Merry Christmas!

santa
Originally uploaded by morgpet.

No Trespassing

sign
Originally uploaded by morgpet.

Car Ride

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Originally uploaded by morgpet.

Bentley looking out the car window on the way to my grandmother's house.
He's one curious little dog.

Last Published Photo of the year - Tree Lighting

treelighting_1
Originally uploaded by morgpet.

Emily Wilder and her brother Benjamin take a closer look at the tree during the Tacachale ceremony Tuesday night.

To read the article that accompanied the photo click here.

Merry Christmas from Bentley and Me!

Morgansgreetingcardweb
Originally uploaded by morgpet.

Here's the card Ginger made of me.
I love it! Thanks Ginger!

Final for JOU4603

cardweb
Originally uploaded by morgpet.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
Don't be caught with Santa's milk!

Published Photo - Grieving

grieving
Originally uploaded by morgpet.

Melissa Dominguez, a UF junior majoring in public relations and Spanish, lost her father when she was 10 years old

To read the article that accompanied this photo click here.

Published Photo - Micanopy

micanopy
Originally uploaded by morgpet.

While loading a painting into her car, Jean Tyson pauses to talk to Brenda Osborne, who was passing by Tyson Trading Co. on her bicycle in Micanopy on Tuesday afternoon.

To read the article that accompanied the photo click here.

Published Photo - grad class

http://www.alligator.org/edit/news/issues/stories/041123graduates.html

Holiday World Dance Recital

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Originally uploaded by morgpet.

Amira Sa'id, a professional belly dancer, performs Sunday afternoon at the Holiday World Dance Recital put on by the Middle Eastern Dance Association at the Thomas Center. All proceeds benefitted the Alachua County Humane Society.

(not a published photo)

Published Photo - Israel Awareness Week

hillel_1
Originally uploaded by morgpet.

Justin Bangs, Daniel Bloom, Becky Rosin and Jewish Student Union president Ari Kaiman compete in the "Most Extreme Israeli Challenge" Thursday night at the new Hillel Jewish Center.

To read the article that accompanied the photo click here.

To see more pictures click here.

JOU4603 - Assignment 11

LARSON_9
Originally uploaded by morgpet.

Headshots of Ginger.
Click on her picture to see more.

JOU4603 - Assignment 10

LYNN_BUBBLE_1
Originally uploaded by morgpet.

Person using product. :)
Good chewing Lynn.

Published Photo - Puerto Rican Week

Puerto Rican Week
Originally uploaded by morgpet.

Andria Roa speaks up during the discussion forum hosted Tuesday night at La Casita for Puerto Rican week.

To read the article that accompanied my photo click here.

Veteran's Day/ World Peace Vigil

veteran'sdayvigil
Originally uploaded by morgpet.

Mike Fara and Heather Loring stand on the corner of Main Street and University Avenue Thursday night. They led a silent candle light vigil in honor of veteran's day and to support world peace.

It was beautiful.

Portrait of Professor

langford_1
Originally uploaded by morgpet.

Professor Langford has been teaching in the UF College of Music for the past 33 years.

This photo was originally suppose to run with an article about him on Friday but because of budget and an enormous amount of ads, which take priority over photos, it was cut due to no space.

JOU4603 Group shot

Yawning
Originally uploaded by morgpet.

This week we had a little fun in class.
We challenged our teacher Tommy Thompson to create a group portrait of our class, or those of us who showed up this week.

The class usually starts at 7:10pm or 7:20pm so we figured a yawning picture would be very appropriate.

So much fun.
We later took the group shot to a new level as we divided up and jumped into the shot from both sides. A few bruises may surface, but we had fun bonding.

Published Photos - Bikers on Parade & Gator Walk

Two published photos today.


bikerparade
Originally uploaded by morgpet.

To read the Bikers on Parade article click here.


041108gatorwalk
Originally uploaded by morgpet.

To read the Gator Walk article click here.

Jou4603 - Assignment 9

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Originally uploaded by morgpet.

In studio fashion shoot, using only little on/off camera flashes.
(I used three Vivitar 283 flashes.)

Fun fun!

Published Photo - Recurso Gala

041105recurso
Originally uploaded by morgpet.

Wonderful event with two great speakers.

To read the article that accompanied my photo click here.

Voting Location

precinct
Originally uploaded by morgpet.

My voting location on Nov. 2 was the Harn Museum. It is such a gorgeous building and I thought I should document where I voted for the first time ever.

