For my photo assignment my first idea was to find a nearby festival or something going on in the city, but I wasn’t able to find something that would be done before the deadline as it takes place later during the month. I remembered that I have a class assignment for my Ecology class that requires me to visit the Bronx Zoo and take pictures of certain places and exhibits, so I thought that I could use that as a connection for this assignment as well. While I’m there I’ll ask people certain questions about the zoo. For example, what may be their favorite exhibit, what animal did they mainly come to the zoo for, as well as if this has been their first time to the zoo or is it a recurring visit.
I will have access to the zoo as all I will need is to prove I am a student, and I will get a discount as long as I make a reservation which I plan to do soon as I plan to visit in the following two weeks.
I believe this story will be interesting as I plan to have a mix of people’s experiences with the zoo and the animals, and I believe having pictures of the animals will help strengthen the story. I’m not too sure on the shots I want to use yet besides the basic wide-angle ones, but animal interactions and scenery are what I will be focusing on mainly.