My photo 1 attempts

These were the two pictures I liked from my Photo 1 assignment. One of them was not approved by Professor McAdams, as it did not advance the story, but I was really attached to it so I wanted to show it off.

This was the good one. This one was aimed at showing the subject looking lonely and lost in a crowd. It was actually quite accidental. I was supposed to meet with her in school, but ended up on the same bus with her. The bus was so crowded that she did not notice me for a while — until of course after this shot. But I loved this picture. It was a shot I wasn’t anticipating. It just happened.

This was the one I wanted to keep, but I don’t think I can. It was ideally supposed to be an introductory picture of the subject, which gave us a glimpse of the fact that she is a student and that she is married. The necklace she is wearing is a symbol of marriage. It is the American equivalent of a ring. However, Professor McAdams thought it wouldn’t advance the story too much so I may take it out.

However, this close up reallly had me wishing we were doing profiles instead. Ah! The agony of losing one good picture!

Nat Sound – Less is more?

I know we are all encouraged to use the best equipment possible to record interviews, but I made quite an interesting discovery while recording the nat sound for my interview. Before going any further, I must clarify that I am all for recording interviews with the best quality equipment. What I am talking about is the nat sound.

Before I bought my own recorder, I was experimenting with an old recorder borrowed from a friend. Some of the nat sound I recorded involved the sounds of a crowd. When I went home and heard the recording, I was disappointed. The sounds of the crowd were muffled. We had heard in class, time and again, the importance of clear recording.

However, one discovery I made was that the muffled effect provided by the old recorder was actually perfect for the background sound, under the voice of my subject. Another question was whether purposely using such a recorder would constitute an “unethical practice”.

I would be very interested in knowing if anyone else has had any similar serendipitous encounters while recording the nat sound for their slide show.