More photos from the 2011 SOU International Show
I processed another 15 or so photos from last month’s International Show. I’ll present them in two batches. Tomorrow you’ll get the final installment.
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Hula dancers at the SOU Hawaii Club Luau
Yuki, from Waseda University, was in pretty much every dance and did a fine job. I would have never guessed that she hadn’t done any hula dancing before this year.
Maori Kapa Haka
Even though this was a Hawaiian Luau, put on by the SOU Hawaii Club, not all of the dances were from Hawaii. In fact, I think more than half were from elsewhere. The photos in today’s post are from the final performance of the evening. I think it was called the Kapa Haka.
The above picture may look like a poorly taken photo (because it was thanks to the poor lighting conditions at the beginning of the dance), but it actually captures the feeling of the dance quite well.
SOU Luau
Unfortunately, I forgot to bring home the program from the luau put on by Southern Oregon University’s Hawaii Club. Therefore, I can’t correctly label these pictures as to what the dances were called or who the participants were. This photo is from the couples’ dance that was performed by the soon-to-be-graduating seniors.
15th Annual Ho’opa’a Hawaii Club Luau
Saturday night was Luau night at SOU. My view was nearly always obstructed, but I’ll post some shots from the great show over the next few days anyway.
Tae Kwon Do sequence
At this point, I’m thinking, “What is Jun about to do, and why are those boards being held more than 7 feet off the ground?” With no trampoline, or running start, Jun begins his flat-footed jump.
Pretty cool, eh? A vertical leap of 5 feet or so. But that wasn’t the end of the story…
Wow!
Southern Oregon University International Fashion Show 2011
Each year, near the end of the international show, the students do an international fashion show. My-Linh, above, is from Vietnam.
Not all of the students represent their home country though. Ashley, on the right, was representing Thailand even though she is from Oregon.
Erina is Japanese, but she was part of the Mexico group.
The hosts of the fashion show portion were from France and Japan. That’s another student, Yuki, from Waseda University.
Earlier in the evening, many of the Japanese students (and some non-Japanese students) performed a medley of Japanese Anime songs including Miyazaki classics like Princess Mononoke (もののけ姫) and My Neighbor Totoro (となりのトトロ).
More photos and video from the SOU International Show
The Southern Oregon University International Show turned into an event where I came to understand my new camera’s limitations.
The autofocus (AF) on the Nikon D7000 in video mode has two major problems for which there is no fix. First, it isn’t smooth or quick as you’ll see in the video below. The second problem is the audible noise it makes. The video quality can be outstanding at times, but unless your target is not moving you will have problems with the autofocus. Actually, I took the camera out for more video tests today and found that even with a non-moving target the camera would sometimes try to refocus causing temporary blurs and the noise once again. Basically you can only use the autofocus if you are going to edit out all of the portions of your video when the camera is focusing. For future video on the D7000 I will have to only use manual focus, which means the quality probably won’t be outstanding. I’m very disappointed in this aspect of the camera.
The following video is of the Indian stick dance (Dandiya Raas). Many of the participants were not from India, but they looked great anyway.
Before they finished I was so frustrated with the autofocus problems in video mode that I just started taking still photos instead.
Taekwondo from Korea at the International Show
Sachta Bakshi and DaeWook Kim were the hosts of SOU’s International Show 2011.
One of my accounting students from Korea, Jun Byung Joon, put on an amazing display of Taekwondo.
“Sakura” by Naotarou Moriyama performed at International Show
Sohana and Sachta Bakshi
Many of the SOU International Show participants at the end of the performance
Takumi the samurai