Category: Photo Gallery
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Picture this: Art at the speed of light
Editor’s note: Text was written by students in COMM 2311-601 including Brittany Alvarado, Joshua Medina, Christian Smith, Daphne Streider, Abygail Elizondo, Kaci Walker, and Ashlynn Obannion. Photos were taken by students in COMM 1316 News Photography and name credits appear on photo files. They look like scenes out of the 2010 sci fi/action movie “Tron:…
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Students practice CPR, first aid safety
*Editor’s note: Photos were taken by students in COMM 1316 News Photography, including: Andrew Angelo, Esosa Iyengunmwena, Isabela Salas, Joshua Cantu, Noah Lopez, Sydney Oates, and Trista Stanley With an evil smile, Kinesiology Department Chair and Professor Jon Marc Moore turns up the volume on his smart phone and it up high. Verse after verse… after…
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Picture this: Lemon drops & shutter speed
There’s lemon drop candy and lemon drop cocktails. Then, sometimes lemons just drop. Students in News Photography, COMM 1316, this week dropped quite a few trying to complete a motion assignment. Volunteers used their best juggling skills to keep two lemons in the air at all times. The rest of the students adjusted their…
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Physics lab tests gravity with egg drop
*Editor’s note: Photos were taken by students in COMM 1316 News Photography, including: Esosa Iyengunmwena, Isabela Salas, Joshua Cantu, Noah Lopez, Payton Hinojosa, Sydney Oates, and Trista Stanley There’s a definite Humpty Dumpty feel to this physics lab. But instead of a wall, these raw eggs took a fall from a 6-foot step ladder. “The…
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Students help clean up Levelland
South Plains College students with student life organizations came out Saturday to help clean-up Levelland at the community-wide clean-up. The event was sponsored by the Keep Levelland Beautiful program. Students said they believed it was important to do their part to keep the community that supports the college clean, and to take accountability for where…
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Relieve your stress one piece at a time
Editor’s note: The authors for this story are eight students from the COMM 2311 News Writing Levelland section. They wrote this story as a group during class and tackled headline and lead writing, direct versus indirect quote choices, as well as organization. Their goal was accuracy as well as making the story flow. Student names…
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Picture this: Fall signs abound
You don’t have to be a squirrel to appreciate one of the first signs of fall. Other than colored leaves dropping out of the sky (and possibly onto your car), also come acorns. This week students in COMM 1316 News Photography had to practice using the close up semi-automatic setting on their mirrorless cameras. Their…
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Community festival involves current, former students
South Plains College students had a noticeable presence at the Cotton and Crude Festival, hosted by the Levelland Chamber of Commerce, Saturday, in downtown Levelland. Not only were students featured as the opening act for Cory Morrow that night, but they also provided free live music at the gazebo on the downtown square during the…
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Students capture campus beauty shots
Students in COMM 1316 News Photography jump started their semester using the cameras on their smartphones. Their challenge? Find something on campus that is “pretty”. Something that might promote the school if it were included on its website. It could be a tree, colorful pile of leaves, pattern on the corner of a building, or…
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Natatorium offers summer classes, water recreation
Photos by Anna Gonzales/COMM 1316 Get ready for the pool! Registration for summer swim classes at South Plains College begins soon. The SPC Natatorium will be open this summer for both swim classes and open swim. SPC Natatorium Director Mike Harrison says anyone can come. Open swim this summer will be Monday through Thursday 1:30…
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Close-up with microscopes
Story & photos by COMM 1316/News Photography Class “I teach with microscopes,” Phil Ricker says. And Ricker has been teaching microbiology at South Plains College for 35 years now. “Microbiology is the study of organisms that are so small, you have to have a microscope to see them,” he says. Since Ricker uses microscopes so much, it’s…
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Spring begins to blossom on SPC campus
It took a while, but spring colors are beginning to show around campus. News Photography students in COMM 1316 used their mirrorless cameras in close-up mode to capture the small purple/blue flowers outside the Technical Arts Center on the Levelland campus. Each of the large trees in front of the building are surrounded by the…
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Photography students embrace blur
Photos by students in MCOM 1316/News Photography It’s a quality called “bokeh”. (It’s not easy to pronounce by the way.) The term bokeh comes from a Japanese word which has a number of translations. Most photography websites explain “bokeh” translates into “blur” or “haze.” In photography, bokeh refers to parts of a photograph that are…
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SPC hosts UIL Regional Tournament
Interviews & Photos by Ariel Rodriguez/MCOM 1316 News Photography It’s not over yet. Boys UIL state basketball semifinals get underway on March 9 and 10 in San Antonio. Teams are hoping for a chance to bounce ahead and earn a spot in the state championship games on March 11. Regional UIL boys’ basketball games…
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When life gives you lemons
You know the rest. You’re supposed to make lemonade, right? Students in News Photography, COMM 1316, were not so lucky. This week instead of making lemonade, they had to make a motion assignment work using lemons and their best circus juggling skills. Disclaimer: No one came to class already knowing how to juggle. So instead…
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Voting results are in: Farm & ranch gallery, wind gallery
Farm & Ranch Gallery Results Does your list of favorite photos match that of the students? Yes and no. Students in COMM 1316 voted on their favorites in class before they were posted on the Texan Mosaic. Here are their favorites and some of the reasons why they voted the way they did. #1 Favorite…
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Lady Texans prepare for final home game
Photos by Katie Brackens and Ariel Rodriguez from COMM 1316 News Photography. Fast shooting drills ruled the court the morning of game day, Thursday, Feb. 23. Members of the Lady Texan Basketball Team headed to the Texan Dome at 11 a.m. to practice shooting. Players sunk baskets from both ends of the court. Practice paid…
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Moving pictures: How to make portraits with motion
Students in COMM 1316 News Photography are learning how a camera’s shutter speed affects how it captures motion. On a basic level, the camera’s shutter is like a human’s eyelid. The longer a camera’s shutter stays open, the more likely it is to capture any motion seen within the frame as a blur. A fast…
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Caden Lamb, Mckenzie Lee crowned homecoming king & queen
Photos by Texan Mosaic Staff South Plains College celebrated homecoming Thursday night at the Texan Dome. The Lady Texans overcame the Lady Wranglers 56-55 and the Texans outlasted Texas Western College 73-67. At halftime, Mckenzie Lee and Caden Lamb with the Baptist Student Ministry were crowned homecoming king and queen by last year’s king and…
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Vote for your favorite: Farm & ranch gallery
They’re back. Farm and ranch photos. And once again YOU vote on your favorites. We got lots of responses with Farm and Ranch voting last semester. So why not try it again? Students in COMM 1316 News Photography were given a Farm and Ranch photo assignment the first week of February this semester. Their challenge…