Senior Project Reflection

What are you most proud in your 2-hour and/or your senior project? Why?
There are so many different aspects of senior project that I am proud of because I have put so much work into everything I do. I am very proud of my product, which is my portfolio, I have put so much time and effort into it. It shows off all of my skills that I have learned this year. In my 2-hour I am most proud of my second answer, I presented on everything that I needed to say. I felt like that student understood what I was teaching and seemed to enjoy the presentation. I am also very proud of my PowerPoint which took a long time to finish, and took lots of hard work. I was very picky with the photos I chose because I wanted pictures that had made an impact on me to be on there. I think my PowerPoint was aesthetically pleasing and I really love every aspect of it.

What assessment would you give yourself on your 2-hour Presentation? Why?
I would give myself an AE, the reason being that I put so much work into the presentation itself. I made sure everything was right and that I had everything ready. I think my 2-hour shows everything that I have learned this year and you could see the passion I have for my topic. I had enough to talk about and I made it clear so that everyone could understand what I was talking about. I engaged the audience and made sure that everyone was involved. I was confident through out my presentation and met all the requirements needed. I also am not just doing this for the grade it goes beyond that, I was happy to share with my peers all I knew about photojournalism. I also had students coming up to after the presentation with questions and telling me they really liked my presentation, one of my main goals was to have them enjoy the presentation.

What assessment would you give yourself on your overall senior project? Why?
AE, simply because for my senior project I give 110% to every assignment we have. Like I mention before in my 2-hour assessment, it is more than just a grade for me, I look at photojournalism as a future career, even a lifestyle. I'm glad that I was able to dive into photojournalism, without senior project I probably still wouldn't know what I wanted to do with my life. When I present or research photojournalism it because I want to know more or I want people to know about it and could maybe love it as much as I do. I think in my 2-hour, Exit, and product show how much I have done this year, that I actually care about my senior topic. I feel like for many of the assignments I gave my best effort to meet the requirements and try to go above and beyond.

What worked for you in your senior project?
I would say gaining a real knowledge of the photojournalism field before I go into it. I now sort of know what I am getting myself into.I was able to interview people who are in the photojournalism industry which is amazing, no amount of articles could have taught me what they have. My service learning which was my ROP class was amazing and it made me a way better photographer. I now have a foundation to start my life on which is something I will always cherish.

What didn't work for in your senior project?
Researching was something that I felt wasn't going good for me because all my friends doing medical related senior projects had medical journals for research. I felt my research was inadequate compared to theirs, but I realized how much I was learning from research. I figured out that my research worked for me and it was solid. Science fair was also very hard for me, it was hard to settle on a an experiment. Then I felt that it sub par compared to my some of peers experiments.

Finding Value.
I have found so much value in my senior topic, I know have a future career. I have something that makes me happy, something that will give me the satisfaction I will need from a career. I have learned something from every assignment that I have done, it has all taught me something that I wouldn't normally found out. Even if science fair wasn't my favorite project I still learned so much about lenses which is knowledge that I am grateful for. My interviews were a great source that also helped me gain connections and knowledge. . I am glad that I tried so hard in every assignment because I would learn so much in the end.

2-Hour Presentation

2-Hour Presentation :)

Answer 3

EQ: What is most important to being an accomplished photojournalist?

Answer: Having your subject's trust.

By Ikuru Kuwajima (Ukraine) Mediafax Foto

• The photo will more honest if the subject trust you. It will be closest to a photojournalist photo. Which is very important to photojournalist.

• The subject will be more comfortable with you, it will make the environment easier to work in.They could use you as a future reference, and send you to others. 

• There are little techniques you can use to help gain your subjects trust.

• I used the photo above because if both of those subjects didn't trust the photojournalist, there isn't any way this shots would have came to be. 

Knight, Cameron. "Understanding and Appreciating the Basics of Photojournalism." Photography and Post-processing Tutorials from Beginner to Advanced | Phototuts. Photodune, 9 Nov. 2011. Web. 10 Jan. 2012. <http://photo.tutsplus.com/tutorials/understanding-and-appreciating-the-basics-of-photojournalism/>. 

Golden, Reuel. "Interview: Kevin Mazur, Celebrity and Music Photographer, On Trust, Business, and Camera Phones." - The Photoletariat. 22 Sept. 2010. Web. 9 Apr. 2012. <http://thephotoletariat.com/interview-kevin-mazur-celebrity-and-music-photographer-on-trust-business-and-camera-phones/>.

Hancock, Mark M. "PhotoJournalism." : Gain Trust for Portraits. Wordpress, 19 Nov. 2004. Web. 13 Apr. 2012. <http://markhancock.blogspot.com/2004/11/gain-trust-for-portraits.html>.

Room Creativity

1) How do you plan on addressing the room creativity expectation?
 My idea for the room is to get pictures from magazines like National Geographic and newspaper, then I would put the pictures all over the room. Since I know this would be really difficult to do, I was thinking of just making a strip of photos and have the strip go around the walls. My other idea and the one I think I will most likely do is get photos from famous photographers and my own pictures, then frame them and put them around the room. I want it to have a gallery feel to the room.

