EWaste Documentary

This is my first documentary! The project was under the umbrella of The Digital Age and its Underpinnings. I decided to focus on EWaste. It was interesting learning to use the camera and think in motion, sound and still framing. It still needs some tweaking, but here's a basic edit.
One of the things I learned, that made a lot of sense to me at least, is that when making a documentary and shooting it in the verite style (what I compare to shooting as a photojournalist), it's as if your right hand is doing the shooting and your left hand is doing the editing. Go out and shoot the footage, getting everything. Think on the side about where you want to documentary to go. Once both are done, put the two hands together.

Just Because It's Cool

Type and Music

Too Long

So it's been awhile since I've posted, and now that the summer is done I can get back on top of things.
"Bootcamp" is over, and what an intense 6 weeks it turned out to be. It was a long road from not having a clue to finding one, though by the end I think my brain was just one long strand of code. The final product of the class?
GotGiftIdeas.com
It actually works too!
I handled the design and with my group did the implementation of that design and got it up and running.
Photos from the summer coming soon...

Makeover.

A little girl named China at the day camp decided I needed my hair redone. After a few minutes I had a fab side-ponytail. Not too shabby for someone so young.

It's been interesting working around a group of kids with such diverse ages. They're always honest, many times shy, and occasionally chaotic. It's refreshing, in a way, though it has taken time for them to get really used to me and each day I come is a bit of starting over with the group constantly changing. It is also a lot different depending on the age group. I've found that either everyone wants to have their picture taken, or they want to run away because it's not cool. I'm probably shy too.

Later on in the day...
"What are those spots all over your face?"
"They're freckles."
"Can't you just rub them off?"
"Nope, it's just the way I am. Sometimes I wish I could though."
"That's too bad. I like your face."

My Very First Website

It's a work in progress, that's for sure. And there's a lot of photos to post. But with learning it in a few days, I'm sure I'll grow and it will get better.

newmedia.syr.edu/rlschmeh

Slideshow Programs

So here are a couple of inexpensive programs to put slideshows into Flash or slideshows into Dreamweaver.
For this one you can put the slideshow into your Flash production, but then make changes and update it without having to go through your Flash file and make changes that way. Seems to have some production options as well.
www.slideshowpro.net
This one you can add slideshows to your Dreamweave productions... it's an extension.
www.dwuser.com/flashslideshow/v3

Fireworks

A Start.

Here are a few pictures from a project I'm starting. It's going to take time and be built over a series of different stories, so for now I'm getting going with a day camp.