Multimedia Presentation

Though the project went relatively well for me, I had a few issues. Were I to redo this project, I would try to keep it more local than I did, whether it be in Fayetteville or in my hometown of Arkadelphia, rather than a 3-hour drive to Searcy. Otherwise, the subject was very open to conversation about her disorder and having me in her house to take pictures over the course of 24 hours. I learned from the subject about how mood disorders really affect people, and how the disorders themselves can be affected by events in a person’s life. I learned that in some cases, it is more beneficial to be direct and head-on in how you talk to the person with the disorder than to skirt around it and sugar-coat things for them. I learned to keep the camera on and ready if I wanted to get good candid shots, and that immediately upon walking indoors to set the white balance and ISO to where you can start getting good, non-blurry shots. Overall, I enjoyed this project and felt as if I learned a lot from it.

Photographic Illustration

Surveying The Scene
Arkansas native Nick Ruple takes a walk around Lake Tenkiller in Tahlequah,
Oklahoma, during his weekend vacation on the first Saturday in November.

ISO 200; Shutter speed 1/100 sec; Manual; f/5.6; Effects done in Adobe Photoshop

Person and Weather

Winter Weather Work
Kelsy, (last name withheld for privacy reasons) a senior at the
University of Arkansas, scrapes ice off the windows of her truck
at her house in Fayetteville, Arkansas, Thursday morning.

Perhaps not the best as the hand is over the face, but I love the sparks of ice.

ISO 200; f/5.6; Manual; shutter speed 1/80 sec

Scheduled Event

A New Beginning
Daniel Roulet (center) cuts the ribbon at the grand opening of his new store, Fayetteville's Funky Yardsale,
Thursday, November 17, with members of the Chamber of Commerce and the community looking on. The
store features over 100 flea-market style booths in its North Street location.

ISO 100, exposure 1/200, f/5.6, manual

Group Portrait

Free Lunch for Students
From left to right, Jared Eades, Michael York, Mark Welmaker, Brittany Clary, and Tony Orellana meet
at a Christian student center off Maple Street along with other University of Arkansas students for a
free lunch cooked by members of the Mount Comfort Church of Christ every Wednesday.

Exposure: 1/1328, ISO 3200, f/5.6, manual
(It seems I have some more figuring out to do with my new camera, as I thought I was shooting at ISO 100 the whole time.)

Portraits

Dentistry Student Makes Time for the Outdoors
Esmeralda Vasquez, a first-year dentistry student at Northwest Arkansas Community College, spends free time outdoors in the sun while the warm temperatures last.


Close-up: 1/500 sec, f/5, ISO 1000, Manual
Environmental: 1/100 sec, f/5, ISO 100, Manual
3/4: 1/100 sec, f/5, ISO 1000, Manual

Person at Work

Tying Up Loose Ends

Joe Carter ties strings of flags on posts at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville, Arkansas, Friday. While this happens every week before a home football game, this is Carter’s first time to
do it.

Exposure: 1/160 sec; f/10; ISO 100; manual mode

Light and Shadow

Lurking in the Shadows
Grant Kreeger, left, and Colby Vinson, right, wait on friends in the shadow of the Pi Beta Phi Centennial Gate at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas, Wednesday afternoon. 
Exposure: 1/500 sec; f/5.6; ISO 100; Manual mode

It was much easier to find the shadows and lights than to find the people that stayed around them.

Bird's Eye/Worm's Eye

Another guy on campus with signs, but this time just to give out free hugs.

Free Hugs at the Union
Colin Roe stands at the Union giving hugs to any passerby who wants one. Roe sees his free hug
campaign as a positive way to pass time.

 

Volunteering With Hugs
Colin Roe gives a hug to a student outside the Union as part of his free hug campaign. Roe moved back to
Fayetteville recently and uses this campaign as a way to volunteer and make people's days better.