Sevice Learning

Literal

12/10/11	Meeting for photo shoot (mike)	0.5
12/15/11	Photo shoot (mike)	4
12/27/11	File papers (Jack)	2.5
01/03/11	Input computer stuff (Jack)	3
01/10/11	Office work (Jack)	3

01/17/11	Input computer stuff (Jack)	1.5
01/24/11	File... (Jack)	2.5
01/31/11	Watch a photoshoot (Jack)	2.5
02/07/11	Input computer stuff (Jack)	1
02/14/11	Watch shoot (Jack)	4.5

02/18/11	Photo shoot (Errick)	2
02/21/11	File (Jack)	2.5
03/07/11	Help with camera work (Errick)	1
03/12/11	Watch shoot (Errick)	3

03/13/11	Photo shoot observing (Errick)	1.5
03/19/11	Plan shoot and schedule (Errick)	0.5
03/21/11	Observe and help class (Errick)	4.5
03/22/11	Help class with subject (Errick)	2

03/28/11	More class work (Errick)	1
04/03/11	Observe photo gallery (Errick)	3.5
04/17/11	Plan shoot (Errick and Legato)	0.5
04/22/11	Helped Legato move equipment	0.5
04/23/11	Help L. shoot	2

05/04/11	Observe another class	3
05/05/11	Help plan class	1.5

05/10/11

Plan and shoot for South Africa

0.5

• Jack Bohlka, (909)228-4824
Errick Bjorklund, (909)989-7680




Interpretive
The most important thing I have done is learn not just photography, but of business and how you gain to be more than an artist but how you can make yourself successful. With my service learning with Jack I did a lot of filing, organizing, and inputting stuff in a computer. With Errick it was a lot of helping to plan for his upcoming trip to South Africa and that with skill you get jobs yet to maintain jobs is organization.
I have learned to better my skills through watching both of these people work but really I didn't know there was so much going on behind the scenes. It taught me that even if this is fun it is work but fun work.

Applied
How did what you did help you answer your EQ? Please explain.
This helped answer my EQ for I was watching masters at work and that as time went on I had questions to ask and they answered. I learned that precising what you think is non-traditional is different than anyone else and that I had to make it bold. Also that there is no simply way of answering this question that there have to be many answers to what I am trying to accomplish.

lesson plan

Sponge activity:  Set pictures around the room and ask which one is your favorite and why?

Introduction:  What is the best way to capture a non-traditional portrait photo? I will explain capture and non-traditional. I choose this topic to show the true essence of people in portraiture.

Foundation:  Write what you plan to say for this part.

Body:

Answer 1: Light scenario 

-----Activity 1:  After describing light I will ask the best way to ligtt up a person for this type of photography and ask the groups to share out.

Answer 2: Technique scenario

-----Activity 2: Ask what kind of techniques and angles they would put the model to make it non-traditional.

Conclusion

What is your best answer and why? Technique will be my best answer for this helps you capture and create your own way to take a photograph.

What is your 3 most important sources and why? My three most important sources are shutterbug magazine, Errick B, and Jack B.

What is your product and why? My product is all of my photos for all the ones I printed I gave to their family and most of them are on the walls or mantel piece for the whole family to see.

Independent Task 2

L:  I, Alex Vasquez, affirm that I have completed my independent component which represent 30 hours of work. For my independent task I have gotten together with all the other photographers in East house and we took photos, edited pictures and planned photo shoot to show our work at I-Fest.

I: This task took 30 hours because I had to plan photo shoots, take pictures, set up the studio, pick outfits, photoshop, and print these photos to display them in the up coming carnival. This semester I took non-traditional portraits of people.I had to plan the dates of when I would shoot and avoid rain. After that I had my models tell me what they wanted and I told them what I wanted so i took a set of photos of what they wanted and then of what I expected. I did several people and so I had several days of planning and shooting. After all my pictures were done I photoshopped a few to change minor things but enough to enhance the photo. While doing this at school all the photographers got together to figure out what booth we should do and how to fill out the paper work for it and to decided how many pictures and what size to make them so they stay consistent. Which we decided 8X11 paper and 5-7 pictures.

A: How did this help me with answering my EQ? Last semester I created regular portraits but to better develop my finally answers I created non-traditional pictures to help me understand what I am doing. It really fit in with all my answers which are technique, candidness, and lighting. With Technique I found how I took photos and helped my models relax and pose or not pose to create the image I was looking for. Then candidness for all the photos I believe are the greatest is the pictures that the models were caught off guard and looked natural. Then lighting I decided to be outside to get away from backdrops and I saw the power of trying something non-traditional be shooting in harsh light.

Art Rationale

 For my creative expression, I am making a larger frame and putting many little frames in it. The smaller frames will have pictures I have taken that to me are non-traditional.I want to make this is to show that in a picture or frame there are many meanings to the big picture and that this would show what I mean in a physical way.

Creative Expression

Name: Alex Vasquez

Topic: Non-Traditional Portrait Photography

Essential Question: What is the best way to capture a non-traditional photo?

Idea:Create pictures of several different portrait styles, then create a scrapbook or college, or maybe even frame a few of the photos.

Relation:This is related to my EQ because I am studying all these different portrait styles that can help me define what a non-traditional portrait is.

Interview #4

20 questions =D

1.) What is a portrait?
2.) Is there a lot of rules to follow when taking a portrait?
3.) What is a non-traditional portrait?
4.) Is a portrait always a person?

5.) Can a portrait be a whole body shoot?
6.) Are eyes always in the rule-of-thirds?
8.) Is non-traditional portraits like breaking the rules?
9.) How can I break the rules yet still have a good photo?
10.) Which rules should I never break?
11.) How can I get blue, cool light?
12.) Can I use anything other than backdrops?
13.) Can a portrait be outside?
14.) If so what should I steer clear of?
15.) Is using props okay?
16.) Can I use large items?
17.) Can I add several people in a portrait?
18.) How can non-traditional be non-traditional if I still have to follow some rules?
19.) Can I incorporate fashion photography?
20.) Which light is always acceptable?

Independent Component #2

1. For component #2 I will be working with most the other photographers in class by making a photo gallery, which we will be finding a location, taking pictures for the gallery, setting up a theme, and then showing the gallery to school, parents, and models.

2. To verify we will be keeping a log of what we have been doing, and keeping our own time for our photo shoots, and all of us will have to sign a paper when we get together and talk. 

3. This relates to my EQ for I will be taking non-traditional portrait, and applying all of the research I have done this year to all of my photos.