Now that the first assignment has come and gone and more of what this course is about has been able to sink in:
When I first signed up for this course I wasn't sure what to expect at all. The real reason I did it: Because I love photography and I love being able to use it to help people. I really like being able to see how each individual reacts to a photograph because everyone will react differently...but I've learned...everyone reacts. Good, bad, indifferent, there's a reaction.
We got to actually meet our clients today and myself and my partner have been paired with a UCF Grad student and a brilliant man! He actually is different than the other clients in that the stroke that he suffered affected the right side of his brain. He has adequate speech, but doesn't get the social cues that you and I normally recognize, like when not to speak or when jokes are going too far. He is extremely intelligent though. He knows a fair amount about art and I was thoroughly surprised to hear him analyze the pictures we showed him.
After that experience though I am so excited to see how we are going to be able to work with him and how he will advance through this semester. I'm actually really curious about how the other clients are going to react to pictures and being able to express themselves by a simple click of a button.
Photography can be so simple, but so deep. That's why I love it.
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