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Melynda
Huskey, left, Vice President for Enrollment and Student Services at Western
Washington University in Bellingham, Wash., answers a student’s question about
sexual harassment along with Dr. Sabah Randhawa, president of WWU, at the Viking
Union’s Underground Coffeehouse during Sandwiches with Sabah on Wednesday Oct.
17, 2018. “We are committed to the safety of our students,” Huskey said.
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Kiana
Maadanian, left, 19, from Kirkland, Wash., and Shalayna Ewing, 20, from Eugene,
Ore., talk about the hauntings of their dorms while studying at the Buchanan
Towers Lounge at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Wash. on Tuesday
Oct. 23, 2018. For Halloween plans, Ewing said, “I might go to a small Halloween
party this weekend, but I’m not sure.” Maadanian said she doesn’t have any
plans for the upcoming holiday.
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This week’s assignment was
definitely a challenge for me. What I found difficult was trying to capture the
relationship between two people, and keeping in mind to keep an eye out for
people who are presenting true emotion and a relationship. However, I think the
people that I captured had great facial expressions that truly capture honest
emotion. For example, when I went to the Sandwiches with Sabah event, I noticed
that Melynda Huskey, a special guest at the event was making fantastic facial
expressions while answering student’s questions. So, during that time, I was
really focused on her and capturing that true emotion. The event lasted about
an hour, and instead of taking pictures the whole hour, I sat in and listened
to what kind of topics students were bringing up for about 40 minutes and then
I kept those topics in mind to capture Melynda Huskey or President Sabah’s
facial expressions while answering the questions on those topics. For the
second occasion, two girls were chatting and with my camera in hand, I took a
couple quick shots. With a short amount of time, I caught some good expressions
amongst a conversation, and I thought that was pretty successful. Also, both of
these occasions had low lighting situations, so I had a pretty high ISO and a wide-open
aperture. I thought how my lighting turned out was successful, even though the
picture of the two girls is sort of grainy due to the high ISO.
What I wish I did at Sandwiches with
Sabah was capture some of the student’s faces of their reactions to the answers
or them asking a question. Furthermore, I wish I tried capturing both the
person who was answering the question and the student who asked the question.
With the small, tight circle I was in, it did make it difficult to do that,
which led to almost not being close enough to my main subjects. My lens was
zoomed in all the way and I moved around the circle to get as close as possible
and try different angles. After taking photos, I realized how many different
emotions could be captured at one event and how different angles change the
perspective of the story being told. This is something I learned this week. For
my second occasion, I wish I spent more time capturing both the subjects making
eye contact. The two pictures that turned out well and that I liked the most
were both of the subjects not making eye contact. However, the photo does
portray them having a conversation and shows emotion, so I thought it would
work well for the assignment. For assignments in the future, I know not to be
afraid to take charge and get the shot I really want.
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