This photo to be exact:
This photo was taken as a part of the photoshoot my school organised for my graduating class. This is on the Great Wall of China (no we didn't fly all the way there, I graduated from high school in Beijing).
Well, it didn't happen. HOWEVER, I was selected as a person that would take part in a photoshoot and give a short interview, which was equally cool :)
So today, I had a very busyyy morning. I then trudged across campus, after jumping in the shower, to the Joyce Ackroyd Building. Little did I know it was about to pour with rain so I did not bring an umbrella. BIG MISTAKE. However, I did use my lecture notebook, for a completely useless class that I'm taking (not JOUR1111, I promise), so I was only partially soaked through. When I turned up for the interview, shoes in hand, book over head and dripping (3 minutes late as well - very sorry about that guys), I probably looked like something the cat wouldn't bother to drag in. However, everybody was very welcoming and soon I was standing on a pedestal "working it" in front of the camera.
It was so much fun! I had met both Matthew & Allie before from doing the free JACS workshops in photography, and Ms. Rooney was my tutor for JOUR1111 so I was lucky to be working with people I already had met, though I am positive that they would have made anyone feel relaxed because of their encouraging and friendly manner. This is something I noticed and appreciated, and I would like to imitate in the future when I am interviewing people because it was very effective in enabling me (as the subject) to open up and feel comfortable.
The photoshoot was somewhat awkward for me but since my father is an avid photographer I'm quite used to it so it wasn't too bad. And hey, who doesn't like to be told that they look great and are photogenic? (Although, since I was looking like I'd just fallen in a pond, I'm sure they were just being kind). The interview was also good fun!
Though this activity, I was exposed to what interviewing is like so I was really lucky and grateful to have this experience. It was an amazing chance for me to see what these things take to be produced and what it's like 'behind the scenes'. I think that it will be helpful when it's my turn to start producing things for my journalism career :) THANK YOU TO THE PEOPLE INVOLVED & JACS!
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