Communication and
Integration (OI-5) were disestablished on Sept 12, 2011 and merged to form Navy Media
Content Services (OI-2). Our new mission statement reads as follows:
Lead timely, targeted and relevant media content initiatives through synchronized
direction, coordination, acquisition, editing, approval, distribution and archiving of Navy
print, visual and emerging (social) media products to educate and inform our Sailors and
the American people.
What motivated this change was a need to restructure our organization to better utilize
limited resources to support the many ways information is acquired and distributed in the
21st century.
Today the business of public information is driven by technology. Pew Research Center’s
for Excellence in Journalism, Annual Report on American Journalism put it this
way, “. . . each technological advance has added an new layer of complexity - and a new
set of players - in connecting that content . . .” (1) In Pew’s State of the News Media
2011, technology continues to drive audiences consuming news to mobile and Internet
based platforms, with the online presence between 2009 and 2010 increasing by 17.1%
while all other forms showed losses, including cable TV. (1)
OI-2 brings all Navy-owned media content stakeholders together to meet the demands
of the continuously changing information landscape. We have partnered with the Navy
element at the Defense Media Activity to leverage their unique capacity and capabilities
to meet new demand. DMA staff is training with OI-2 to increase capacity in photo
editing, social media platforms, print publication, and electronic news gathering. Together
we seek to deliver Navy content that is more timely, targeted and relevant.
Please visit our new web site at www.imagery.navy.mil to get helpful tips on caption
writing, video standards, still and social media, or to request support services and access
to the Navy Imagery Server.
In today’s operating and fiscal environment it is more important than ever to clearly and
coherently tell the Navy’s story in as many ways as possible. We need your best owned
[original] media content and creative ideas to support our Sailors, while educating the
American public about why we have a Navy: Warfighting, Operating Forward, and Ready.
~CJM
1. Rosenstiel, T. & Mitchell, A. (2011). The State of the News Media. Pew Research
Center.
DIRECTOR Christopher Madden Contributors Heather Paynter Navy Office of Information
DEPUTY DIRECTOR CDR Gary Ross Gary Nichols Pentagon RM4B514
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Staff Writers Oscar Sosa Director MC2 Jay M. Chu Download Insider at:
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3. INSIDERPerspective
Thinking about your
CHINFO Merit Award
submission? by Heather Paynter, Navy Public Affairs Awards Coordinator
The annual CHINFO Merit or television/radio spot format. Press Package your hard-copy cruise books
releases are not accepted unless there is and send them to CHINFO via a delivery
Awards (CMA) competition proof of publishing in a newsletter or other service such as FedEx.
needs your amazing 2011 similar format.
The address is:
print and broadcast entries. If your answer is “not sure” or “maybe” Navy Office of Information, CHINFO OI-831
to any of these questions, please double Room 4B463, 1200 Navy Pentagon
Not quite yet, but soon. check your entry before submitting. A few Washington, DC 20350-1200
All eligible Navy public affairs professionals minutes of evaluation can mean all the
Using the postal service may take some (or
are encouraged to submit their best work difference. Use a few different sets of eyes
a lot of) extra time to reach us because of
and take the time to do so correctly. before clicking the send button and file
security procedures in the Pentagon and
Submissions are due January 31, but the your confirmation email. Gather command
late entries are disqualified.
time to think about the competition is right support and inform your CO of the process.
now. Let’s get started! If you have any questions or concerns, by There is nothing more difficult than making
all means, call us at 703-693-1363. the decision to disqualify a product for
Ideally you will have been stashing your
a late arrival or an incorrect entry form.