Election Night Photo Coverage

Along with five other Alligator photographers, I went downtown Tuesday night to photograph the local results of the election. Although none of my photos ran in the paper, three did make the election night photo story posted online.

Elections Photo Story

My photos are numbers 1, 5 and 6.
Because there were so many of us, we split up during the night and I had the least luck of actually catching photos of the candidates.

Jou4603 Assignment 8

PETROSKI8_1
Originally uploaded by morgpet.

Motion & Stop motion

Published Article and Photo - Lunar Eclipse

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Originally uploaded by morgpet.

My first article accompanied by my own photo.
It was a long night.

To read the article I wrote click here.

Published Photo - Haunted House

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Originally uploaded by morgpet.

Morgan Petroski / Alligator Staff
Patrick Banis, chairman of the Jaycees haunted house, works behind the scenes Monday night. The house will be open Friday, Saturday and Sunday night.

To read the article that the photo accompanied click here.

Biketober Fest. '04 Daytona Beach, FL

backside babe
Originally uploaded by morgpet.

Home for the weekend and for the excitement of Biketober Fest. (click on the pic to see more)

JOU4603 - Assignment 7

PETROSKI7_4
Originally uploaded by morgpet.

Lighting was to highlight the product, not the person.

Brad with hairdryer... lol. He was a good sport.

Published Article - Jacare Brazil

http://www.alligator.org/edit/news/issues/stories/041020brazil.html

Jou4603 - Assignment 6

IMG_7706
Originally uploaded by morgpet.

Fashion shoot this week with a transparent prop (sunglasses). Eva is so much fun to photograph. :)

Published Photo - Model UN Panel

http://www.alligator.org/edit/news/issues/stories/041014un.html

Published Photo - Sports

http://www.alligator.org/edit/sports/issues/stories/041013hoops.html

JOU4603 assignment 5

PETROSKI5_1
Originally uploaded by morgpet.

Ice House Gallery :)
Fun time.

(Click on picture to see more.)

Published Photo - Towing

towing
Originally uploaded by morgpet.

This one wasn't posted online but was printed in the paper today.
Here's the link to the article that accompanied it.

http://www.alligator.org/edit/news/issues/stories/041008towing.html

Published Photo & Article!!!!!!

http://www.alligator.org/edit/news/issues/stories/041006telles.html
This is my published photo for the day.

http://www.alligator.org/edit/news/issues/stories/041006starbucks.html
This is my very first published article in the Alligator. :) It concerns Starbucks increasing their price by 11 cents starting today.


starbucks
Originally uploaded by morgpet.

Published Photo - Ralph Nader

http://www.alligator.org/edit/news/issues/stories/041004nader.html

Nicaragua Photo Album

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Originally uploaded by morgpet.

I finally got around to putting a group of pictures online from Nicaragua. :) Click on the picture to see the rest!

Buck Off

IMG_7128
Originally uploaded by morgpet.

This was a just for fun shoot. It was a fund-raiser for a local fraternity held at :08 Wednesday night.

JOU4603 - Assignment 4

PETROSKI4_1
Originally uploaded by morgpet.

Same as assignment 3 but with light source altered. (Flash diffused into umbrella.)

Published Photo - America

America
Originally uploaded by morgpet.

Rock steady
Classic rockers America, of "Sister Golden Hair" and "Horse with No Name" fame, perform Thursday evening at the Phillips Center for Performing Arts.

(It ran in the paper, but since there was no article with it, they didn't archive it to its own page and therefore it does not have a link.)

Published Photo

http://www.alligator.org/edit/news/issues/stories/040923shooting.html
More of just a stock photo today.

Published Photo

IMG_6874
Originally uploaded by morgpet.

Click here for Velma & Tracey album

Below is the link to the article that appeared in the Alligator today. Although my pic is not displayed online, it was printed.
http://www.alligator.org/edit/news/issues/stories/040921chrysalis.html

Ginger's Eyes

IMG_6686eyes
Originally uploaded by morgpet.

Practicing some of the stuff from this summer. :)
Of course she has the oh-so-hard blue eyes to colorize.

Published Photo

http://www.alligator.org/edit/news/issues/stories/040920party.html

This is from my party patrol ride along.

Ginger - Assignment 3 Jou4603

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Originally uploaded by morgpet.

Assignment 3:
1. Taken from shady area with bright backgound behind subject. (These are the ones of Ginger with the sky behind her.)
2. Taken indoors, with a window behind subject. (These are the three pics with her hair down.)
3. Taken in bright sunshine with the sun either overhead or behind the subject. (These are the rest of the group, including the one posted here.)

