I've been fairly busy the last few weeks. I'm now the Multimedia Editor at the Exponent. This basically means that I produce videos all week. The good thing is, its not as many hours as the photo editor job which means I have more time to shoot pictures and do homework.
Here are a few of the things I've been working on recently.
Patrick Jones - a former criminologist for the Chicago PD - is the Forensics Lab director here at Purdue.
Patrick invented a compressed air powered device used to dust for finger prints. Using air to apply the powder instead of a brush reduces smudging and makes it possible to recover prints from extremely delicate objects.
Here Jones is using side-by-side microscope comparison to match bullets fired from the same gun. Unlike TV, the match isn't made from striations from the gun barrel, but from the impression the hammer leaves when it strikes the primer.
On the first day of Jones's criminology class, he is carried into the room in a body bag and remains there motionless before popping out to the surprise of his students.
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Alex Camarota is a TA and graduate student in the department of creative writing here at Purdue. Alex is also almost completely deaf. While he can still here sounds such as stomping and enjoys listening to reggae music, Alex can't hear you if he can't see your lips move. Alex and his twin brother (a graphic designer in California) were both born with their mostly hearing intact, however it has degenerated ever since. Alex is putting on a free writing workshop that aims to help people understand how to write about disabilities.
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Lastly, I've been producing videos like mad. I've come to understand how to use my D300s in this capacity quite a bit better. I'd still like to see a firmware update allowing manual video control, however I think I've got the work-arounds pretty much down.
Click the links to watch in 720p HD
Starting with the Most recent:
Water Break live. A weekly piece written by the sports desk. This is my first attempt with a green screen - I've got some bugs to work out.
Water Break Live
Rube Goldberg. The Purdue Society of Professional Engineers' Rube Goldberg device was definitely a crowd pleaser at the regional competition Saturday with cannons, Tesla coils, and (in theory) the Purdue fight song.
Rube Goldberg
Big Man on Campus. This greek philanthropy event raises money for breast cancer research each year. This year's contribution: over $127,000.
BMOC
Patrick Jones: Purdue Forensics Lab director teaches us how to recover a fingerprint.
Patrick Jones
Cupid's Arrows: Members of the Purdue Music Organization deliver singing Valentines on Feb 12th.
Valentines
Well that's it for now. I'll have another update in a week or so (hopefully!)
1 comment:
those look awesome! Good job Michael.
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