Photo Slideshow Assignment

IDEA 1: “Changing New York”
Your assignment is to shoot photos for a photo gallery about change happening in a New York City neighborhood. Perhaps there is new community of immigrants, or gentrification or a large development site that will change the nature of the area. It could be the neighborhood you live in or work in. If you live outside the five boroughs, you can choose a topic in your town or a nearby town.

 

Use smartphones or other digital cameras at your disposal to take photos. Let me know if you don’t have access to a camera.

You should envision this as a stand-alone feature for a local news website. The photo gallery should provide a clear picture of what is happening in this neighborhood.

 

1. Research the neighborhood and the change you are reporting on. What is the history of the area? Are people worried that the change will somehow impact the neighborhood in a negative way? What are the issues related to the change that people who live and work there are talking about?
2. Make a list of the photos you think you need to complete your slideshow. Think about what images you need to bring your feature to life. Make sure you have visual examples of all the main points you identified during your research. Make sure you show people in your photos.
3. Interview at least one, preferably two, people in the neighborhood about their opinions about the change. Take a portrait of that person to include in your slideshow. YOU MUST INCLUDE PHOTO OF INTERVIEW SUBJECT WITH CAPTION INCLUDING A QUOTE FROM THE INTERVIEWEE IN YOUR COMPLETED PROJECT. NEED FULL NAME, AGE, OCCUPATiON.
4. Go out and take your photographs. You should aim to have 8-10 good photos in your slideshow. That means you will have to take more so you can pick and choose the best ones.
5. Write up notes that you can work into your captions. Make sure that you have the right visuals to tell the story that you have captured in your notes.
6. BRING PHOTO FILES AND NOTES TO CLASS ON TUESDAY, SEPT. 13. We will use class time to produce the slideshows. If you have taken the photos with your smartphone, be sure to email yourself the photos BEFORE coming to class. Send them in LARGE OR FULL IMAGE size.

IDEA 2: Find a public event happening in the city and go out and cover it.

 Do some Internet research about events happening around the city or in your area and go to one as a reporter, documenting the event with photos and interviews. There should be something interesting about it, and it should also have some kind of an angle that you can pursue. Make sure the event offers interesting visuals.

1. Before going, do some research about the organization hosting the event. What are some of the issues that might be important to the group? Is the event part of a larger cultural trend? What are some of the questions you might ask of people there.
2. Interview at least one, preferably two, people at the event. You’ll likely want to talk to one organizers and one participant to do a decent job. Take a portrait of that person to include in your slideshow. YOU MUST INCLUDE PHOTO OF INTERVIEW SUBJECT WITH CAPTION INCLUDING A QUOTE FROM THE INTERVIEWEE IN YOUR COMPLETED PROJECT. NEED FULL NAME, AGE, OCCUPATiON.
3. Go out and take your photographs. You should aim to have 8-10 good photos in your slideshow. That means you will have to take more so you can pick and choose the best ones.
4. Write up notes that you can work into your captions. Make sure that you have the right visuals to tell the story that you have captured in your notes.
5. BRING PHOTO FILES AND NOTES TO CLASS ON TUESDAY, SEPT. 13. We will use class time to produce the slideshows. If you have taken the photos with your smartphone, be sure to email yourself the photos BEFORE coming to class. Send them in LARGE