calendar-year clips, videos, webpage notes Please submit entries prior to the
An ideal year would be one with zero
and publications in a safe, secure place submission deadline. I’ll add in one more
disqualifications. Let’s shoot for that, so
for submission in January. Most people “please” for good measure - it’s that
as a quick checklist, remember your entry
approach the awards this way (wink), but important! Benefits of submitting early
forms, signed cover letters and published/
for those of you who believe in the end-of- include the possibility that we may have
aired work(s). Save your confirmation
the-year strategy, that’s ok too. When New the ability to provide you with a courtesy
receipt and ship your cruise books with
Year’s festivities are wrapping up, there call requesting resubmission of a file if
time to spare. Double check your files,
is still time to gather those winning social something amiss is detected. Yes, we may
remember bios for individual awards and
media screen captures, news stories and catch a problem such as a corrupted file
double-check categories to make sure
video spots in order to apply the step-by- if we are given time. With 500+ entries,
you have correctly marked the “unit” or
step instructions in CHINFOINST 5305.2. you can imagine the chaos that happens
“individual” box. Name the file clearly with
around here deadline crunch time, January
Remember that the little things matter. I’m category letter, entrant name and title.
31, and though we make a best effort, we
not exaggerating when I say applying the Please read the most recent instruction
are not able to catch every problem as
correct category letter to your entry can as changes may have occurred from the
submissions filter in.
mean the difference between a winner previous year.
and a non-placer. If I could reach out to Also important, please use the updated
We need your expertise to work with us
each of you individually, I would ask you entry form at the link provided in the
in this collaborative effort. We encourage
to double check the category letter and updated instruction and on www.chinfo.
everyone to participate with the goal
encourage you to examine the most recent navy.mil. Save each article, publication,
of increasing submission numbers to
instruction…carefully. Did you save the video, etc., as a separate file with its own
accurately reflect the great talent in this
document with the correct filename and in entry form and distinct file name composed
community. We appreciate you taking the
the correct location? Did you include the of category letter, entrant’s name and entry
time to share your work with us and we
cover letter with signature? Was the entry title. Please do not package your multiple
look forward to your submissions!
previously published or aired? Your entry entries as one long PDF file. Follow naming
must have been published and available to conventions and adhere to the step-by-step More details at https://www.chinfo.navy.mil/
the public via newsletter, newscast, Internet guidelines listed in the instruction. chinfo/MediaAwards.aspx
Instruction CHINFOINST 5305.2 is the instruction for the CHINFO Merit Awards and is
available at https://www.chinfo.navy.mil/chinfo/MediaAwards.aspx. Make sure
Nugget
to check entries against the latest version before submission.
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4. Killer Deal
for the Navy Public Affairs Team by Insider Staff
Published results in a July 2011 Pew CHINFO has secured a U.S. Navy Public “Oh No! I’m on a ship and our Internet
Research Institute study revealed “. . . Affairs (PA) annual enterprise license with access barely supports email”! We thought
that 71% of adult Internet users reported a company in Los Angeles called Killer of that.
watching video-sharing sites such as Tracks (KT). Now, any PA unit aboard
Under the contract KT has agreed to
YouTube or Vimeo”(1). That is an audience a U.S. Navy ship or station in the U.S.,
include four portable hard drives each
worth engaging as long as it is done its territories and at overseas military
containing all 21 collections. OI-2 will
responsibly. installations can request access to this site
ensure that at a minimum that future
via OI-2.
As Navy PA and VI practitioners we are deployed media departments have this
obligated to observe a higher standard then Organizational licenses will allow access content locally aboard ship in time for
much of the content that pervades many to a comprehensive library of music tracks major deployments.
sharing sites. Given the conversational available on-line in multiple file formats.
This is an annual agreement so out-
nature of social media, it needs substantive KT has 21 libraries showcasing thousands
year funding will be measured based on
engagement, however it should not of tracks cataloged by a growing list of
satisfaction with the service and its use, so
require self-validated use of copyright and classical and contemporary genera.
your feedback is solicited and encouraged.
intellectual property under the heading
Please pass this information throughout
of fair use; music has become one of the
your respective AORs.
most heavily abused forms of copyright
infringement. So send an email to NavyMedia@navy.mil
to receive business rules and information
So that is the problem, now here is a
for log-in and password.
solution.
Check out the online tutorial at http://
1. Pew Research Center. (July 2011) Pew
killertracks.com/tutorial/
Internet and American Life Project.
