I believe I understand the general mechanics of how Jerome wants me to use the camera in full manual mode and believe with some practice, I can learn to make properly exposed photos relatively quickly. Practicing this is probably the best and most important place for me to start with this project.
Since most of my experience in photography has been with wildlife and nature subjects, working with people effectively will be a challenge. I do not currently have an eye for "that perfect moment" to click the shutter. Incorporating the five elements of a journalistic photo, action, mood, perspective, emotion and moment are also things that I will need to practice in order to make them more intuitive.
Unrelated to anything that I have discussed in detail with Jerome, flash photography is still something I avoid simply out of fear. It is out of my comfort zone and this is something I will probably need to overcome to finish this project properly. Having attended CDA Tribal events in the past, I have noticed that many of them are in poorly lit buildings or at night, without much light, where it will probably be too dark to shoot without a flash, even with higher ISO settings and fast lenses.
To sum it up, with the exception of flash photography, I understand what I need to do in principal but significantly lack practice and experience. Using a flash will need extra practice and some trial and error experimenting until I get it right, especially in full manual mode.
by Andreas Braunlich
The photos on this Blog were taken as part of a summer independent study class at North Idaho College. The project was to photograph events from May through August, 2010, for the Coeur d'Alene Indian Tribe. Special thanks to Jerome Pollos, my instructor, Marc Stewart, Public Relations Director for the Coeur d'Alene Indian Tribe, and Phil Corlis of NIC for setting up this class and handling all the administrative stuff. I am grateful for the opportunity these three folks and the Coeur d'Alene Indian Tribe made possible for me this summer!
The entries below act as a learning journal and contain my feedback to my instructor, Jerome, on my various assignments and tasks throughout the entire course. His and other comments can be found in the comments section below each post. Everything is unedited and completely intact the way it was on the last day of class, July 28th, 2010, except for the Feast of Assumption section which I was asked to shoot for the Coeur d'Alene Tribe after my class was over. This section was added afterwords to completely represent my summer photography efforts.
PLEASE NOTE: Some photo sets unrelated to the Coeur d'Alene Indian Tribe have been included and were used as instructional tools along the way. These were situations where I went along with Jerome as he shot photos for the Coeur d'Alene Press newspaper.
The first section below is my final portfolio. Everything below that is arranged from newest to oldest, so everything is in reverse order by date.
Please feel free to take a look and leave me some comments. I would love to hear from you!
NO NEW POSTS WILL BE ADDED TO THIS BLOG.
The entries below act as a learning journal and contain my feedback to my instructor, Jerome, on my various assignments and tasks throughout the entire course. His and other comments can be found in the comments section below each post. Everything is unedited and completely intact the way it was on the last day of class, July 28th, 2010, except for the Feast of Assumption section which I was asked to shoot for the Coeur d'Alene Tribe after my class was over. This section was added afterwords to completely represent my summer photography efforts.
PLEASE NOTE: Some photo sets unrelated to the Coeur d'Alene Indian Tribe have been included and were used as instructional tools along the way. These were situations where I went along with Jerome as he shot photos for the Coeur d'Alene Press newspaper.
The first section below is my final portfolio. Everything below that is arranged from newest to oldest, so everything is in reverse order by date.
Please feel free to take a look and leave me some comments. I would love to hear from you!
NO NEW POSTS WILL BE ADDED TO THIS BLOG.
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