Happy New Year!

01.01.08
I know this blog doesn't look any different than my previous photography blog but I just wanted a separate one for this upcoming season.

On thursday Jan 3rd I will be headed to Kona Hawaii to participate in an intensive 3 month photography course. (For more information click here.)

This school is run through YWAM (Youth with a Mission) which is an interdenominational Christian missions organization that was started in the 60's with the desire to see young people sent to the nations as missionaries. You might have heard about YWAM in the news recently with the shooting in Colorado, I was at that base in 2004 doing a school of worship, I did not know anyone involved. Here is an article that talks about the shooting and the organization.

I've been looking into this school ever since I started with YWAM in 2003. They only accept 16 people a year. Even though tomorrow will be my last day here in the continental US it still doesn't quite feel like a reality.

Along with updating this blog (how frequent I don't know, that will be based on how much free time I have) I will be sending out monthly e-mail updates. If you'd like to get those you can send me an e-mail to ywamjim@yahoo.com with "subscribe" in the title.

I've also committed to doing one self portrait a day for 2008 (it's a flickr thing) you can follow that here.

Here's to an awesome 2008.
jim baker

p.s if you leave a comment please leave your first and last name so I know who you are!

Monday, February 4, 2008

02.03.08 - assignment 6

I said I'd be in bed tonite by 10:00pm... its 11:02pm. The reason I wanted to be in bed by ten is so that I can get up in the morning and get some things done instead of just rolling out of bed and into class. Anyway...

Assignment 6 is due tomorrow and here are two of my favorites of the 36 shots we are turning in showing our understanding of color temp and white balance and also using a flash.

Morning light, daylight white balance, medium grey cloth included in shot as required.
This is my film SLR which I have yet to use out here...

This is Malachi. Malachi is Pranne's husband. Pranne is in our class and they have the most beautiful baby ever named Hannah.

This is bounce flash used as fill and dragging the shutter to show ambient light.

This upcoming week we have Gary Chapman (not to be confused with the guy who wrote the book The 5 love languages) and he will be teaching on photoshop and lightroom. I'm really looking forward to it.

jim baker

2 comments:

Gary said...

I hear Gary is a great teacher!!!

Jim Baker said...

eh... he's alright... ;)