Download a user guide: http://killertracks.
com/techsupport/Killer_Tracks_Site_User_
Guide.pdf
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5. OUTTAKES by Oscar Sosa
Filling in IPTC Fields
It’s really frustrating when we select an The second section should, at a minimum, contain the VIRIN,
classification and contact information for the photographer. DoD
image as a Picture of the Day and can’t post requires the new Vision ID format for posting on Navy.mil. The
it because of incomplete caption data, no Email box is the most important part of this section. We are
release data, or both. Every day we pass on sometimes unable to post selected images because we can’t
reach back to the photographer to answer questions.
great images because we have questions
about the captions and no way to reach back The third section contains the photographers rate and rank, both
are abbreviated. Please do not spell out “Mass Communication
to the photographer or the releasing authority. Specialist” because most IPTC fields have character limitations.
Section four is the caption. There are more than 100,000
examples of how we caption images for Navy.mil. Organizations
who train to that format have faster publishing rates.
The fifth section should contain contact information for the
organization responsible for releasing the image and the
command depicted in the photo, not the photographer’s command.
Photoshop
Fields are on two separate pages. The first is in the Description
page, which should contain the caption, photographer and
command information as well as the VIRIN. The second page,
in the IPTC Extension tab, has the photographer’s contact
information.
We strongly recommend using PhotoMechanic over Photoshop
for embedding data, however both will provide us with all the
information we need. The most important fields are the caption,
photographer, and a way to reach back to the command in case
we have questions regarding the photo.
There are a variety of reasons for captions and images getting
separated or contact information not being included, some are
preventable and some aren’t. However, embedding your captions
and filling out IPTC information will greatly increase the chances
that your image gets used.
The two most popular IPTC editing software programs are
PhotoMechanic and Photoshop. Both do the job, however we
recommend PhotoMechanic for simplicity, cost, and improved
workflow management. We suggest that you not use Bridge
because some email programs strip the metadata.
PhotoMechanic
There are five sections that contain critical IPTC information. The
first are the boxes that correspond to the Dateline. These values
are where the photo was taken, not where the command is based.
We also prefer a geographic location, such as a city, state,
country or body of water. “At Sea” is NOT a geographic location.
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6. Mike the ratchet
Audio is just as important as video when producing visual stories and b-roll. Use it like
a wide shot to establish the scene or zoom in to be an extreme close-up on the sound
of a ratchet clicking to really bring the audience into the video.
So, mike the ratchet.
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How you get sound into a camera (or
story) can vary.
Training Tip
1
The most obvious (and worst) mike is
the built-in camera mike. Generally it Direct the audio recording.
is omni-directional. It picks up sound Training Tip
from every direction…with the closest Storyboard your audio. Do you need
Your camera is not the only place you clicks, swooshes or key clacks to
noises recorded at the highest level
can record audio. augment the video? Is it part of the
(don’t cough – oh no!). That means
the person holding the camera trumps Inexpensive audio recorders do environment? If so, capture it.
the person being interviewed. If you a great job and you can combine If you are covering a medical
MUST do an interview w/an on-camera their recordings with your video in procedure, get audio of surgical tools
mike, get in as close as you can. That post production. You can place the dropping into the pan. Record the
means FILL THE FRAME with their recorder near your subject (or noise beeps of the heart rate and pulse-ox
face (no – DON’T zoom). Put them source) or plug in a lavaliere and machine. Listen for the conversation
in an environment where there is NO clip it on accordingly; much cleaner between the surgeon and nurses.
distracting background audio. Even an audio. Problem is, you have to These are all powerful storytelling
air conditioner or dog barking in the synch(chronize) the audio with non- audio cues that you can use for your
background can ruin your interview linear editing. video.
audio. I suggest to Sailors that they
To do this you need something to During an UNREP there are virtually
reach out and touch the person they
help sync the audio. If you’ve ever unlimited sound sources; elevators
were going to interview…and back up
tried lining up audio from one source going up and down, whistles blowing
no further than that.
to another it can be very hard if there and the shot line getting fired.
isn’t an audio cue. The Hollywood
clapboard is a good example. The
matched visual of the clapper hitting
the board along with the ensuing
sound are what enable you to synch
up audio and video later. If you don’t
have a clapboard, clap your hands. It
still works.
