Self Critique for One Day Photo Story

So this is a little delayed but I figured I'd talk a little bit about the process of shooting my one day story. I got there at 8:00 am and stayed with Josh for basically the whole process of brewing beer. It was a lot more sitting around than I thought it would be. Visually it was pretty tough to shoot in the brewery because the lighting was bad but I also don't think a flash would have helped much. It was a lot of fun though, despite the amount of downtime we had. I challenged myself to shoot in different ways and to really work on my composition throughout the day. I learned in staff that I often struggle with composition and really framing my shots so I made that my main focus on this shoot. I think my edit reflects my work with composition on this shoot. The shots I think I did really well on with this are the lead shot, the second shot, and the closing shot. Overall I'm happy with my assignment and felt good about the final edit I put together. I wanted to portray less of the process of making beer and more of how his typical days go and how he feels about what he does. I think this edit does that, though I do wish I could cut it down. Sometimes I think I get too passionate about certain photos and don't want to cut them out (an example of this is the tight portrait I took of him). Looking through my story, I think I would take that portrait out, but other than that I'm not sure which I would eliminate.

Brewing for a Living

I took photos of Josh Rein as he went through his day brewing beer for Broadway Brewery. Visually, it was challenging but in a good way. I got to play around with a lot of different angles and viewpoints. The hardest part for me was editing it down. I had a lot of photos that I really liked and it was a matter of which told the best story of what it's like to do this job.

Josh Rein examines a sheet of different kinds of hops to use in his future beer making endeavors at Broadway Brewery on Tuesday, February 14, 2012. Rein has been one of the main beer brewers at Broadway Brewery since it opened in December of 2009.

Rein mashes bags of grain as part of the process of making Kolsch beer at Broadway Brewery on Tuesday, February 14, 2012. The brewery part of the restaurant is located directly behind the bar and is where all the beers served at the restaurant are brewed and stored.

Rein lifts bags of grain to be taken to the brewery in order to make Kolsch beer on Tuesday, February 14, 2012. Kolsch, a German style beer, requires seven bags of grain.

Rein checks the levels before beginning the brewing process of Kolsch beer on Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at Broadway Brewery. Rein started brewing beer at home in 2003 and enjoys how what started as a hobby has turned into a job opportunity for him.

Water pours onto the grains during the beer making process.

Rein mashes bags of grain at Broadway Brewery on Tuesday, February 14, 2012. Rein says in a typical day there's only about four hours of actual work and then it's a lot of checking levels and monitoring the machines.

Rein works in the brewery located behind the bar at Broadway Brewery. Rein said since the restaurant has opened in December of 2009, they've brewed around 400 barrels of beer a year.

    Rein describes the new beer on tap, the Ginger Chocolate Stout, that would debut that night, to other employees at Broadway Brewery on Tuesday, February 14, 2012. The Ginger Chocolate Stout is a recipe that Rein came up with. Even though he is not the head brew master for the brewery, he has the opportunity to pitch ideas for new beers that are made.

Photos from Staff

So I haven't had a lot of time to go out with my camera to take photos, unfortunately but I thought I'd finally put some of my favorite photos from staff up.

This first one is from an event at the Humane Society. It was a great, funny moment and I was glad I was able to capture it.

Rachel Squires tries to keep her dog Miley under control outside the BBQ stand at the Hound Dog Homecoming at the Central Missouri Humane Society on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 1, 2011. The event celebrates adopted pets and the funds raised goes to pets who are still without a home in Mid-Missouri.

This one was taken as part of the 48 hours in football weekend in Columbia. It was at a youth football game. It was a lot of fun to shoot youth football, I focused less on the action and more on the feature side of it.

Taylor Belt waits on the sidelines before a Columbia Youth Football League game at Cosmo Park on Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011. The Columbia Youth Football League allows young girls to also play in the league.

I just like this next one because of the light and the colors and felt it was nicely composed. Simple feature cruising photo.

Derek Long rakes leaves at a house on Rollins Rd. on Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 9, 2011. Long helps the woman who lives at the house with her yard work and said he usually rakes enough leaves to fill 350 bags each fall. Long rakes leaves here once a week.

This is a basketball shot that I really like. I love shooting basketball, its probably my favorite thing to shoot. Pretty typical shot but I still like it.

MU guard Marcus Denmon goes for a layup during the first half of the MU vs. Binghamton game at Mizzou Arena on Sunday, Nov. 27, 2011.

Story Proposal

For my one day profile story I have decided to follow Josh Ryan, who is an assistant brew master at Broadway Brewery. He said its a long process but the day he does most of the work is on Tuesdays. So we set up a time to meet next Tuesday at 8 a.m. and I will spend the day with him. I think this will be a very visual process and offer an opportunity for a variety of viewpoints.

Unfortunately he was not able to meet with me so I was not able to get a portrait of him for the proposal. I'm excited to meet with him and think it'll make for a great photo story!

Revised Audio Portrait

This is a much more polished version of my interview with Steffany Boster, founder of Because Every Mother Matters. It was hard to decide which part of her story that I wanted to tell but I think I'm happy with how I did it.

Untitled from Ally Appelbaum on Vimeo.

Audio Portrait

This is a very rough draft of my audio portrait. I had some trouble with my audio format and ended up having only one hour to put the whole thing together. That being said, I plan on fine tuning it over the next day or so. But here is what I have to turn in today.

http://vimeo.com/36031778