2) What activities ideas do you have for answer 1 or 2?
What I was thinking for my answer 2 activity, my second answer is having strong emotion in your photo, that I would borrow the cameras from ROP and have the students take photos with emotion. I would put them into groups and give each group an emotion, have them to try and capture the emotion the best they could. The last part of the activity would to upload the pictures, so everyone could see them, then ask people to guess the emotion in the shot.

Answer 2

1. EQ: What is most important to being an accomplished photojournalist?
2. Answer 2: Having strong emotion in your photo.

Examples:

• Emotion s something that everyone can connect with, which makes people understand the story and relate to it.
• Having a certain emotion from one person separates your photo from every other photographer, because nothing like it has been done. It makes your photo and your story unique.
• Since emotion is something everyone can relate to, you can have photos of people that people would normally not relate to but if the photo has an emotion you can relate to them. The photo above would be this example. Normally you wouldn't find yourself relating to one of the most popular bands of all time, but you can relate to being happy just hanging out with your best friends.
• The in between moments are the moments that you catch the most emotion and that matter.

Sources:

Knight, Cameron. "Understanding and Appreciating the Basics of Photojournalism." Photography and Post-processing Tutorials from Beginner to Advanced | Phototuts. Photodune, 9 Nov. 2011. Web. 10 Jan. 2012. <http://photo.tutsplus.com/tutorials/understanding-and-appreciating-the-basics-of-photojournalism/>.

Jitesh, A. "Tips on How to Photograph Emotions." Bright Hub. Ed. Rhonda Callow. Bright Hub Inc., 24 May 2011. Web. 08 Mar. 2012. <http://www.brighthub.com/multimedia/photography/articles/39570.aspx>.

Schulz, Constance B. "Documentary Photography: Information from Answers.com." Answers.com: Wiki Q&A Combined with Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus, and Encyclopedias. Oxford University Press, 2000. Web. 09 Sept. 2011. <http://www.answers.com/topic/documentary-photography-1

Presentation 2 Rough Draft

Google docs link:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DFrd-Wl_BJhoMOL-20t2Ll5RCbWDLaj_CQpT_xUo92Q/edit

Answer 1

1. Telling a story in your photo (that follows the rules of journalism) will make your audience connect with your photo and the photo will have more of an effect.

2.

• A visual story is one, that anyone can understand, it is a form with a mass communication. If the photo has a clear story anyone from any country can get what is going on in the photo. If you get a war photo of a soldier holding another soldier who is dying, to a person from the U.S. and a person from Brazil they will both understand what it happening, no captions needed. 
• A photo with a story will resonate with you more than an article or someone talking about a story, because you connect with the photo and can see it. If you hear about or read about a huge peace rally you think you know what it looked like or how it could have been. But once you see a photo you can actually see what happened and it makes more of an effect.

3.

• Bendavid-Val, Leah. National Geographic, the Photographs. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1994. Print. - Has the best photos taken at National Geographic, and the photographers who took them.
• Time-Life Books. Photojournalism. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life, 1971. Print. Pg. 12-20
• Knight, Cameron. "Understanding and Appreciating the Basics of Photojournalism." Photography and Post-processing Tutorials from Beginner to Advanced | Phototuts. Photodune, 9 Nov. 2011. Web. 10 Jan. 2012. <http://photo.tutsplus.com/tutorials/understanding-and-appreciating-the-basics-of-photojournalism/>.

Blog 4: Presentation Reflection

Q: In what way did the first interview affect your presentation? Please explain, be specific and use an example.

A: My interview had a big affect on my presentation because he told me about my topic for my presentation. We were talking during the interview and he told me about the civil war artists. I was interested and he told me more about what they would do. An example of why they couldn't use photography at the time or different types of styles the artist used. I'm glad I interviewed Jack Bohika because without him I wouldn't have found my presentation topic.

Q:What do you say stood out about your presentation performance and why?

A: One thing that stood out, I didn't expect, I didn't think people would be interested in artists sketches. People were asking me questions after I presented about the artist, which I thought was really cool. As I was talking a lot of people seemed interested in what I had to say about what the artist had to go through.

Q: What was the most challenging to do and why?

A: The most challenging part for me would have to be time management. Even though I practiced the night before and timed myself, I still kept going over the time. I was scared that for class I would go over the time or not have enough to talk about. During the presentation, I looked at the time and I kept freaking out which made me even more nervous. Then I ended up finishing on time.

Blog 3: Senior Project Presentation 1

5-Minute presentation.

• Objective: I will be talking about Alfred Waud and William Waud, they were brothers and both famous of there civil war sketches.

Procedure:

1. Ask people how do we know what the civil war looked like?
2. Tell them what Alfred and William did and why they did it.
3. Go over where Alfred and Williams lives.
4. They different styles they had.
5. Show pictures of the sketches from the civil war, I will print some and pass them around.
6. Conclusion

Check for understanding:

After I will ask questions about things I said during the presentation( Like where were Alfred and William born, why they to sketch the drawings?, ect.) I will also ask them if they name the different styles and identify them.

Resources/ Materials:
Civil War drawings and pictures of the Wauds.