Digital Photography: The Real Deal

On Monday, Digital Photography embarked on a long, flash-filled day trip to the one big city in Massachusetts: Boston. It’s a pretty huge deal, since this is the group’s main day trip where they get the most and the best photos of the two weeks. On Tuesday, Digital Photography students are uploading their photos and picking out their best ones. From what I gather, members of this Winterim all felt as if the trip to Boston was a productive and fun one (see what I did there? Huh? Huh? :D).

Today I decided to find out what the real deal with Digital Photography is. Is there more to this Winterim besides going to random places and taking amazing pictures? What are their plans for the rest of the week? Unfortunately, most of the students were too engrossed in their work for me to talk to them. I did, however, have a chance to interview Mr. Rooney about what the program is going to do for the rest of the week. He said, “Yesterday was a good day, got lots of good pictures. Boston was really our main trip. We might try to squeeze in one more trip tomorrow, maybe Salem. It all depends on the weather. Soon, we’re going to do some still life and studio portraits, and then we’re finished.”

I also asked Mr. Rooney if he had any sort of specific things for his students to look for and take photos of. “There isn’t really anything specific. Mainly, in the past weeks I’ve been trying to get them to differentiate between what makes a good photo and what doesn’t. That’s what these day trips are about, really. We see cityscapes, portraits. We’ve seen lots of the works of other photographers. We call them ‘masters of photography’. Later on they’re going to write a report on a photographer that they choose, so we’ll be discussing that more to”

Check out the slideshow above which showcases some of the best photos taken by this group! Enjoy their work; it's outstanding. :)