Assignment:   Shoot an event

Goals:             Get out and shoot.           

Tools:              Camera   

Turn In:           Web Gallery Link (95 points), Shooting Log (5 points - Take notes with names of people in your pictures).

Timeline:            One event per 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th 6 weeks.

 

Instruction:    

• The emphasis of this assignment is shooting daily activity, some activity that you attend or witness. The “event” can be anything going on around you. It can be a school event but needs to be outside of school hours and must be a specific PUBLIC event. It should be journalistic in nature, i.e.. of people doing things. It could be sports, a wreck, a guest speaker. It can NOT be an inanimate object or nature scene. If your event is yearbook or newspaper worthy, please plan to provide a digital file (scan your 8x10 when shooting film).

• It CAN have special effects applied at capture (or in post processing)...but the picture must still be of an event.

• The shoot of the event can not be exclusively your Special Topic. IOW, you CAN apply your topic to the event, but the event can not be your sole source of images for you Special Topic. That would be double dipping and counterproductive to my goal to make sure you are shooting plenty of pictures.

• Only one type of event can be covered before the topic is dead (for you). IOW, you must shoot different types of events. You must shoot a variety of events. You can not shoot a football game every 6 weeks. At this time, you can repeat sports a couple of times. Like, in the 1st 6 weeks, you cover a football game. Then, you cover a

• The event should be current. You can shoot ahead, but I don't want you to shoot all 5 Current Events in the 1st 6 weeks. Then it wouldn't be current. You can shoot ahead for the upcoming 6 weeks, but I don't want to see events from September for 3rd 6 weeks.

• The images should be fairly close as in you are COVERING the event as a news photographer. Not a far off view of a bunch of things or something going on that you just happened to attend. Imagine that you are on assignment for the Beaumont Enterprise and you are responsible for covering a rally, or concert or event. Think about what the newspaper, like the Beaumont Enterprise or the West Brook Times, would want to run on the front page. Get clearance, get close, and get good coverage. Your job includes turning in a contact sheet to the editor. You don't want the editor to see all of your raw images...show them your best. Cull your work down. Delete the duds, and surely don't show them your irrelevant stuff.

• It is ok if you shoot an event and don't get to use it for an assignment. Shooting Journalism should be fun. You have a reason to shoot (for school) and should get involved. I used to carry a scanner so I could hear what is going on in the city. I am not suggesting this for you, but don't be so perverse in shooting. Carry your camera when you are out and about, and hop out of the car and shoot when you see something interesting going on. And, keep an eye on the community events calendar and go shoot the events. Images from any event can be used for your contests.

• Need a Web Gallery with a minimum of 24 pictures per event. You should take notes, although I am not currently check for these. Notes should include the name of the people, etc. Start shooting now...shoot plenty...shoot daily and/or weekly as needed.

 

 

Note: Here is a definition from Texas Photo Forum. "Photos documenting different events such as protests, press conferences and any other editorial topic." On a personal note, I do not know if people just don't get this...or they are too lazy to do this, but after several years of doing this assignment, even into the 2 and 3rd 6 weeks, we have challenges with people getting the EVENT nature of the Current Event. Bottom line? Shoot like a dad gum press photographer. Shoot to tell a story with your picture. Also, about the cropping. YOU should crop it correctly at the Kiosk. If it is not cropped correctly, you can take the picture back, and have it reprinted for free. If it is worth doing, it is worth doing well.

 

Here is an event I covered all day, from the first moment of arriving on campus to the celebration after the game: The Tale of the Two Tigers 2007

 

Samples:

Remember...CE is OF people doing SOMETHING. It is NOT people posing. It should be something you would see on the front page of the newspaper. This is your JOURNALISM component for the year. Take it serious...get out and shoot. Have some fun. Go to some events you wouldn't ordinarily go to.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beaumont Camera Club Monthly Competition, March '07 Themed Topic was "Journalism". Current students help me pick what photos to enter. Well, my photo titled "Yuk" didn't place. :(   Check out the composite image I made of all three of the images (see below). But I did get 1st in the Digitally Projected Category (the two girls below) and 1st and 2nd in the Print Category.

 

 

1st (Digitally Projected Category)

 

Did not place (Digitally Projected Category)

 

Did not place (Digitally Projected Category)

 

1st place! Thanks Hector!! (Print Category)

 

2nd Place (Print Category)

 

Did not place (Print Category)...probably because they had already judge the previous category where a similar image place 1st.

 

 

[Please RE-READ the details regarding what constitutes a CE. READ: "i.e. PEOPLE doing things". Not dogs. Not stop signs. Not statues. Unless, the dog is jumping up to get a cat on the stop sign! That could be a Current Event. Or better yet, a person THROWING a Frisbee for a dog to catch in mid air. Now THAT would be exciting...and a CE!]

 

NOLA Wedding

 

 

 

 

 

 

The following was done to the mother of a bride while I was photographing their bridal pictures at Tyrell Park. The mom had taken off her 25th anniversary wedding ring as well as 3 other rings and had left behind countless other things in her purse. And some spineless, heartless person ripped it out of their car. We must all do our part by being the best that we can...to serve as role models for others. We must all do our part to be good citizens. To not accept unacceptable behaviors of others, to stay away from drugs and alcohol, and to do whatever you can to be successful in life in society and as a person. And, let this be a warning that during tough times, people resorting to drastic measure is on the increase.

 

 

 

Tennis - A local event. I shot 1,000 pictures...but here area  few.

 

 

U2 was pretty cool last night (October 14 2009):

 

 

Photos by D. Loker (unfortunately, only with a P&S...and 3rd section up)

 

* Some students asked who U2 is (see pictures above), so I showed a special video from the concert last week while working on your focus. U2 has been around since 1976 with their first really big album in 1987. They are not a religious band per se, but have been a positive, spiritual group with many references to God and other religious references. They have been instrumental in recent years in raising money for needy people such as AIDs and world wide poverty, including projects like "One" and (Red).

 

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