On Tuesday of this week, I spent 4 hours at the school working on gathering existing photos I have that could be used for this project, along with making new pieces.
On Thursday, I had my first meeting at the Daily Star. Rick Wiley, whom I intern under, could not make it to the meeting, so instead he set me up with senior photographer Alfred Araiza. With him I explained my project and what I expected from the Daily Star. He also taught me a little bit about the history of photojournalism from when he started working in the field in 1985. He taught me about how the changes from black and white to color prints and the change from film to digital really changed photojournalism for the better. I asked about current problems he experiences with the system of sending photos from anywhere with wi-fi. He answered with there being certain spots in town where he can't pick up a signal, also one time when the President came to town after the Giffords shooting there was no signal anywhere to send photos to the editors.
I have also emailed Rick to set up a solid work schedule for next week.
In addition, Jonathan VanBallenberghe contacted me about working alongside him to film his documentary about the ostrich farm. He wants to meet this Sunday to introduce the people I will be working with and also to introduce me to the unique 360 degree camera technology we will be using to document the film. He's asked me if I was interested in shooting behind-the-scenes stuff along with creating press releases for the film.
Today, I returned to the school again for 3 and a half hours to meet with Mr. McDonald about my project (which coincides with one of my AP Art category requirements for the portfolio). I have also researched the basic religious principles of Catholicism, Agnosticism, Protestantism and Lutheranism and have made contacts with people willing to be my photographic subjects.
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