I'm loving the best single shot idea, but I thought it might be fun to have a long term project going as well. The reason I got my SLR was for my Visual Communications class in grad school. This was our assignment, taken straight off the syllabus that I was dorky enough to save:
"Come up with a story that can told in pictures. It should be a story that you can explore in some depth and should be of widespread interest. It may not be an event, a single person, a simple collection of pictures, a day-in-the-life, or a how-to type of theme. It should have a narrative story line. You will need a beginning, a middle and an end. Think of this as writing a story but using photos instead of words ... In the end, you should have between six and 10 edited photos."
Mine was on equine therapy. I shot three different programs over the course of two months. A big goal was to have variety - in setting, subject, and style - to give a true sense of our story. We also did a breif introduction and captions to help with the narrative.
Would anyone be interested in doing this as a TBH summer project? It's a great way to grow as a photographer and also a cool opportunity to expand the TBH storytelling tradition. We could do periodic check ins, ask for advice, share some of the results along the way, and really make it a learning experience.
Also, ours don't need to have such a serious journalistic slant, but I do think branching out beyond basic play-by-play hunting recaps would be a good exercise. Our very own Russell Graves has some great examples of a how to do that even when telling the tale of a single hunt: http://www.russellgraves.com/essays.html.
So, sound like a good idea?
"Come up with a story that can told in pictures. It should be a story that you can explore in some depth and should be of widespread interest. It may not be an event, a single person, a simple collection of pictures, a day-in-the-life, or a how-to type of theme. It should have a narrative story line. You will need a beginning, a middle and an end. Think of this as writing a story but using photos instead of words ... In the end, you should have between six and 10 edited photos."
Mine was on equine therapy. I shot three different programs over the course of two months. A big goal was to have variety - in setting, subject, and style - to give a true sense of our story. We also did a breif introduction and captions to help with the narrative.
Would anyone be interested in doing this as a TBH summer project? It's a great way to grow as a photographer and also a cool opportunity to expand the TBH storytelling tradition. We could do periodic check ins, ask for advice, share some of the results along the way, and really make it a learning experience.
Also, ours don't need to have such a serious journalistic slant, but I do think branching out beyond basic play-by-play hunting recaps would be a good exercise. Our very own Russell Graves has some great examples of a how to do that even when telling the tale of a single hunt: http://www.russellgraves.com/essays.html.
So, sound like a good idea?
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