Wednesday, October 27

Today I went to Interlachen meeting. Like always, we discussed our projects and signed up for new ones. I signed up to take pictures at the ladies soccer game held tonight. 1 hour.

Tonight I went to the ladies soccer game, and took action photos. I went to the lab and edited these photos afterwards. 2 hours.

Total hours-  3 hours

Saturday, October 23

Today I took photos for Interlachen of the boys soccer game. I worked on perfecting skills with the interlachen camera, and took a good amount of action shots.

Total hours- 2 hours

Wednesday, October 20

Today I attended the Interlachen meeting at 12:00 pm for an hour. We discussed the chain of events over the next week and signed up for various events. I signed up to take photos and the boys soccer game the following Saturday.

Total hours- 1 hour

Thursday, October 7

Today I went with Sarah to take photos for Interlachen. We went to the Business and Economic Department ice cream social. There wasn't many people there, but we stayed for an hour and took pictures of the professors and some of the students who came to the event.

Total Hours- 1 hour

Midterm

Midterm

As soon as I began my semester here this fall at Florida Southern as a transfer student, I knew that this major would be very different than photography which I received my Associate Art degree in at an art school in New York. As a communications major, the obvious would be that “communication” would be the key factor. I didn’t realize how true that would really be until I started working on practicum hours, and working in groups with more than one person. Joining Interlachen, Wellness TV, and Moc Sports has given me the first-hand experiences of learning to work in groups. Timing and understanding have been absolutely crucial to working in a new group. Communication has been essential, and the lack of communication has showed me what can happen if communication is lacking or fails to get through to the other person.

From the get go of signing up for Interlachen, I knew I would be able to use my skills in Photography to add to the new Interlachen staff. Immediately, I signed up for a bunch of different photographic assignments such as taking staff photos for ROTC, photographing the Sigma Chi Car wash, and taking photos at the Business School’s Ice Cream Social. Every single one of my assignments was made clear to me, who I’d be working with, where and when I would pick up my necessary equipment, and exactly what needed to get done for each assignment. With an organized group of editors, we were organized at least a week ahead of each event and knew exactly what would be going on in the following weeks.

During every week I worked on a project, I saw the possibilities of what can get accomplished with tight organization, time-savvy scheduling, and great communication. I also brushed up on my Photography skills as I worked with Patrick on the Canon EOS Rebel camera.

On the other hand, I also learned how difficult working in groups can be. Working on a segment for Wellness TV can be a lot more challenging than it seems. When paired up with four individuals with different schedules, different ways of accomplishing goals, and different skills, it can be hard to pull a package together within a week.

In Wellness TV, this is the first time I had learned what it takes to create a segment in such a short amount of time. My second week at Wellness TV I had signed up for the segment based on healthy eating, specifically focusing on “Sweet Alternatives.” Knowing the 4 girls in my group, and knowing we had a little less than 2 weeks to pull it together, we began exchanging numbers, and figuring out what each one of us would be able to bring to the table to be successful in having a well-done package.

With more advanced knowledge of the programs and how the segments work, some chose to proceed in the process without the help or the aid of any of the “new” girls. This cross in communication led to me not being able to put in my full effort into the first opportunity I had at wellness TV. Learning from mistakes, we put these miscommunications behind us, and are now able to better communicate in order to have every single person’s effort for a better overall endeavor.

In Conclusion, these practicum hours truly taught me how vital communication is while not only being involved in these clubs, but what being in the working communication industry is all about: communication.