Blogging Basics - Community U Tonight (2-4-14)!

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How exciting! I've been blogging for five years but tonight I get to present to fellow enthusiasts about the Ins (and maybe Outs) of blogging.

This short class is being offered under the auspices of Watertown, South Dakota's, "Community U," which is managed by Lake Area Technical Institute's Corporate Ed program.

Where: Lake Area Technical Institute, room 135

When: Tuesday, March 4, 6:30 to 7:30

Topics:

• Why blog?
• How?
• Finding a voice

• Finding and keeping an audience

I don't think it's too late to register. Go to Community U by clicking here. Or call Charlene (605-882-5284 ext. 320), the amazing woman who takes care of all of the fine details that escape people like me.

A Work In Progress

I am working with the good people of Office Peeps here in Watertown to photograph some of the offices, classrooms and public spaces at Lake Area Technical Institute that they (Office Peeps) have helped furnish and decorate.

LATI's new Student Center offers many opportunities to a photographer. Yesterday, I worked on three HDR (high dynamic range) photos of two spaces that are especially interesting to me: the room I call the "fireplace" room and the glass-walled conference room just off of the expansive Student Services area.

The Conference Room (7 layered photos composited in Photomatix, and HDR processing tool)

The Fireplace Room (looking south) (4 layered photos). This one also required Photoshop CS6's Lens Correction tool)

The Fireplace Room (looking east) I was using my widest wide angle lens but I sill couldn't fit the whole room in the frame. My camera is on a 15' stand and I am using something called a Camranger to control my camera from ground level.