So far this semester I have learned a couple of new things but it has mostly been perfecting what I already know how to use. Patrick’s graduation date is getting closer and closer so he has been working with me more and more to learn what I need to know for Interlachen next year. Although I really wanted to learn how to use the Interlachen’s video camera for the video yearbook, I have to learn all I can now from Patrick before he leaves. I have learned how to process photographs and how to change them so that they are able to be used in the right format through Photoshop and Lightroom. I learned also how to brighten the pictures because the ink makes the pictures darker when printed.
With the pictures I have been taking I had a kind of epiphany. I have realized that there are good pictures but the pictures do not mean anything if they do not tell the story in that one shot. I have to capture that moment that says what is going on with the people in it and around them. I really practiced that with Patrick when he took me to the Jekyll and Hyde photo shoot and with each picture I tried to capture the emotion. With that in mind, I have never shot better than that night; that and I had Patrick’s camera. Going through the pictures that I have edited I realized those pictures that reflect the emotions being felt at that moment are the pictures that are going to make the yearbook.
The new talents I am learning are with the Southern News Network with Anna. The first time I went in it was awesome to watch how the upperclassmen worked so well. Colleen emailed us examples of how to write the stories and Anna is so impressed at how our stories are getting better. I know how to run the teleprompter but I still cannot figure out how fast to go. She is really trying to get us experience and that makes me more dedicated to the show. I am passionate about this show and since Wellness TV is not getting me the experience I need I am going to put all that energy into this show.
This semester is only half way done so I am going to learn the video work. I have to to survive in this industry because it is mostly video, not photojournalism. I am going to learn it all probably from Anna and her show but I am going to talk to Austen so that I can still contribute to the Interlachen. That’s where my heart is in this department and I want to be about making history. This is something I am so passionate about and if all else fails I will teach myself. I have watched Cynthia and others edit so I have an idea. But it will happen by the end of this semester.
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