Service Learning

Literal
I have two people I did service learning for. One was Alan McDonald. He worked with me on the photo I had already taken and how to improve them on Photoshop. He also took me out to one of his photoshoots and around Mt. Baldy to take nature photos. His contact information is on the service learning form I turned in to Mr. Ogden. He met with me several times, 4/15/11, 5/12/11, 5/15/11 this semester. We were unable to meet more due to complications. I was moving and couldn't meet, then he had knee surgery and was healing so he couldn't meet.
Which leads me to my second service learning teacher, Jack Bohlka. He teaches the ROP Digital Photography class. We meet every Tuesday and Thurday from 3pm-6pm. In his class, I learned techniques, several types of photography, lighting, and basic Photoshop skills. Jack has been in the hospital since spring break so Mr. Daly subbed in, which is why he signed the form. Jack can be contacted through email, maybe, or Ms. Marin.
Interpretive
The most important thing I learned from both these teachers is how to improve in my photography. Both of  them taught me critical things to improve my photosm like framing, lighting, the angle, zoom, and how to improve them on Photoshop. I have seen a huge difference in my photos from the beginning of the year to now. They both taught me that there is always something to do to make a photo better, the trick is to think ahead of that and make if better before you even  take the photo.
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Both teachers taught me what was important in photography. Then both taught me which importances are more important than others. Both taught me what kind of equipment one should have for any situation. Jack taught me about different kinds of lighting. Alan showed me how lighting changes the tone of a photo. And Jack taught me about composition, like rule of thirds and leading lines. Both Jack and Alan helped me to go more into depth of what is important in nature photography and allowed me to use these things hands on in my own photos.

Rough Draft Lesson Plan for 2 Hour

Sponge activity:  I was going to ask the students to define nature and talk about it. But since I took that answer out, I'm not sure anymore.

 

Introduction:  What is the best way to take a good nature photograph? This question is not just asking how to take a nature photograph, its asking what is the best way to take a good one. What is the best technique, what is most important? I chose this topic because I love photography, it was, and still kind of is what I want to spend the rest of my life doing. I chose nature because of where I live, in the mountains I am surrounded by nature, so it is what I photograph most, and what would have been easiest to get photos of.

Foundation:  I wanted to show them the first photograph ever taken, and talk about how digital photography started, and maybe a little bit of how the camera works.

Body:

Answer 1: Equipment

-----Activity 1: I was going to take photos with certain equipment and without it, and then compare the two photos and ask the class to tell me which is better, and why.

Answer 2: Lighting

-----Activity 2:  Give scenarios of different photography situations and ask what kind of lighting this may require. Or do something similar to the first activity, but with the lighthing coming from a different direction or something and show how lighting can make the same photo look different if the lighting is different.

Answer 3: Composition

-----Activity 3:  I honestly don't know. I changed this answer from the nature thing and so now I need to replan this part. I am still doing research on this to learn more about it.

Conclusion

What is your best answer and why?--My best answer is lighting. Without light there wouldn't be a photo in the first place. The light makes the photo, it sets the tone and the mood. It kind of tell the viewer what to think and where to look.

What is your 3 most important sources and why?My first is my ROP teacher Jack Bohlka, he taught me the basics of photography and up and helped me to prioritize what is most important and helped me improve in my own photos as well. My second is a book called The New Joy of Digital Photography by Jeff Winghall. This book taught me more in the first 30 pages than all my research all year. It actually answered my EQ, it had all the information I needed with new and up to date technology. My third is my service learning teacher, Alan McDonald, he helped me in Photoshop. We would go over photographs I already took and showed me how to improve them in Photoshop and told me what I should do next time trying to photograph something like it.

What is your product and why? My prodcut is that I learned I still love photography, but it isn't something I want to do all the time, as a career. I would rather do it as a hobby because I don't like being told what to photograph, I just like going out and taking photos. I think what I got out of this is that I want to start a gallery and showcase other photographers work as well as my own.