Emily's Photojournalism Blog

Topic 1: My best photojournalism 1) the best photo i've taken this term: 2) This photo stood out to me because I framed the 2 girls faces on the left with the fence, and you can see their expressions really well. It also has nice colors and is focused well.  3) This reflects what I learned because I learned that it was important to have faces in the picture and to capture expressions.  4) My photo skills have improved because now I feel a lot more comfortable with taking pictures of people. Like in the beginning of the term, when I took my first photo for this class, it took me like 20 minutes to work up the courage to go up to a stranger and take their photo. Now it is a lot easier for me to invade someones personal space, although it still makes me uncomfortable.  T opic 2: My goals From week 1: " One of my goals in this class is to better my relationship with photojournalism and maybe come out with better feelings towards it, instead of ones of dread. Another

(name here) providing information about the work party at green acres farm sanctuary to (name) at the work party on November 4, 2017. Green Acres Farm Sanctuary is a non-profit organization located in Silverton, Oregon.  Their mission is to rescue and care for abused, abandoned, or unwanted farm animals. name and name waiting for the rest of the volunteers to arrive so they can get to work on Saturday November 4th. Green Acres Farm Sanctuary relies completely upon donations and volunteer work to keep taking care and taking in unwanted farm animals. They have "work parties" every other weekend where anyone can come out and lend a hand. The next one is coming up this weekend on December 2nd at 10 AM. Name petting Hugo the sheep while name snaps a photo. Hugo was rescued from a herd of sheep that were killed by predators. He and 2 other sheep were the only survivors, but not they're happy and healthy at Green Acres. Name and name are first time volunteers and they