Purpose to Photography: Africa and Mural Project Preview

Overview: When a photojournalist begins a project, their is an underlying purpose to his or her work. In most cases, the photojournalist seeks to tell a story with their photos. Review the following two projects and reflect on their work.

Directions:

FIRST: Africa

Go to the Photojournalism Drive and find the Photojournalism Folder drive. Open the PowerPoint file called Africa: Black_and_White

View the PowerPoint

1. On your blog post your reactions to the PowerPoint presentation.

2. What was your favorite photo (find a way to get a copy of the photo and post it on your blog, you will probably have to look it up on google since you can't get it off the power point)? 

3. Describe it and tell me why its your favorite.

4. What rules of photography are evident in the photos you selected, be sure to explain the rule to me?

4. Look up the photographer on Wikipedia –

a.     What kind of camera did he use?

b.     What is his reason for taking the photos?

c.     What is his hope by taking these types of photos?

d.     Find something he has to say about Africa and post the quote on your blog

NEXT: Mural Project Preview

Go to the following website - read the story and look at the photos:

http://caseycatelli.blogspot.com/2011/10/instagram-inspired-wheatpaste.html

If you have an iPhone — you should download that application. If you have an app-ready phone see if you can get Instagram.

On your blog please answer the following questions:

1. What theme could you use here at school to make your own mural that tells a unique Akins story? Be specific. Explain what subjects you will include in your mural.

2. Why is this theme worth devoting time time and effort to capture? Why would other students care about this theme?

3. What are the advantages and disadvantages to using a phone camera to do this project?

4. What are the advantages and disadvantages to using an SLR camera to do this project?

5. Should we use phones or SLR cameras for this project? Why?


Your Mural Project Preview:
Our next Major Project will be to shoot the class-decided theme and to create a mural like this - each class will have its own and we will print them here in this room. We will use butcher paper to mount the photos on. If you want to see examples walk upstairs in the red hallway, there are still some from last year hanging in that hallway. We will take all the photos and I will help print them here in class. We will do this again, especially once we learn more about Photoshop, so your art will be up around the school all year, with your name under the photo, so take it seriously!!!