First Multimedia Project.

So I have just created my first ever multimedia project. Ok, so it's not my first persay, but it's my first full one. Despite all my time around cinematographers I found out (all over again) the hard way that even the simplest of seven minute projects can be a lot of work.

Yes I made a lot of rookie mistakes, many of which you'll probably pick up within the first minute of video. However, you've got to start somewhere...right? Also when there are only two of us trying to follow a guy around on a farm, you learn how to compensate and move quickly.

Maybe I'll hire a film crew next time to carry around my mike :)

Besides all that, this project was a lot of fun. I didn't know that much about Biodynamic farming before this. Mike Long was a good guy to explain in detail how it all worked and we had the fun task of trying to work it all out in the news room later. So check out the story we did as a compliment on www.westernfrontonline.net.

Biodynamic Farming from Cassandra Gallagher on Vimeo.

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Housekeeping

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Post #2: We're on a role now aren't we? I thought for the second post it would be a good time to take care of some good-old-fashioned housekeeping and let you know what else is going on in this crazy online world we swim around in. I promise there won't be to much more like this .

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Ok, well I guess I can't really promise anything of the sort, dear reader, but hopefully I can keep these simple update posts down and something of more worthy content up. But for now...just in case you're interested here are some other things that populate my life:

Other things I do:

1. The occasional twitter update
2. A photo here and there
3. Hyperlocal and somewhat experimental journalism
4. Trying to learn the ins and outs of video content
5. Photographer for on-campus magazines

Looking at the list now it looks a lot more busy than it is. On the other hand, perhaps it's the reason I have no free time...

On the other hand it's all well worth it and was all put together not only by me but by many a hard working individual. All here just for you...well until next time.

//CassiBean

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Greetings wayward Internet goer

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Welcome, and what an exciting day! It's the birth of another weblog. Aww, how cute. Welcome to 2.0 you cute little blog-like thing you.

According to a blog tracking site, Technorati , bloggers are collectively posting nearly one million posts a day. (Check this site out, it's got a lot more crazy stats where that came from.) So the birth of a new blog...and yet another thing to read might not seem like that big of a deal, and frankly a little daunting

I'm not going to lie to you, dear reader, if we want to start any sort of relationship: It's probably true. Don't worry though, my blog will be comprised of a lot of pictures. It's easy to sift through during your busy, "Ug I really only have five minutes to be on the net" sort of day! (Shh! I can hear your silent cheering)

As far as who I am, I'm a student photojournalist attempting to eventually turn this into a photo journal of sorts. With the journalism industry going the way it is, however, one has to be almost a jack-of-all trades--a job for which I was born for.

The long and short of it is there will be various media types on here. Hopefully enough to keep things interesting and the magic between us alive, dear reader.
So whether you're interested in a lot or a little, or perhaps you just stumbled upon this site but have decided you're just A.D.D enough to keep looking, check it out, enjoy, and till next time.


//CassiBean

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