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The Use of Photography to Share Our Lives Dr. Frank Doherty JMU Office of Institutional Research

Creating Memories. The Use of Photography to Share Our Lives Dr. Frank Doherty JMU Office of Institutional Research. Introduction. Your trips My passion PictureIt! JMU What is a photo story, and why is it important? Examples of photo stories Photo story components Cameras and tips

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The Use of Photography to Share Our Lives Dr. Frank Doherty JMU Office of Institutional Research

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  1. Creating Memories The Use of Photography to Share Our Lives Dr. Frank Doherty JMU Office of Institutional Research

  2. Introduction • Your trips • My passion • PictureIt! JMU • What is a photo story, and why is it important? • Examples of photo stories • Photo story components • Cameras and tips • Questions

  3. Your Trips Domestic Driving Trips (less than 1,000 miles from JMU) • Cafe 458 - Focus on Hunger and Homelessness. • Camp Vacamas - Focus on children and youth. • Cayo Costa State Park - Focus on the environment. • Community Service Center (Formerly ESTEEM) - Focus on children and youth. • The Fuller Center for Housing and Koinonia Farm - Focus on homelessness and environment. • Gay Men's Health Crisis - Focus on HIV/AIDS. • InterFaith Shelter Network - Focus on Hunger and Homelessness. • Co-sponsored with CMSS • LifeSpan, Inc. - Focus on health issues. • Migrant Head Start Program - Focus on Children of Migrant Workers. • Operation Breakthrough - Focus on children and youth. • PACE Center for Girls - Focus on youth. • Project Lazarus - Focus on working with AIDS/HIV patients of all ages. • Sheffield Place: Focus on homelessness and hunger. • Sunshine Shelter - Focus on children and youth. • Volunteers of America - Focus on hunger, homelessness and hurricane relief. • York Place - Focus on youth. Domestic Flying Trips (greater than 1,000 miles from JMU) • Casa Familiar - Focus on immigration/resettlement. • Catalina Island Camps - Focus on environment. • Cherokee Nation - Focus on Youth. • Community Collaborations International - Focus on hurricane relief. • Gila Wilderness - Focus on Environmental Stewardship. • Co-sponsored with UREC • Oglala Lakota Nation - Focus on Native American Culture and housing. • Redwoods National Park - Focus on environment. • Sea Base - Focus on environment. • Utah Back Country - Focus on environment. International Trips • CUMI - Focus on Health Issues & Homelessness. • Las Cruces - Focus on Environment and Education. • Orphanage Outreach - Focus on Youth. • Organization for Youth Empowerment - Focus on Youth and Education. • St. Andrews Home for Girls - Focus on Youth and Education. • Affiliated trip through Canterbury Episocal Campus Ministry • VIJON - Focus on Youth and Education • Uriah McPhee Primary School - Focus on Youth and Teambuilding Co-sponsored with UREC

  4. Your Trips

  5. My Passion (at least one) • "Certain things catch your eye, but pursue only those that capture your heart.” • Training the eye and the heart • A left-brain artist • Introverts as photographers • My website

  6. Photo Stories • Why are photo stories important? • “A picture is worth a _____ _______” • Memories • Increases your awareness of the world around you. • Impress the heck out of your friends. You did this? • They are fun.

  7. PictureIt! JMU • Another way to learn about the undergraduate experience • Awareness of what is going on at JMU • Awareness of personal change • PictureIt! Website

  8. Examples of Photo Stories • Covenant Alianza (See later) • Casey Templeton (JMU grad) • National Geographic Chernobyl (Later)

  9. Photo Story Components • Jay Dickman from “The Art of Creating the Photo Story,” BetterPhoto.com • Think through your trip • What is the purpose of the trip? • Who are the people with whom you will be working? • What is the story to tell? • What might be the components of the story? • Introduction • Portrait of the character(s) • Main body consisting of moments and events • Closing.

  10. Photo Story Introduction • Fully engage the viewer by creating a “sense of place” • or “Where am I?” • “The job of the photographer-to force the viewer to interact with the image which will take them into the photographic story.” • Create either mystery or intrigue.

  11. Dropping Into The Scene • “Becoming more involved in the world of your subject.” • “Let your presence become boring.”

  12. The Environmental Portrait • “..a window into our subject or the definition of whom this individual is. Moving in closer to our subject demands more intimacy and interaction with the viewer. We want to see, as part of the experience of being a human, what others look like.” • “One thing that we always like to see in our photographs are other people, whether in a far away land or our next-door neighbors, people are interested in people. And, in the idea of our story, it is essential that we introduce our characters.”

  13. The Story Can Be in the Details • “An image that takes us into another level, closer and more intimate, of your story. This provides information to your viewer and makes the story more complex.” • “…slowly and carefully move in closer to your subject, providing more and more information to the viewer, creating a sense of who these people are.”

  14. Capturing the Moment • “The idea is that the emotion of that gesture is captured, the moment when a young man reaches out to touch a sting ray, or a young girl touches the nose of a draft horse.” • “The more you have that camera to your eye, the more you are studying the viewfinder, the more you become aware of the process of constructing your images. You are watching for that moment, and your work should reflect the building up to and capture of that "decisive moment."

  15. Closing the Story • “…we bring resolution to the conflict/issue/story line of our piece. This image is a very important and unique component of the narrative, as it does have to work on a few levels: closing the story, addressing the conflict of the story, and allowing the viewer to walk out of the piece.” • “.. a cohesive theme running thru your photos, with the closing photo equally important to every other component of this grouping. … An image that finalizes the feelings of the event/story you have been photographing.

  16. Bringing It Together (Editing) • A place to post images and review—probably PC-based or a photo sharing site like Flickr • Less is more • The photo has to work, or don’t include • Consider a theme to tie the story together • Every image does not have to be a “killer” • “Play” with your images to see what fits best • Alianza

  17. Cameras and Tips • The camera you use is not as important as HOW you use it. • An SLR will give you more flexibility. • Types of images • Look for angles – a head-on shots might not be best. • Take group shots, but maybe not include in your story. • Look for action and emotion. • Sometimes the best shots are behind you.

  18. Post-Trip Activities • What are you planning to do with your images? • Maybe a website for stories or a link from the CSL website? • Maybe a celebration about two weeks after you return to share stories?

  19. Sharing Your Story

  20. Questions? • Contact information • Dr. Frank Doherty • Director of Institutional Research • http://www.jmu.edu/pictureitjmu • dohertfj@jmu.edu • 540-568-6830 • http://www.jmu.edu/instresrch/present/JMU/photostories.ppt

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