Meet Avery. He is a very smart and quick-witted kid. He is quite awesome, as he recently found all the parts to a McDonald’s Inspector Gadget toy. He also built his guitar for his senior project, plays varsity baseball, and the ukulele. Avery is quite the unique individual who has a bright future in front of him, hopefully as an engineer!
My final project. And I mean, my FINAL project. Whoa, I can’t believe that was my last photojournalism class. It took a whole lot to get to this point and I’m very happy with how it turned out.
The idea of my project came from my Grandpa. An inspiring man who strongly believes in never forgetting your roots. He is strongly rooted in his heritage and as a result of him, his children, grandchildren, and even his great-grandchild are proud of their culture.
I worked with three dance groups, Ballet Folklorico, Bhangra, and Native American, and documented how dance has preserved their culture. Here are some shots I took of Bhangra Elite and Ballet Folklorico Espiritu Latino, to go with the video! I’m so thankful these dance groups accepted me into their groups. They are so dedicated to dancing and proud of their culture. It was very inspiring to work with each group.
Last weekend, I went to the Charles B. Aycock H.S. football game to shoot an assignment for my documentary photojournalism class. The resulting video is an interpretation of the game through 11 different words: mystery, flow, freedom, colors of life, unbridled joy, dew, shooting away from the eye, mood distant, drama and layers. I hope you enjoy this quick little video!
Besides doing random videos and photo assignments, I’m starting work on 2 documentary pieces, one based on social interactions and the feeling of loneliness and the other on biofuels for our military. If you are interested in learning more about either of these projects, comment, email, tweet or Facebook me!
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It has been way too long since my last blog post, but that’s about how hectic this semester has been. Since my last post, I’ve progressed to adding audio to my photo stories. This story, with a focus on the N.C. State Fair was my first. It was a rewarding experience and definitely and eye-opener with the added audio. Watch it here.
This next assignment was focused on a news event. Noting in my head that the Tea Party movement will be in history books, and after my first news assignment of covering a Marine homecoming at Cherry Point fell through, I ended up with this project. This was fun and definitely a lesson in ethics when you have politicians pushing you to report that they are running for office. Watch it here.
Either way, these two photo-audio stories taught me a lot about handling photojournalism with audio gathering and led to many long nights of editing in the Journalism school’s basement. Be on the lookout for a post of my final photo project to be posted in a few days!
Here’s a quick recap of how spring semester 2010 has been going: class, the NU bus, Missy McLamb Photographers, The Daily Tar Heel, interviews, coffee, Cadbury Mini Eggs, and a 50 mm f/1.4 manual lens.
Here’s a quick recap of some shots for class:
This was for my “composition” assignment. This displaced garage band moved inside to practice on a January Saturday night.
This was for my “light” assignment. On a sunny Sunday afternoon, a father pushes his daughter into the clouds at Herman Park.
This was for my “moment” assignment. Baby Annabelle squeezes her mom’s finger as she eats grape jelly for the first time at a post-mass Sunday brunch.
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