Jason Mraz sings Up

I had the once in a lifetime opportunity the other night to listen to Jason Mraz play an acoustic set...while sitting in the front row! He played songs that were familiar and unfamiliar, but all sounded great.


I want to share my favorite of the night. Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxWgVohLoGI

Printing Photos Made Easy (And Less Expensive)

Read on if you:
a] Want to order photographs
b] Create scrapbooks
c] Look for great deals

Personally, I don't order photo prints very often because I don't want to spend the money and I have little need for a bunch of photos laying around. But when I want photographs for frames, a collage, gifts or a photo album, I want to find the best deal possible.

While on my search for the best deal, I made a discovery that changed the way I printed photographs. With each website I visited, I noticed a trend: Many sites give you a bonus for creating an account with them. In many cases, this bonus was in the form of free 4x6 prints. I thought to myself, What a great deal! I didn't even have to pay shipping with most because I could pick it up myself for no extra cost!

Even after a year of my discovery, I still have free prints waiting for me. It's a great way to get 150+ FREE 4x6s. It can save you or your organization dozens of dollars (and who doesn't like to save money?).

Below are the websites and their corresponding "bonuses" for creating online photo accounts:

Snapfish: www.snapfish.com | 50 free prints + shipping
Walgreens: www.photo.walgreens.com | 25 free prints (free if you pick up in-store)
Kodak: www.kodakgallery.com | 50 free prints + shipping
CVS: www.cvsphoto.com | 50 free prints (free if you pick up in-store)
Shutterfly: www.shutterfly.com | 50 free prints + shipping

There may be MORE sites out there, but this is a great start! Shop away!

-Morgan Cheeseman

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Melanie

One of my dearest friends, Melanie, recently lost more than 25 pounds by working out and eating right. I'm so proud of her!

And what better way to celebrate her new body than to document it with portraits.

That wasn't enough for her, though; she wanted to include the people who meant the most to her in the photos. I would expect no less from such a caring, selfless person.

I was so happy she asked me to take them.

Night at the Racetrack

As part of our internship finale, Altria let us have a night at the Richmond International Speedway. We rode passenger for some drifting and several laps around the speedway. Although my head was pulled to the side from all of the Gs working against me, it was an exhilarating experience!

Family

This past June I photographed my family at a local waterfall in Joplin, Missouri, for Mother's Day.

I enjoyed creating this collage with the photos from the shoot.

A pose for this many people was difficult at first. I checked it in the camera several times but there is still an opportunity for a better look.

One of the main components of the photograph is lighting. If I could do it over, I would've found a better place to sit so our eyes weren't squinting. It was hard to tell the sun was too harsh when checking the photos through the LCD screen.

Overall, though, I am extremely satisfied with the portraits!

Videos

Over the last couple of years I've dabbled in Windows Media Player. I love filming then editing video. Although I don't know most of the technical stuff, I enjoy learning as I go.

This is a video I compiled and submitted for our Homecoming Youtube Video contest.



This video was a spin-off of my senior project back in high school. It was a LOT of fun, and I know this will mean more and more as the years go on.

Meg Borcher

Meg was an easy subject because she worked so well with the camera. Her expressions were easy to capture, and she listened and offered poses.

We went on campus to take photographs in the beautiful scenery. And as most people know, the University of Kansas has the most beautiful campus in the country.

Like with Courtney and Victor, these photographs are unedited. At that point, I was still working on just taking great pictures; I figured the Photoshop practice would come later.

My goal when taking Meg's photographs was to work with my grandparents' camera before I had to take my Aunt's wedding pictures. Working with a point and shoot camera was exciting but timely.

I hope to have one of my own very soon.