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7. GOTB-ROLL? by Damon J. Moritz
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4
Training Tip
Microphones. Training Tip
A wired mike can reduce range and My favorite – found objects.
flexibility. However, wired mikes
don’t generally fall prey to the same You would be surprised at what can
electromagnetic interference that enhance your audio. Look for those
wireless mikes can get. Aboard ships, pointy paper water cups. You can cut
includes headphones, which are
wired mikes can be your best friend. the tip off of them and slide a lavaliere
critical for knowing the quality of the mike in. This really helps to record
Shotgun mikes are okay and help with audio you are recording. audio from a specific location like a
gathering background sounds, but • Interview for sound (listen for the keyboard. Likewise you can use an
are generally strapped to the camera. audio cues that you can edit to) orange cone for longer throws. It just
What is better is to work with one of • Eliminate white noise (hard to do on takes a little creativity to get really
your co-workers and put that shotgun a ship, but it can be done with care- good audio.
microphone onto a boom pole. When ful microphone placement)
the mike is on a boom pole you can Rubber glove fingers can be used to
• Use microphones effectively (Don’t replace the windscreen cover on a
point it where you need it. When it
think that a shotgun mike on camera shotgun microphone while riding in a
is on the camera, it is limited to the
center of the camera’s perspective. is your only choice) helicopter. It really helps to cut the high
• Enhance your productions with end noise of airflow.
Before you go out, consider the ambient sound (click, tick, clack -
following. You can also put a microphone
record and take it back) inside an inflated balloon to record
• Research locations and those • Write scripts that work for sound underwater audio. Just be sure to seal
you will interview. Think about the (plan for the audio in your subject) the balloon with glue or duct tape and
acoustics. Is there a better place? • Record voiceovers that don’t echo don’t use the camera XLR ports for
• Prepare for problems (take extra like you are in the head. Use pil- this. Instead use a very inexpensive
batteries and microphones) lows, blankets and other soft items audio record just in case you end up
• Select the right gear for your project to help soften reflected audio. You with a low voltage short.
(practice before you shoot and know can create a sound booth anywhere
your equipment’s capabilities) This with a little thought.
• Create a final “mix,” by combining
all gathered content (use a clapper)
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8. ALL HANDS Cover Story
All Hands
magazine … The Next Chapter
by All Hands Staff
After more than 89 years of providing information to the fleet in a printed
format, All Hands magazine will cease production as a monthly hardcopy
publication. This decision did not come about easily; but, is recognition of the
changing ways that Sailors may receive information in the modern information
age. Instead, we will be developing innovative ways to communicate the Navy
story while also continuing to have feature articles, general-information pieces,
as well as specialty sections on Navy.mil.
The first “issue” of All Hands was printed as the Bureau of Navigation News
Bulletin No. 1 (dated Aug. 30, 1922). Twenty years later, the title was changed
to Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin. As America claimed “Victory
in Europe” on the cover of June 1945’s issue, the magazine’s new banner
read, All Hands, and the name stuck. Marked with, “This magazine is intended
for 10 readers. All should use it as soon as possible. PASS THIS COPY
ALONG,” All Hands urged Sailors to share with their Shipmates.
The professional communicators at All Hands, including many mass
communication specialists, civilian public affairs professionals and public
affairs officers have contributed mightily to covering historic events such as the
Cuban Missile Crisis, the Vietnam War, Desert Shield/Storm, the tragedy of
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9. “All Hands has 9/11 and operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and Horn of Africa. You have captured
the human struggle of international and domestic natural disasters such as
always been about the Indonesian tsunami that killed more than 230,000 people in 14 countries
as well as the devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina and the I-35W Bridge
the Sailor both on collapse in Minneapolis. Our Navy information team has even provided our
Sailors and their family members all over the globe with laughter through comic
and off duty.” strips.
