Lafayette Skatepark: Part 1

USC vs. Cal Football

Cardinal and Gold filled the Coliseum as the USC Trojans faced the Cal Golden Bears on Thursday, November 13, 2014 at 6pm. The Trojans started strong and maintained their lead, 38, as the Bears tried to recover throughout the game, finishing with 30.

Hot Dogs for days!

Walking like we won before the game even starts.

Throw two fingers up in the air and wave them like you just don't care. 

What's up, Arthur Bartner!

Future Trojan.

All hail Tommy Trojan.

Peek-a-Boo!!

RECRUIT THESE BOYS.

USC Construction Site

USC seems to always be in construction. Although this might be a hassle for students, avoiding certain roads and taking detours, construction is a sign of renovation that will ultimately benefit the students.
Currently, on the corner of Exposition and Figueroa, the Jill and Frank Fertitta Hall is underway and will be opening May 2016. As an addition to the USC Marshall School of Business, this Hall will create and expand a collaborative and interactive facility with 20 new classrooms, lounges, a patio setting, and 5 floors with approximately 50 breakout rooms.
To find out more about this project, visit http://www.marshall.usc.edu/about/capital-projects/fertitta-hall.

Within part of our assignment, we needed to shoot a few images that were 'bad' in terms of being overexposed, underexposed, or taken in difficult lighting conditions.

To finish off the assignment, we are to edit the badly taken images to practice our editing skills.

To fix this image, I stayed with the JPG format and increased the exposure, and the vibrance on Photoshop CS6.

This image and the previous overexposed one are prime examples as to why it is always better to shoot in RAW as well as in JPG. The reason I say this is because RAW images store more information that allow you to edit the image without creating any grain and strain. I tried editing the JPG format, but the image would not gather the proper highlights and contrast as you can see in the bottom image below.

For this image, I simply lightened the entire image and then went over certain parts by masking the image lightening the tree, building and the men furthermore with the 'Curve' on Photoshop CS6. I also added a bit of vibrance. 

Halloween: Knott's Scary Farm

For this post, we were assigned to photograph Halloween festivities. As part of the USC's off-campus apartment community, we had the opportunity of going to Knott's Scary Farm on Halloween for $15. Off course, with such a bargain, my friends and I did not hesitate to reserve our spots. 

Swing set! 

Within one of the haunted mazes. 

One of the workers in the 'Nevermore' maze. 

Fisheye effect while waiting in line for the maze.

Waiting in line for the haunted mazes.

Throughout the amusement park, there were areas that obscured by fog which was perfect for the workers to scare people...like me.

It started pouring. Despite the rain, the clowns scaring people continued to frighten.

Just an extra photograph of our family.