Staff Class No. 1 & 2

Here's how staff class works... we show up in the studio at 8am on Tuesday morning and Frank gives us our assignment.  We each have to find someone that fits the assignment, photography them, do a basic interview, edit the images, write the caption and have the final print on the studio wall by 1pm.

We don't know which assignment we'll be getting until Frank gives it to us.  AND because some of us aren't from the area we really need to be resourceful.  Making contact lists of friends/family and previous story/assignment subjects really helps.

Two assignments down... three to go.

Assignment #1 - Local Business Owner

BELLEVILLE, Ont. (08/02/2013) – Runway Bridal owner Brooke Miller loves everything about her business.  In 2012 the Loyalist College grad saw the opportunity to work for herself by taking ownership of the local bridal store.  “Every bride is different,” she says.  Photo by Julia McKay

Assignment #2 - Pet Owner

DESERONTO, Ont. (22/01/2013) – Wihse Green, from Tyendinaga, has 15 pet chickens that he calls “his girls.”  “They give me great joy when I hear them calling for me as I get ready to feed them.”  Photo by Julia McKay

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EVPs

Environmental Portraits
This is a managed portrait of someone that includes their space.  Your environment can sometimes tell more about you than, well, you.

This is a particular segment of photojournalism that doesn't come naturally to me so I feel that I need to constantly be practising and working to improve.

Below are my strongest EVPs to date in order of oldest (at the top) to most recently shot (at the end).

John Hall - Owner of the Canadian Piano Museum in Napanee

Sandra Steinhause, owner of Sea Creations in Bath

Bob Moses, Baseball umpire in Kingston

Cris Phaesant and Hope Alberry, girlfriends in Kingston

Janice Teare, owner and resident artist at the Academy Gallery in Bath

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