Photo/Interview Assignment

Have your students exercise their interview, writing, and photo skills by selecting a family member to profile.  Require 20 interview questions which will produce a  good overview of the person's life.  Perform the interview.  Then, bring in the photography element by having the student take photos of that individual in their "element".  Encourage them to get story-telling photos that create a personality profile without words.  Require 5-7 images of the individual. 

The students can then review their writing skills by producing a personality profile feature on the individual selected.  Then, provide visuals with the photos taken.  For staffs who are advanced..have the student create a 2 minute Sound Slide presentation complete with narration.

November 19

FYI--I'll be off the blog until November 19 due to a death in the family.

Photography Unit

My classes are beginning their photo unit this week.  Two websites that are always beneficial for quick tips and to show students amazing photos are kodak.com and nationalgeographic.com. 

National Geographic has a photo contest as well.  Google photo contests and a multitude of options come up.  I encourage beginning photography students to enter locally, for example, the Game and Fish Commission has a contest for teens; then expand their contest entries as they learn submission requirements, etc...

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