All Hands has always been about the Sailor both on and off duty. The
pages of the magazine have featured surface warriors on the seven seas,
and the submariners below; the soaring aviators and the rapid-responding
expeditionary forces. Stories have been told about virtually every community
and program in our Navy. Thousands of Sailors have been profiled and
photographed and made “semi-famous” in the eyes of the magazine’s readers.
All Hands has served to inform, educate, entertain and document; all of which
would not have been possible without your contributions.
The Navy’s history, as documented in All Hands, will continue to be accessible
to everyone. Digitally archived issues of the magazine prior to June 2002 are
available in Adobe Acrobat® format. Issues digitally archived after June 2002
are available in both Adobe Acrobat® format and the interactive Macromedia
Flash® format.
Because of its popularity and utility, the All Hands staff currently plans to
continue publishing the annual “Owners + Operators Manual” magazine in print
format with the January issue.
On behalf of current and past All Hands magazine staff members, we thank our
Navy information team and every Sailor, family member, veteran, retiree and
civilian reader who has supported the magazine throughout the years. As we
move forward, we will continue to provide our Navy family with timely, essential
and entertaining articles and photographs – with your help – just as we have
always done.
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10. ]
Regions and Directions
AP Style Guide
Capitalize when:
- referring to regions of the country
Example: Rain is forecasted throughout the Midwest.
- forming proper names
Example: North Pole
Lowercase when:
- indicating compass direction
Example: The storm front is moving inward and toward the north.
- with names of nations, states, cities (unless part of the official name)
Example: northern Canada, western Idaho, South Korea, North Dakota
Exceptions:
- capitalize widely known areas
Example: Southern California, Lower East Side of New York
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The Visual Information Awards Program recognizes excellence among military
Schedule of Event
photographers, videographers, journalists and graphic artists throughout the
Department of Defense. Mass Communication Specialists are highly encouraged to
enter their work in Military Photographer of the Year (MILPHOG), Military Graphic Artist
of the Year (MILGRAPH) or Military Videographer of the Year (MILVID) categories:
MILPHOG - Several photo areas of expertise are judged including feature, news,
operational, combat and portrait.
MILGRAPH – Judged categories include multimedia, publication, illustration and
publication just to name a few.
MILVID – Enter your best work in feature, editing, field and combat video areas of
expertise.
Each category also features an individual “of-the-year” award.
Information including entry deadlines, categories, past winners and guidelines are
available http://www.dinfos.osd.mil/events/viap/index.asp.
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The deadline to receive “Go Navy” spots for the Army/Navy game is Nov. 30.
The game is scheduled for Saturday, December 10. It will be in Washington, D.C., and
In the Loupe
CBS sports will televise it. Once again CBS is looking for spots from the Navy and
Marine Corps team for broadcast during the game.
Additionally, CHINFO and DMA will push submitted spots to a variety of media outlets
prior to the game to help generate esprit de corps and as a way of highlighting our
naval forces.
Specific details are in NAVADMIN 297/11, but here are some of the important things to
note, based on issues from rejected entries of previous years:
-Audio must clean and clear
-Media wants to see faces, so you can use wide shots, but include closer shots too
-Video must be broadcast quality, high definition (1920 X 1080 or 1280 X 720)
-Include pre- and post-roll with no extraneous audio or movement
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11. LINKS to KNOW
Layout: Making It Fit
Helpful graphic designer’s handbook
on using imagery for layouts
http://issuu.com/cathshee/docs/
layout_making
REELSEO
An article on using music in video,
from an online video marketing guide
http://www.reelseo.com/copyrighted-
music-in-video/
A PHOTO EDITOR
Interesting blog with powerful photos
and articles on photography and
image rights
http://www.aphotoeditor.com/
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC NAVY RECRUITING COMMAND
National Geographic Photo Contest Source for Navy recruiting graphic
Deadline: Nov. 30, 2011 products; posters, video, etc.
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ http://extensis.cnrc.navy.mil/
ngm/photo-contest/rules/ graphicdesign/index.htm
Photo by MC2 Eddie Harrison
Desperately Seeking...
