Student of the month interview

Whats your name?
Payton Bellman.

What grade are you in?
9th.

Why do you think you were picked?
No idea.

What type of grades to you make?
A's and B's.

How important is school to you?
Very Important.

What is your day routine after school?
Netflix, Chores, Homework.

What are your studying methods?

Repetition .

How did you react when you got student of the month?

Not surprised because everyone got the student of the month.

How did your friends react when you got student of the month?
They were very happy.

How did your parents react when you got student of the month?
They were very proud.

What all did you have to achieve to become student of the month?
Work hard.

How many times can you be the student of the month?
Every month .

Do you receive any certificates for becoming the student of the month?
Yes, I got a gold metal.

What is your advantages to the other students?
I am very smart.

Does being student of the month make you strive for better grades?
Yes, I now know my brains full potential.

Does your competition make you scared?
No, I am too smart.

What job do you want to have?

I want to be a detective.

Who do you look up too?
My mom and dad.

What makes you want to make good grades?
College.

How much competition do you have?
None.

Architecture Preview

1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)?Charles Deaton
2. When was it built?1963
3. Where is it located? Genesee Mountain
4. Is it a private building or can you visit it?no it is a private house
5. Is there information on how much it cost to build? 3.1 million
6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself? Charles Deaton said "On Genesee Mountain I found a high point of land where I could stand and feel the great reaches of the Earth. I wanted the shape of it to sing an unencumbered song."
7. Why did you pick this building? (write at least a paragraph on this question)
I picked this building because i really loved how the house was built. I really like how modern it still looks even though it was built in the 60's. I also like the location where it was built. I would love to wake up in the morning an have an amazing view.

1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)? Frank Gehry
2. When was it built?October 18, 1997
3. Where is it located?Bilbao
4. Is it a private building or can you visit it?you can visit
5. Is there information on how much it cost to build?$20,000,000
6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself? museum 
7. Why did you pick this building? I picked it because it has a lot of really cool features. I like all of the organic shapes. I also think the material is cool.

1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)? we only know where he was from 
2. When was it built? 1972 to 1974
3. Where is it located?Portugal
4. Is it a private building or can you visit it?its a house 
5. Is there information on how much it cost to build? no info
6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself? no info
7. Why did you pick this building? i though it was cool to make a house out of a solid rock. I think its cool how they took 2 years just to bore out the rock.

1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)?Piet Blom
2. When was it built?1974
3. Where is it located? netherlands
4. Is it a private building or can you visit it? yea if you live there
5. Is there information on how much it cost to build? no info
6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself? for housing 
7. Why did you pick this building? I thought that the roof looked cool. At first i thought it was a sculpture.

1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)? Colin Fournier
2. When was it built?2003
3. Where is it located?Austria 
4. Is it a private building or can you visit it?yes 
5. Is there information on how much it cost to build?no info 
6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself? made for art inclined people
7. Why did you pick this building?I though it looked like a... i don't really even know. When i saw it i just got very confused. i liked it because i had to sit and think about what i was looking at for a while.

Sensory Overload

What do you think about this statement? i think that people would have a lot of different thoughts.
Do you agree or disagree? I agree
As an aspiring photographer how does this make you feel about your photography? 
It makes me think more about what building have and to think outside of the box

2. When you looked through the images, did you want to visit this place and take your camera?
i  personally would not want to visit only because I'm not really into that sort of stuff. 

3. What do you think it would be like to be the child of someone who worked at this place?
I think a small child would really love it.

4. Describe your favorite photo to me.
i likes the photo of all of the colorful balls.

Learning how to interview

assignment #1

1. Students, Parents, Superintendent.

1. Students
    -What do think about the new district policy?
    -What would you change about the policy?
    -Do you think the policy is too strict? How?
    -How have other students at your school reacted?
    -What do you like about the uniforms?
    -What do you dislike about the uniforms?
    -What happens when you don't have your uniform that day?
    -What do your parents think about this new policy?

2. Parents
    -What do you think about the new district policy?
    -How does the new policy effect your student?
    -Do the uniforms cost you money? if so how much?
    -How many uniforms do you have to have?
    -What do you like about the uniforms?
    -What do you dislike about the uniforms?
    -What did you get to use for clothing when you were in school?
    -Do you think changing the policy randomly is okay?

3. Superintendent
    -What pushed you to make this decision?
    -How are the students reacting to this decision?
    -Do the teachers have to dress in uniforms?
    -What have uniforms changed in the students?

Architecture shoot

Details

Patterns

Surroundings

Light

Angles

Portfolio Analysis

a. Name of photographer - Melissa Golden
b. General focus of portfolio (photoj, sports, stories, etc.)- old people
c. List three problems that the judges noted with the portfolio - lost of un needed objects, clutter, off topic.
d. List two things the judges like- the good portraits
e. What is your overall impression of the photographer? What did you like or not like? I did not like very many of her photographs.

a. Name of photographer - Daryl Peveto
b. General focus of portfolio (photoj, sports, stories, etc.)- poor way of life
c. List three problems that the judges noted with the portfolio - blurry, too slow of a shutter speed, corny.
d. List two things the judges like-  action shots.
e. What is your overall impression of the photographer? What did you like or not like? i got bored of their pictures.

a. Name of photographer - Anthony Souffle
b. General focus of portfolio (photoj, sports, stories, etc.)- saving a bird
c. List three problems that the judges noted with the portfolio -subjects were too bland, went for the cute kid.
d. List two things the judges like- the color, stopped action
e. What is your overall impression of the photographer? What did you like or not like? i liked more than half of the photos.

a. What did the judges note as strengths as they were critiquing it? how he seemed to be part of the action
b. What do you see as strengths? Do you see any weaknesses? not scared to get into the action. no weaknesses 

3. Watch the contest recap video at the very bottom.
a. Briefly describe the process the judges went through in deciding the winner.
they needed a good editor and good diversity. also having all strong pictures.

1. Describe one photo that you agree with the judges on. Explain why you and the judges do or do not like it.
i agree with the greyhound story and how he tells a good story with only 8 photos.

2. Describe one photo that you do NOT agree with the judges on. Explain why you think the judges are wrong.

i did not agree with the baseball pictures i thought they were amazing considering the camera he used.

extra credit

action shoot

Outside Prompt Shoot

scared of heights

Newspaper