The idea for my project came from the story “A Young Father’s Balancing Act” because I liked the idea of talking through everyday struggles. My favorite part of that story those is how at the end of the day the father is still proud and happy to be a father even though it is challenging. My roommate inspired my story because we always sit together and discuss what we have going on that week. We both had a never ending list of things we had to do. This gave me the idea to write about the struggles of a college student. So often, especially at family events, my older relatives or relatives that have never attended college ask me questions about college that make me realize that they have such a warped view of what I actually do with my time at college. They ask questions like “how many classes are you taking?”, “Do you like your professors?”, or even make statements like, “What do you mean you didn’t go to a party this weekend!” Questions like those make my blood boil and made me want to let people know how much stuff most college kids have to juggle on a weekly basis.
The formatting for my project was inspired by Ogier-Bloomer “Books From My Mother”. I really liked the symmetry of having the photo and the captions next to other, it allows for an easy read. I also have it so my slides do not necessarily correspond with the next slide but the overall moral of the story gets built up from the captions.
This project really allowed me to get an understanding of my roommates routine. I saw how much she really has to do throughout the day. I also was able to understand more about her jobs and classes. I had to really learn about her trials and tribulations to be able to tell it to my audience through this story. Because she has so much going on, it was hard for me to condense her life into a few slides with relatively short captions. I had to pick and choose what back story I wanted to cut out so that I could keep the reader's attention but still give them enough detail to understand the point of the story. Another challenge that I had to face was finding time that we both had available to take the photos of her. We were able to work around that by staging some of the photos, but most of the photos used in this project were candids.
I have taken a photography class that taught me how the mechanical aspect of taking photos work. It allowed me to know what type of lighting to use and what format works best with the project I am using. These skills helped me for this especially when I learned that for a photo essay all of the photos must be the same shape. My photos for this project are in portrait mode. This was a challenge because some of the scenes would have been better captured in landscape mode, but the majority worked best in portrait mode.
This type of storytelling allows the words to supplement the photos, contrary to typically stories where the photo supplements the words. These photos do not leave much up to the imagination, but rather allow the reader to physically see the subject of the story and to watch them progress throughout the story. The platform that I used to create my photo essay project was Google Slides. Google Slides allows the reader to click through the story at their leisure and take as much time as they need to on each slide. I like having the words directly next to the photos because it allows the reader to have the image in their peripheral vision while reading the texts. This allows them to easily visualize what is happening before, during, and after the photo was taken. Using Google Slides also allows the reader to go between slides freely, it does not have to be a linear storyline, although it can be. For my story it works out that the reader does not have to go from start to finish in the story and not be able to jump around. It makes the most sense for the reader to go from the first slide to the last slide, but they also have the freedom to go back to previous slides if it helps them remember what had already happened in the previous slides.
This project taught me about formatting, as well as, how important camera angles can be. I did have previous knowledge of the technical side of taking photographs, this project allowed me to expand my creative side of photography. I was able to find the perfect angle, and take a surplus of photos until I got the perfect one. For most of the project, I took many types of photos for one slide, and the ones I liked the most were not the angle I expected to work best for that slide. Sydney is a photogenic person, so having a subject like her made the project just a little bit easier. I also learned how to format Google Slides into an un-editable file. I originally converted it into a PDF file but then I decided that it is more user friendly to just convert it to a un-editable file rather than using the PDF version. That will help me far beyond this class. Converting the Google Slides makes the project so that it is un-editable to the reader. When it is kept in the original Google Slides format the reader can make changes or see the editing tools that I have used. Once it is converted into an un-editable file those edits go behind the scenes. Something that I liked about converting it into an un-editable is that it still allows the readers to go freely between slides, they can click at their own speed and also go back to previous slides. Overall, I really enjoyed creating this project and I hope to possibly use it in my professional portfolio.
I have taken a photography class that taught me how the mechanical aspect of taking photos work. It allowed me to know what type of lighting to use and what format works best with the project I am using. These skills helped me for this especially when I learned that for a photo essay all of the photos must be the same shape. My photos for this project are in portrait mode. This was a challenge because some of the scenes would have been better captured in landscape mode, but the majority worked best in portrait mode.
This type of storytelling allows the words to supplement the photos, contrary to typically stories where the photo supplements the words. These photos do not leave much up to the imagination, but rather allow the reader to physically see the subject of the story and to watch them progress throughout the story. The platform that I used to create my photo essay project was Google Slides. Google Slides allows the reader to click through the story at their leisure and take as much time as they need to on each slide. I like having the words directly next to the photos because it allows the reader to have the image in their peripheral vision while reading the texts. This allows them to easily visualize what is happening before, during, and after the photo was taken. Using Google Slides also allows the reader to go between slides freely, it does not have to be a linear storyline, although it can be. For my story it works out that the reader does not have to go from start to finish in the story and not be able to jump around. It makes the most sense for the reader to go from the first slide to the last slide, but they also have the freedom to go back to previous slides if it helps them remember what had already happened in the previous slides.
This project taught me about formatting, as well as, how important camera angles can be. I did have previous knowledge of the technical side of taking photographs, this project allowed me to expand my creative side of photography. I was able to find the perfect angle, and take a surplus of photos until I got the perfect one. For most of the project, I took many types of photos for one slide, and the ones I liked the most were not the angle I expected to work best for that slide. Sydney is a photogenic person, so having a subject like her made the project just a little bit easier. I also learned how to format Google Slides into an un-editable file. I originally converted it into a PDF file but then I decided that it is more user friendly to just convert it to a un-editable file rather than using the PDF version. That will help me far beyond this class. Converting the Google Slides makes the project so that it is un-editable to the reader. When it is kept in the original Google Slides format the reader can make changes or see the editing tools that I have used. Once it is converted into an un-editable file those edits go behind the scenes. Something that I liked about converting it into an un-editable is that it still allows the readers to go freely between slides, they can click at their own speed and also go back to previous slides. Overall, I really enjoyed creating this project and I hope to possibly use it in my professional portfolio.
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