May, 26, 2021

I decided, since I'm the organizer of the local photography meetup, to schedule a group shoot at UCLA. I said to meet by the Bruin and look for folk with cameras. What I did not realize is that there were lots of folk with cameras all around campus taking pictures of future graduates, which surprised me a bit since there's a few weeks left in the quarter. About half the folk that RSVP'ed showed up which is normal if a bit rude. So I gave the folk a good tour of the campus, from the Mathis Botanical Garden(it wasn't open) in the south, to the Murphy Sculture Garden in the north. I had a couple of selfish aims in scheduling this shoot, I wanted to get some shots of the campus with the IRChrome filter on the NX300 and I wanted to get some evening shots of Royce Hall(the building with the two towers) to do some sky replacement with some star trails.