"Weekly" assignment info

For these assignments (15 of them), you'll need to find newsworthy events. Check City View, the Des Moines Register, or our class website for ideas. Possible ideas:
• Press conference
• Groundbreaking
• Award ceremony
• DMACC concert or play (or practice)
• Other DMACC entertainment events (comedian, mentalist, etc)
• Scenes from DMACC culinary, automotive, or other photogenic program ("slice of life" / feature photo)
• Sports event (DMACC or other)
• Other special events around town
• Spot news (accidents, fires)
• Fundraisers, unusual auctions
• Feature photos (ice skating, Botanical Center events, Salsa dancing, weather events)

Keep in mind:
For some events you'll need a press pass. If it's something where you can't just show up and start taking photos (like a concert at Wells Fargo or a sporting event -- you'll want to be close to the action) you'll have to contact media relations and ask if you can cover the event. You can say you are shooting for The Campus Chronicle, DMACC's weekly newspaper. Usually they just leave a press pass for you, or the media relations person will meet you somewhere. If they don't want to give you access, let me know and we can see what we can do.
Other events, like for concerts, they will only let you stay for a limited time (sometimes 2-3 songs).

What to turn in
• You'll turn in your 10 best shots from the event. Shoot liberally: it's easy to shoot over 100 frames at an event. For
• You'll have a main caption that will be submitted with your "overall" shot and probably a few more.
• You should include at least 3 photos where you include names in your captions.
• Flickr free account limits you to 200 photos. 10 x 15 assignments = 150, so you should be okay. Upload your photos to Flickr to "turn them in." I'll try to comment on them so you know I've seen them. If you are opposed to creating a Flickr account, you can turn your assignments in on a CD after you finish each one (if you use a CD, please include as many shots on the CD as you can... put the best ones in a different folder). I'll give you feedback for next time.
Another note: I will expect you to process the contrast, brightness, saturation, crop, etc. to your liking on your 10 best shots. If you use Flickr you can write the captions in the "description" box. If you turn it in on CD you can put the caption in the EXIF data in the photo itself. We can talk about how to do this in class.

Limitations
• Please don't take more than 7 of any one style (sports, entertainment, feature, media event, etc, etc), unless it's spot news. Take as much spot news as you can!
• Because it's easier to just shoot people you know, you can only use one assignment on a relative and one on a friend/acquaintance.

Grading
• 20 points total. I'll be looking at newsworthiness, technical merit (exposure, color, etc.), overall impact, and caption information/writing. Granted, there are usually only 1-2 *great* shots from any assignment, and I will keep that in mind.