DIRECT CONNECTIONS
E D IA
That’s right. Direct. Connections. Think of your favorite cooking show
We are looking for video with subjects or sports cast. Personality and ability
looking directly into the camera, making to connect with the audience is what’s
LM
statements about our Navy. most captivating. That’s what we
aim to achieve in the sound bites we
S O CI A
This is a clear departure from choose to share!
traditional interviews but in our role as
communicators we have an obligation You’ll find examples of this style all
to connect with our audience. While the over the Internet, but here are a few
off-camera shot is still the standard for favorites:
Your Social Media Team:
LCDR Chris Servello packages done in the news format, in Energy Awareness: http://www.
LT Shawn Eklund social media the viewers expect it to be youtube.com/watch?v=2IJG3I7Bjxk
more personal in presentation (think: Navy Weeks: http://www.youtube.com/
Jessica Faller
Facebook, YouTube). watch?v=yOp_XIhrDwk
Kristina Miller (currently deployed)
Therefore, when the product is intended SECNAV: http://www.youtube.com/
for a social engagement, the framing watch?v=2N04h4GBoWc
needs to be different.
Day in the Navy: http://www.youtube.
The goal is a direct connection between com/watch?v=2mhQahgbvgg
subject and viewer and the best
way to achieve that in today’s media DJ Boxer Shout Out: http://www.
environment is to talk directly to them. youtube.com/watch?v=_Hol8r90ltA
All references to commercially available sites and services are provided for informational purposes only, without Department of the Navy endorsement.
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12. How did I do that
story and photo by Gary Nichols, CID Public Affairs
This photo was made to accompany a story about a new resulting shallow depth-of-field blurred out the background. The
language study hosted by Center for Language, Regional low ISO minimized digital degradation and further eliminated
Expertise and Culture based at Center for Information the background due to the diminished light. The shutter speed
Dominance Corry Station in Pensacola, Fla. was just fast enough to handhold the camera while standing on
a ladder.
Since it involved language training, we needed to use
headphone-wearing subjects working at computer stations. I used a Pocket Wizard to trigger a Nikon SB-800 Speedlight
with diffuser removed to increase the highlights. It was
I had envisioned a dramatic photo of operators in a black room
placed high and to the left of the subjects. This provided the
with their eyes just above the computers monitors, reflecting
background separation we were looking for.
the content of the computer screens. This would have been a
really simple setup, requiring only a tripod and a relatively long I placed a Nikon SB-24 Speedlight and Wein optical slave,
shutter speed to capture the ambient light from the computer which would be triggered from the SB-800, on each keyboard.
monitors, and maybe one speedlight placed high above the Although the SB-24s were powered down as low as possible,
subjects to provide background separation. the light was initially too bright and harsh. I then wrapped
two sheets of ordinary, white printer paper around each flash
There were two problems: First, the conference room was
to form a tube with the open ends facing the sides of the
wired so we couldn’t turn off all the lights. The long exposures
keyboards. The result was a nice glow on the faces of the
necessary to capture our glowing eyes would only emphasize
students. I liked the light pattern on the desk, so no additional
stray background light. If I stopped down the aperture in an
diffusion was necessary.
attempt to darken the background, the increased depth of field
would only emphasize background clutter. Neither option would Finally, I placed a small, white pop-up reflector to the left, and a
work with the ambient light. Second, we only had access to large silver reflector to the right. I would have preferred to have
notebook computers. Due to the limited height of the notebook used two identical large silver reflectors, but worked with what
monitors, my idea of glowing eyes peeking above the monitor was available to me. Since the accent light was from the left, I
wouldn’t work. placed the larger of the two reflectors to the right.
To eliminate the background I needed to shoot from a high The students were engaged in running the language software,
angle. Due to the subject-to-camera distance I used a Nikon so they didn’t really notice when we started shooting. In fact,
17-55mm f2.8 AF lens set at 44mm. they were a little disappointed when we wrapped up the photo
shoot around 30 minutes later.
I set the ISO at 100, shutter at 1/100 of a second, and aperture
to f2.8. Although the aperture was a light-collecting f2.8, the
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