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Kira Bishop, CC
Meet Kira Bishop, copy chief of the Collegian's 128th volume.
Kira joined the Collegian this year, and has been the key component to our writers' and stories' success. Hear her story behind joining the publication, favorite memories and reflecting on her time.
JEA Recap
JEA Recap/Recruitment Video
For our video story project, I made a recap/recruitment video from JEA in San Francisco. I traveled to JEA as a volunteer from K-State to help the conference run smoothly, and judge the newswriting competition. (NOTE: This video had parts taken out of it in respect to the National Parks' restrictions on video.)
Collegian Print Night
Live Collegian Printing
For some video practice, I played around with footage I got when the Collegian visited the printers at the Manhattan Mercury. (NOTE: This video was just practice, and was never turned in or taken a grade for.)
Waking Up to an Assignment
I wanted to create a story that would loop back into itself, and give something the viewer could see differently going through it again. This story is based off a true one: a rushed student making the best out of a time crunch which his professor could find humorous and peers find relatable. Pictures 1-3 and 8-10 were all taken from the same position to help the story flow better into itself and easier to track. Pictures 1-2 and 9-10 were purposefully blurred to mimic fuzzy eyes in the morning/night. Picture 5 was particularly difficult as the fine print did not show well in the camera; it took some playing around with the computer and camera to find a happy medium. Picture 8’s is blurry to reflect our eyes refocusing when something gets extremely close to us. As said in picture 8’s caption, the series of photos was taken on a Canon T3i, and taken with an aperture of f/5.0 and multiple different combos of ISOs and shutter speeds. Most notably, picture 6’s photo was taken with a one second shutter speed to get motion blur of the arms flailing. All photos were edited in Lightroom to brighten up the room and darken the sunlight.
Sleep-1
Carter wakes up in the morning, stretching out his arms to the beautiful 12 o’clock sunshine. He’s oblivious to the workload he’s about to endure between his job at the Collegian, school work and his bowling commitments.
Sleep-2
Grabbing his trusty shacket, Carter begrudgingly gets out of bed. He constantly complains about the cold having zero fat on him, and the wintery weather outside doesn’t help matters.
Sleep-10
Rinse and repeat. Carter passed out again, not ready to wake up and see another photography assignment due at 2:30 the next day.
Sleep-1
Carter wakes up in the morning, stretching out his arms to the beautiful 12 o’clock sunshine. He’s oblivious to the workload he’s about to endure between his job at the Collegian, school work and his bowling commitments.
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Starry Hills
A few students went out to one of my professor’s friend’s property to do some astrophotography on the outskirts of Manhattan. Looking out over one of the shallow pasture hills, the stars shone much brighter than over the city. A plane can be seen streaking across the star-studded sky.
Astrophotography is far more difficult than I anticipated, requiring tons of experimenting with lenses, ISO, aperture and shutter speed to produce a somewhat decent shot. The shot was taken on the outskirts of Manhattan on the private property of one of Professor Nick Homburg’s friends. The picture, shot with a Canon T3i on a tripod, is unedited, and shot with an f/4 f-stop, 10 second exposure time, 1600 ISO and 18-millimeter focal length.
Perspectives of Kansas State University
Different perspective-style shots around K-State's campus
​All shots were taken on a cool February night at K-State with a Canon T3i using an 18-55 mm lens. The leading lights shot was taken outside the Carl R. Ice Engineering Building at K-State and done by running with an iPhone flashlight on the pathway with a long (10”) shutter speed. The texture shot was taken outside the Glenwood apartments with a large aperture. The POV shot was taken lying down across the road facing Anderson Hall. All photos were lightly edited in Lightroom Classic: the leading lines shot had adjusted sharpness and blues, the texture shot utilized a mask to darken the bricks/light post, and the POV shot was untouched.
Schaffer Asnt3 Texture
K-State has plenty of rich limestone on- and off-campus, adding to each building’s charm.
Schaffer Asnt3 POV
Anderson Hall stands as one of campus’s oldest buildings. The light post in front lays in front of the building’s roof.
Schaffer Asnt3 LeadingLines
Kansas State’s engineering building lights illuminate the southeast side’s walkway, making for a safer environment for late-night workers.
Schaffer Asnt3 Texture
K-State has plenty of rich limestone on- and off-campus, adding to each building’s charm.
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Lavender Haze
The Sunflower Showdown in Manhattan featured a highly anticipated and competitive matchup between the No. 2 seed KU and No. 13 Kansas State. The sold-out crowd and student section filled to the brim cheered the whole contest, and stormed the court at the conclusion with a K-State victory.
The pre-game in Bramlage is electric, and what more iconic of a game to witness than between two in-state rivals fighting for top of the division. The picture was taken near the top of the student section, one of the last sections to be filled up which I was fortunate enough to fit into. The hue of each color was decreased to -100 except for Blue and Purple which were increased to +25 and +100 respectively in Lightroom Classic. The photo was shot on an iPhone 13 Pro with a 1x zoom and no special presets or effects.
Kedzie at Midday
Kedzie Hall, now known for housing classes for the A.Q. Miller School of Media and Communication, sits across from the Student Union at Kansas State’s Manhattan campus.
I took the picture on my walk to class at 1:00 p.m. on a cloudy January day. I spend a lot of time in the building because of my involvement at the Collegian, and the picture is a familiar sight to me. The bleakness of the photo is meant to reflect the repetition and lack of uniqueness is taking an everyday walk to one’s class. The photo was shot on an iPhone 13 Pro with a 1x zoom and no special presets or effects, and the photo was edited and cropped in Adobe Lightroom Classic.
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