Photo-journalism challenge
You have read and seen the impact of the photos and stories from Humans of New York.
www.humansofnewyork.com
You have seen how one photo of an interesting person the photographer saw on the street has turned into a life changing mission.
Now its your turn to follow the story and create something amazing!!
Your task:
Before you go out with your camera write down on a note pad a few good questions that will get people talking. Use examples of questions from http://www.humansofnewyork.com/ to get you started.
Spend at least 40min looking at the composition of the photos and also read the captions.
Spend some time walking around your community with your camera. It could be your school community but it is far better if you go outside the school building for this challenge. Observe people around you. What makes them visually interesting? Is it their smile? The way they walk? The way they dress? Or maybe its just their surroundings. The key to making this successful is finding what makes them unique. Trust your visual instincts. Something about them made you notice them. As unobtrusively as you can, compose a few candid images of them before you talk to them. This is called street photography when you compose images very quickly of people and their surroundings, but it is completely unposed and candid.
Greet them and make some small talk. Tells them you are doing a project about people in your community and their story. People are really not that scary : ) The more happy and relaxed you are the more other people will be.
Ask if you can take their portrait and ask them a few questions.
Photograph them in the most creative way you can using their surroundings. Remember composition tips we talk about in class and LOOK LOOK LOOK before you click the shutter. You can ask them to stand or sit in a certain direction if there is a really good background. But for the most part just let them pose themselves. Offer to show them their portrait on your camera screen.
Use your smart phone to record your conversation. Ask them some of your pre-written questions but make it a natural conversation (if the question obviously does not apply to them, think of a different question) You have to ask a few 'get to know you' or 'ice breaker' questions first. But here are some examples taken right from hony:
"What’s your greatest struggle right now?" “What would you say has been your biggest accomplishment?”
"What’s your biggest goal in life?"
"Who’s influenced you the most in your life?"
“My principal, Ms. Lopez.”
“How has she influenced you?”
“When we get in trouble, she doesn’t suspend us. She calls us to her office and explains to us how society was built down around us. And she tells us that each time somebody fails out of school, a new jail cell gets built. And one time she made every student stand up, one at a time, and she told each one of us that we matter.”
FOLLOW THE STORY....
Your next task is to find the "Ms. Lopez" of your person's story and photograph and interview them. NO I am not joking. Ask the first person you photograph and chat with "Who's influenced you the most in your life?" Ask if you can have "Ms. Lopez" contact information. Then FOLLOW THE STORY --->
Save all images as jpegs on your USB. Save all interview recordings. You will be typing them out.
Our class will create a blog, Tumblr page, Facebook Page, and Twitter account that will act as publicity for the project. People will be able to comment on your photography. Our class will also most likely plan and host some kind of gallery showing of all the photography and stories.
Your final product will be a blog post and/or printed magazine style article similar to hony. Your project must include: - at least one artistic, well composed, in focus, well light street portrait
- subjects first name, rough location and date of photograph
-questions and answers to interview
- one artistically and visually awesome portrait of the "Ms. Lopez" of your story
- subjects first name, rough location and date of photograph
- questions and answers to interview
You have read and seen the impact of the photos and stories from Humans of New York.
www.humansofnewyork.com
You have seen how one photo of an interesting person the photographer saw on the street has turned into a life changing mission.
Now its your turn to follow the story and create something amazing!!
Your task:
Before you go out with your camera write down on a note pad a few good questions that will get people talking. Use examples of questions from http://www.humansofnewyork.com/ to get you started.
Spend at least 40min looking at the composition of the photos and also read the captions.
Spend some time walking around your community with your camera. It could be your school community but it is far better if you go outside the school building for this challenge. Observe people around you. What makes them visually interesting? Is it their smile? The way they walk? The way they dress? Or maybe its just their surroundings. The key to making this successful is finding what makes them unique. Trust your visual instincts. Something about them made you notice them. As unobtrusively as you can, compose a few candid images of them before you talk to them. This is called street photography when you compose images very quickly of people and their surroundings, but it is completely unposed and candid.
Greet them and make some small talk. Tells them you are doing a project about people in your community and their story. People are really not that scary : ) The more happy and relaxed you are the more other people will be.
Ask if you can take their portrait and ask them a few questions.
Photograph them in the most creative way you can using their surroundings. Remember composition tips we talk about in class and LOOK LOOK LOOK before you click the shutter. You can ask them to stand or sit in a certain direction if there is a really good background. But for the most part just let them pose themselves. Offer to show them their portrait on your camera screen.
Use your smart phone to record your conversation. Ask them some of your pre-written questions but make it a natural conversation (if the question obviously does not apply to them, think of a different question) You have to ask a few 'get to know you' or 'ice breaker' questions first. But here are some examples taken right from hony:
"What’s your greatest struggle right now?" “What would you say has been your biggest accomplishment?”
"What’s your biggest goal in life?"
"Who’s influenced you the most in your life?"
“My principal, Ms. Lopez.”
“How has she influenced you?”
“When we get in trouble, she doesn’t suspend us. She calls us to her office and explains to us how society was built down around us. And she tells us that each time somebody fails out of school, a new jail cell gets built. And one time she made every student stand up, one at a time, and she told each one of us that we matter.”
FOLLOW THE STORY....
Your next task is to find the "Ms. Lopez" of your person's story and photograph and interview them. NO I am not joking. Ask the first person you photograph and chat with "Who's influenced you the most in your life?" Ask if you can have "Ms. Lopez" contact information. Then FOLLOW THE STORY --->
Save all images as jpegs on your USB. Save all interview recordings. You will be typing them out.
Our class will create a blog, Tumblr page, Facebook Page, and Twitter account that will act as publicity for the project. People will be able to comment on your photography. Our class will also most likely plan and host some kind of gallery showing of all the photography and stories.
Your final product will be a blog post and/or printed magazine style article similar to hony. Your project must include: - at least one artistic, well composed, in focus, well light street portrait
- subjects first name, rough location and date of photograph
-questions and answers to interview
- one artistically and visually awesome portrait of the "Ms. Lopez" of your story
- subjects first name, rough location and date of photograph
- questions and answers to interview