So, this one doesn't have pictures to go with it, I didn't learn my lessons from behind the camera this time. On Friday all the classes we went to we just heard stuff we already knew (hmm, one might think we had a good teacher...). So Saturday it took all we had to get out of bed and go to our classes but I'm sooooooooooooo glad we did. Our first two classes were about telling stories not just taking pictures. and they were FANTASTIC! For the first time in a while we walked out of the room with our heads spinning with thoughts of were going to do next time, what we should have done and how we can take what were already doing and make it better.
We were on a photographic high we went to out next class. We quickly sobered up as we sat down in this leadership class and realized they weren't helping us in the aspects we needed to be helped in. So, at the very end of class we told the instructor our problem. We had newbies with so much potential and talent but they weren't as driven as we needed to be and we were flat out of ideas and almost hope. The instructor was stumped as well and shifted his attention to the flopping hands around the room while the two lovely ladies in front of us turned around and talked to us about possible solutions. They were stumped for a while too then they suggested that maybe they feel like they don't have enough responsibility and maybe we should give them jobs. We thought this was brilliant! So we left class more hopeful than ever and met up with Smith on the balcony and ran the idea past him and he thought it was brilliant as well. So Caroline and I spent the next 3 and 1/2 hours planning the perfect job for each newbie. We took into consideration what area they needed to be pushed in and what area they thrived in and created a job for each person. The jobs were as follows:
Bailey and Sydney- They are the assignment sleuths and inspirational seekers. We gave them these jobs so they would have to speak to more people and get out of their comfort zones. We felt like they have some really good ideas but their quietness holds them back a little bit. The inspirational seeker things was just because that was something we wanted done and the assignment sleuth thing didn't have to be done that often.
Riley and Sabrina- They are the dough harvesters. Sabrina always comes up with creative ideas but sorta lacks the focus to get it completely done and Riley is suuuper organized and is fantastic at making things happen, so we thought they'd be a great pair. Also, both girls have excellent people skills which is very important when planning a fundraiser.
Ndidi- She is the studio assessor. She's very tidy and orderly. She always uses the sign out board (which is FANTABULOUS), so we thought making sure the studio was in order would be right up her alley! BUT! Her job is nit the maid, it is simply to notify the staff when things are less than satisfactory in the studio.
Joshy- Joshua has two jobs. He is the desktop janitor and the weekly nudger. Every once and a while he has a problem remembering he has an assignment until we remind him so we thought that putting him in charge of reminding everyone else would help with that. We gave him the job of desktop janitor because it was something that needed to be done and he had the least time consuming job. But I promise that's the only one we gave just because!
Kenz- She is the scribe. Since we have a chronological book this year I would make a poster every week saying what was happening that week, but as the year went on and I had more things to do I didn't have time anymore. So, since Kenzie is always on top of her game with whats happening we thought this would be great for her.
Carls- She is the celebratory engineer. Shes very crafty and loves celebrating, whether is a birthday, Christmas, or a monday. Shes been doing great with taking a bajillion assignments and working them into her schedule so we decided that giving her a job that would be more of a creative outlet than actual work would be good for her.
I guess this post should have been a detailed outline of what I learned in those fantastic classes and how I'm going to be a much better photojournalist from here on out, but while I do have an outline on my phone and I do plan on being better, what I learned this weekend is that I want to know that my baby is going to be in the best possible hands. I have poured my heart and soul in this program for a year and a half and i don't regret one second of it, but I want to know it wasn't all for nothing. I want to see them have their "ah-ha" moment. I want the newbies to love photography at least as half as much as I do. That's what I really learned at JEA.
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