Pictures

The Beginning

"What are you passionate about?" When asked this question the first thing that comes to my mind is I am passionate about photography. They say for Senior Project it is important to do something you are passionate about. As for me there is almost nothing that I love more than taking pictures. I love to shoot many things such as  butterflies. I love to see how I can make everyday things look different. I have always liked to take pictures but I began to love it just a few years ago. Now for my Senior Year I have been given the opportunity to have an independent study and the topic is up to me.  The easy part was deciding on photography because I love it. I want to go to photo school and plan on doing something with photography when I am older so what a better way to start out than now. My plans for right now are to explore photography. The one major thing I would like to accomplish is I would like to purchase yearbook cameras because we do not have any photo equipment besides my personal camera. In order to purchase cameras I plan to create a 12 month Oakbrook Calendar. I would like to create a calender because I like the idea of having a Oakbrook calendar because we have never had one before. In this calendar will be all photos I have taken at Oakbrook. Students, teachers, faculty members and events throughout the 2010-2011 school year will be included as well as some older pictures. I will organize these pictures and select the best one for the calender.  The Oakbrook calenders will be sold with yearbooks. Along with my senior project to raise money for yearbook and journalism equipment I will be doing photo shoots. I will be holding two photo days.  I plan on taking portraits and family photos along with other photos. I have already started taking people's pictures before Senior Project but I want to learn more about what I am planning on doing. The money received from photo shoots and calendars will go to yearbook and journalism camera equipment. Along with creating Oakbrook's first calendar I will also be creating a guide for teachers at Oakbrook. The guide will have instructions on putting pictures onto the computer, public at school, CD's, and other hardware. The final thing I would like to do for my Senior Project is I will be assisting Mrs. Ledbetter on the Knightly News the weekly news publication at Oakbrook. I will also have my own section of photos each issue. As for now my main plan is to do something with photography and to purchase yearbook cameras. Will post again soon.