To see the entire group of shots, click on the above photo.

Published Photos

Story 1
http://www.alligator.org/edit/news/issues/stories/040917dancer.html


IMG_6486-frame
Originally uploaded by morgpet.

An album of more pics from the photoshoot.
(click on the pic)

Story 2
http://www.alligator.org/edit/news/issues/stories/040917museum.html
(with a messed up cutline)

Published Photos

http://www.alligator.org/edit/news/issues/stories/040915satchels.html

http://www.alligator.org/edit/news/issues/stories/040915senate.html

Yay Yay! Two photos today. :)

JOU4603 Assignment 2

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Originally uploaded by morgpet.

This week's assignment was a group portrait using reflectors or fill flash.

Friends Jackie, Lane and Jenna were gracious enough to be my subjects.

And in other news... I'm officially an Alligator staff photographer as of tomorrow.

My day...

Miss hurricane Frances needs to hurry up and get here some time soon.
3:36 AM Sunday and it's just starting to drizzle in Gainesville.
Whoa make that down-pour! It JUST started getting very loud.
Yesterday (aka Saturday) was sooooo long. I shot a roll of film though, notice, not digital. I can't wait to get it back, but that will have to hold off until Frances leaves us. I guess I'll have to start another blog dedicated to film images. :D Yes, so this roll was of pre-hurricane stuff. Film is so exciting.
I've been trying to format my very very own web site from scratch, but have stumped myself after making a few pages in Adobe GoLive. I'll put it on the back burner for now and just work on my blogs.

Welcome to new york

welcome to new york, originally uploaded by alba.

Not my photo, but thought it deserved to be posted since I don't have any interesting digital pictures to post at the moment.

New Web site

In lieu of creating another blog devoted only to SX-70 images, I am commiting this blog to my digital images only. Therefore, I may change the web address to reflect this, but not any time soon.

My new site of SX-70 images can be found at:

http://sx-70blog.blogspot.com

Posting should begin soon, if hurricane Frances doesn't knock out power.

Stay safe Florida.

Change of Pace

I have come to realize I am too glued to my 10D. It's great and all for the photojournalism side of me, but for some reason whenever I use it to take "creative" or "just for fun" shots I am never pleased with my results. It's probably just some road block in my mind, but I have a solution! For a week or so I will dust off and carry around my old SX-70 polaroid camera. I love that camera! This means to post any pics I'll have to scan them at a friend's house (hint, hint, here I come Lynn).

Hopefully I'll also be getting some more daily assignments from the Florida Independent Alligator, those of course will be digital though.

Assignment 1 - Jou 4603

PETROSKI1_1
Originally uploaded by morgpet.

Lynn was my guinea pig once again. :)

Flash environmental portraits...

Direct flash & diffused flash were the two parts of the assignment.

Assignment 1

PETROSKI1_2
Originally uploaded by morgpet.

Ashley 1 & 2

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Originally uploaded by morgpet.

Latest prints of mine.

Working digital I've noticed I don't print out pics any more.

Is that bad?

So maybe I should go back to film? I admit, I do enjoy it more.

My View

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Originally uploaded by morgpet.

Visitor

hermit
Originally uploaded by morgpet.

Yesterday's visitor.

He seemed to be a rather large hermit crab.

I forgot to ask his name, as I was running late to class.

"French Fries"

Alachua
Originally uploaded by morgpet.

John Henry's "Alachua" on the UF campus. Cost to University: $75,000.
Many have mocked it, including past UF Vice President Robert Bryan who nick named it "French Fries from Hell" and threaten to have himself chained to the piece until it was removed.
It's still there.

Be Creative

brickwall2
Originally uploaded by morgpet.

UF landmark

potato
Originally uploaded by morgpet.

OK so what is this thing? Does anyone know? It's certainly not a sculpture, it's just a rock. A rock that many people say either resembles a potato or even a gator. (I still don't see the gator.)

In my art history class, our first assignment is to define art in our own terms and also bring in an example of something we consider to be art and something that we don't consider to be art.

So is this rock thing art?
My opinion?
Nope.

After the storm...

sky
Originally uploaded by morgpet.

Daily afternoon rainfall in the Gainesville is not the most up lifting, but the sky this afternoon made up for the depressing weather.

Took this picture while in bumper to bumper traffic on Archer.

Wall Art

Sam_1
Originally uploaded by morgpet.

Four foot by five foot art piece by Morgane, which now graces the wall of our apartment.

Pretty cool.