Many thanks to the Greek Life office for awarding me the “Creative Achievement” award for my photography work. I wasn’t able to attend the award ceremony last night, but I’m very honored. Last night I had my Object-Oriented design final and then performed with the orchestra in Thwing Ballroom.
When? This Friday at 10pm
Why? Two foam machines.
Who? You. Me. Her. Him. Oh, and that other girl.
Where? The only place that makes ancient Rome look like a Mormon dental convention: Phikap.
Oh, one of these days I’ll emerge from my pile of work and tell you about all the fun details I have neglected to blog for the past week. Until then, it’s back to studying for me!
By the time I made it down to rope pull, I had already missed Phikap. We lasted all of but 7 seconds on a pull against SigEp. I hate loosing *anything*, but what the hell are we supposed to do? Technique only goes so far…
I took photos. I took more photos. After that, I ate some chips, and then took some more photos. How did they come out? Eh, alright. Nothing really great. I tried looking for different angles than the ones I used last year - but that didn’t work out. The photos look decent.
After rope pull was dinner and then chapter. I got a last minute call to cover the RENT event in Strosacker. I took photos of the Adam Pascal concert after the movie. The audience was 90% female and 99% of them would sleep with him in a second. The remaining 1% were straight males. 
I kid, I kid. The guy *really* can sing and the concert was very good. I got some great shots and got to enjoy the last songs of the concert with Goldie.
Let the day of photography begin. I was really pleased with how my shots were turning out. In particular, I got a great shot of a ball passing through a tire during Obstacle course. Then, during egg toss - one of the Theta Chi groups kept dropping the egg but it never cracked. Finally, the egg smashed when the guy caught it and I caught the shot very well - the egg splatter flying everywhere.
After egg toss was the Unity event where I got some great blackmail quality shots of some friends bouncing on balls :). I particpated in Pyramid - which Phikap placed 5th in. Not bad!
I ran up into Thwing and caught some shots of the International Student Association Dinner and show. The food was *un-freaking-believable*. Indian, Mexican, Turkish, you name it - they had it - and it was great. I took some great photos of the after dinner show. I ended up using exclusively the 135mm f/2.0 prime and the 50mm f/1.4 prime. No flash. This worked out beautifully. I set the mode to shutter priority, except during the juggling act when they turned out the lights for some glow in the dark acts. At this point, I went into completely manual mode and manual focus. I need to improve my manual focus skills. It’s *freaking* hard with a lens as sensitive as the 50mm prime. A single hair length is the difference between in focus and a blur.
I caught the Saturday midnight performance of “Footloose” as presented by Footlighters, along with a group of Phikaps and friends. Jeff Verespej, the director, made my night by saying I didn’t need to pay for the show - he rocks. The show was fun, upbeat, and soaked in 80’s (but bearable).
I was very impressed with some of the singing and the pit, under Kevin’s direction, was very good. I thought Alex Hamberger and Kim Sullivan were hilarious in their roles. Phikap’s own Eric Moschetta was one badass street thug. Garrett Coombs, Christine Chambers, and Sonali Arora have amazing voices. I am envious!
After the show, I headed back to my apartment. The night didn’t end there, but that’s all I care to tell.