Final Reflection

Creating the ideas for this independent study was a real treat. Talking it over with Makaylaa, Abby and Nick and thinking about what we were going to do in the class made me incredibly excited to get to work. I became even more excited when we came up with our central theme for the class, evolution. Each week I could take a break from my studies to go take pictures at times and places during the day that inspired, reminded and visually represented evolution. I tried my best to switch it up as far as my subject matter and time of day. In my images I explored aspects of evolution through: spring, times of day, music as well as volunteering & myself. As time went on I also noticed that every aspect of my photo taking skills became crisper and I didn’t have to edit my photos as much to get to the final product that I wanted.  I also like the idea that we were able to make a blog to post our photos on. I liked the idea that people could see our photos and see our progress. I posted the link to our blog on my Facebook wall so people could check in weekly on our posts. The thing I probably would change about the class is I think we should’ve had more structure to our curriculum and different kinds of projects. However in general I really enjoyed the class and would recommend the idea for anyone who likes photography.