[NABS-L] Anyone Taken a Journalism Course?

[Santiago H]

Hello, 
If you have Aira, you can also get help from an agent when it comes to taking pictures. The agent can help you focus the camera, and they can take the photo, and send it to you with a description. 

Thanks, 
Santiago 


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> On Aug 30, 2018, at 7:01 PM, Elizabeth Mohnke via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello Vejas,
> 
> I have heard of other blind people being able to take photographs with their IPhone. I  believe the IPhone lets you know if there are any people in the photograph you are about to take as well as how many people appear in the photograph. So perhaps you might want to see if this option would work for you.
> 
> However, if you are specifically looking for someone to take photographs for you, perhaps you could find a student in the photography department or a photography club on campus. Alternatively, you could also look for a local photography club off campus through something like Meet Up.
> 
> I asked a classmate who was a photography major to help me take some photographs for me to use in a presentation for a research project. I feel like this worked rather well for me. However, if you choose to have someone else take the photographs for you, make sure to be as specific as possible as to what you would like the photograph to look like. 
> 
> I told the person who was taking photographs for me to take a picture of a particular person for me. However, I forgot to mention that I wanted a photograph of this person as if they were working before other people would appear in the photograph. As a result, I got a nice photograph of this person smiling and waving at the camera when what I really wanted was a more natural pose of this person working.
> 
> Anyway, I hope this information helps you decide the best way to take photographs for this class. Let me know if you have any further questions about my experience using someone else to help me take photographs for my research project.
> 
> Warm regards,
> Elizabeth
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NABS-L [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Vejas Vasiliauskas via NABS-L
> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2018 7:14 PM
> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Vejas Vasiliauskas <alpineimagination at gmail.com>
> Subject: [NABS-L] Anyone Taken a Journalism Course?
> 
> Hi All,
> I just started my classes this week, and I'm really enjoying them.
> Today, I had my intro to journalism class. Besides reading, writing and research, all of which is of course very doable, it will sometimes be necessary to take photos. Photos are encouraged in the news articles we write, and we will also have a photo packet assignment which will be explained later on in the semester.
> I have a meeting with my teacher within the next week, and was wondering how you all dealt with photo assignments. My teacher seems to be very accommodating. I know she could probably exempt me from taking photos and give me an alternative packet assignment, but I also know that in the big picture (pun intended) professionally, blind journalists would probably still be expected to have some photos to make the article more engaging for sighted readers.
> Any thoughts?
> Vejas 
> 
> 
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