I took my midterm exam tonight. I think I did well, but what do I know? I’m still a little squirmish about Question #14. It asked something like, “If you have your camera set at a speed of 125 and you want to increase the exposure by twice the amount, what should your new setting be?” What a bunch of crap. I answered 30, and then reread the question a few more times, and finally changed my answer to 60. My problem is in the word “by.” If the question had said “double the exposure” or the like, then it would have been a lot clearer. Saying “by twice” leaves me wondering if I’m supposed to make twice the change, which is an entirely different answer.
Anyway, I spent seven hours on campus today. I think I’ve been making some real progress with the development side of the process, but I really need to get back out and shoot some more film. I’ve made some plans to get together with Michelle (one of my classmates) to go out and shoot on Thursday, which should be interesting.
