Photo Essay

My photo essay is of my grandparents 50th anniversary party. I enjoyed this topic because it is obviously personal to me and something that I really liked documenting.

Shannon's Photo Essay/Video

If you click on the video title, you can view the video on YouTube in a much better quality.

Photo Resource #5

Here's a site with good tips on achieving good action photography

http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/4100781-action-photography-tips

P.S. - Check out the links at the bottom for other good tips.

Resoucre 3

TONS of advice for portrait photography.

Photo story preview

Here's a preview of my photo story. It is a Special Olympics event that some friends put together for a class at K-State, it happened to be the weekend I was visiting and I had my camera, so I took a bunch of pictures.

Resource 2

If you're looking to buy a digital camera, this website does reviews on them.

Photo Story

I wanted to go ahead and post my photo story. Let me know what you all think!

Resource #4

There are always really great photo stories on news sites, and today I found award winning photos on CBS's website. They are newsworthy, but also have great emotional appeal.

http://www.cbsnews.com/2300-202_162-10002434-21.html?tag=contentBody;mGalleryBottom

Resource Link #4

Before going out to shoot photos for my photo essay, I Googled "tips for photographing children," knowing that my event covered children. I came across this article that offered 5 tips that I found useful when I went out to shoot.

Maria Mannani's Photo

A marching band and their conductor walk through the River Festival’s Sundown Parade.

Photo Essay Preview

For my photo essay, I covered a 3-hour event sponsored by Northeast Partners for Healthy Families, which took place on Saturday, May 1st, at the Atwater NCH Community Center. The kick-off event was an effort to make parents aware of ways their families could live healthier lives through physical activity and healthy eating. Several informational booths related to healthy food preparation along with physical activities for those children in attendence were available. The photos above are a preview from my final project. (Top) Emile McGill and Melody McCray-Miller of the African American Coalition plant tomatoes for children and parents in attendence. (Middle) Children use ribbons to dance to music. (Bottom) A volunteer staff member and a little boy play a game of catch.

Final Project Preview

Photo Resource

http://www.kansascity.com/2010/05/06/1927843/nashville-residents-return-home.html

A photo story with the recent flooding in Nashville. Good mix of emotion, nature and devastation.

Photo Essay preview

Elaine Layton is 83 and still going strong. She owns the Derby Floral Shop in Derby and has owned it since 1962. She is a hard worker and puts in over 40 hours a week. She says she is always the first one at the shop and the last to leave.

Photo Link #5

I found a cool web site called photographytips.com. This has some different photographers that have some pictures they have taken on there as well as tips on different kinds of photography such as digital and film. It also has tips on shooting different subjects and talks about techniques. I think it is a neat web site you should check it out.

Photo Resource #4

Here's another good resource for learning how to get good photos for photo essays.

http://www.brighthub.com/multimedia/photography/articles/9636.aspx

10 Ways to Take Stunning Portraits

10 Ways to Take Stunning Portraits

Photo Tips & Techniques

Photo Tips & Techniques

Maria Johnson, a 5 year old girl who is not afraid the the worms and dirt that goes along with fishing.

Molly Miller takes time out of her crazy schedule to just relax and enjoy her day.

Part of fishing is trying to get the fish in with out breaking a line Cassie Starling discovered as she pulled in fish after fish Saturday, May 1.

Wild duck chase

I snapped these photos on a phone camera; but I was still impressed with the quality, nonetheless. We spent the day at the Sedgwick County Park and at first, Tiana was scared of the ducks and then the tables turned. These ducks began running for their lives!

Photo story preview

So originally I had planned to do my photo story on Whitter, a band made up of three WSU students. So I went to a rehearsal (see photos) and was happy with what I took, but then I went to their show at the Donut Whole on Saturday and ended up with less than satisfactory work. DILEMMA.

Resource #3

Here's some cool examples of photo stories:

http://www.viewbookphotostory.com/

Photo Story preview

These are some of the pictures I took this weekend for my photo story.

George Dick works in his garden Friday afternoon.

Photo resource

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/1004/kentucky.derby.hats/content.1.html?eref=sihp

This is Sports Illustrated's look at the ridiculous hats worn at The Kentucky Derby on May 1, 2010. It's a good example of just taking a subject and making it interesting.

Online Resource

This is a great online source for digital photography.

Photo Essay

This resource jumped me right into a PDF of an article on how to create the most effective photo essays. It includes tips on picking a theme, choosing images, arranging the images for the best effect, and much more.

Resource - Week in Pictures

On MSNBC's website, there is a link to "The Week in Pictures" and features photographs taken from all over the world. Some of them are phenomenal and make you wonder how the angle was achieved.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36718825/ns/news/displaymode/1247/?beginSlide=1

http://www.professionalphotography101.com/ offers some helpful tips for different shooting situations and has some good things to consider before shooting an event.

Photo Resource #3

Here's a really good link with 10 great tips to help create an effective photo essay.

http://asia.cnet.com/digitalliving/tips/0,3800004921,62053636,00.htm

Aquarium animals

The first picture is of jelly fish. The picture of the swordfish was difficult because I tried to get it at an angle that showed the sword and also it's head-holes.