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/>.

Pic of the Week

By: Charles Q. Choi 

New ultrasharp pictures show the exact instant a black hole launched gigantic, high speed "bullets" of gas. 

Service Learning

Where are you working for your service learning?
 For service learning I am going to the digital photography ROP.

Who is your contact?
 My contact would be my ROP teacher Jack Bohlka.

Summarize the services you have preformed to complete the 10 hour requirement.
 I've had more than 10 hours for ROP, so I have done so much so far. I have learned how to use the camera, what the different modes and such are. I have learned many different light techniques, and about the composition of a photo. I have also learned how to do many things on photoshop.

How many hours have you worked?
Around 96 hours

ESLR Blog

Effective Learner and Communicator: I would say effective learner because I am taking care of my own learning because I am in ROP. I go everyday and make sure I know how to learn the tasks put in front of me. I also am regularly researching for my senior project and reading books from the library. In ROP I make sure everything has my signature of creativity. I listen to what my ROP teacher says and apply it. I have also went out and found contacts in the photography business. I take the camera on weekends and learn how to use it in different light.

Third Interview Questions

1. What do you think is most important to becoming a successful photojournalist?
2. What is most important in a photo?
3. What is your favorite part about being a photojournalist?
4. What makes a good portfolio?
5. How do you gain your subjects trust?
6. What is hardest about being a photojournalist?
7. What do you think is more important the content of the photo or the equipment? 
8. How well do you know you equipment?
9. Do you have a favorite camera that you use?
10. Do you have any recommendations for me?

Pic of the week returns :D

By: Megan Gonzalez

This is my first personal photo for the blog, taken over winter break. The photo was taken at Euro Cafe in Claremont. 

Self Reflection

1. I feel that I deserve a P+ on my senior project, I have done everything that we were required to do. I am very involved with my ROP and currently have an AE in the class. I have a Picture of the Week on my blog, where I put a picture and information about the picture under it. I was one of the first to be approved on my science project, and I have also start to prep to begin the project. I am also helping clubs at school by taking pictures for them. I also have a real understanding of my topic and enjoy learning about it from my research.

2. I would have to say ROP, I have learned so much and I really enjoy it. I have already learned a lot of photography skill that help take a better picture. I think my photography skills are way better than they were before I started ROP. I have also learned a lot of things on Photoshop, which is really cool, since I didn't know anything about Photoshop. I am actually pretty good at Photoshop now. We recently had to do a 10 minute presentation and write a 5 page essay on two photographers with a group 5. I only had to write a page but I ended up writing a page in a half because I really enjoyed writing about the photographers. I also made the power point in my group and was very proud of the results.

3. I want to improve on my research checks, I usually take longer reading my research and margin note a lot of things but I never finish at the end of class. So I was thinking I should margin note two articles the day before and leave one for the next day. I would also like to improve the quality of my articles, they are not that long and don't have that much depth in them.