Today, I was a victim of what I might call over planning. I spent hours preparing for the assignment, in addition to the hours I spent wandering around Midtown taking pictures. After editing all of the pictures, I continued to make notes about everything I wanted to say for each slide, which in the end totalled over a page of text. With that text, I timed my speech for every slide, added self-timers, and transferred it all to note cards. Those note cards never left my sight for an entire day - I was determined to nail my presentation. However, when I got in front of the class, I froze.
I am definitely not a fan of speaking in public, however I do not usually have a hard time with presenting in front of a classroom, especially one of a reasonably small size like our class. It was very disappointing when I stalled several times because I had spent so much time preparing. By watching other people, I think I definitely may have gone a bit too far into planning. In the future, I hope I will be able to relax a bit more and verbalize all of my thoughts, because I think they are pretty significant.
I really enjoyed your pictures, especially how you photoshopped them to show the different contrasts that occurred. I think that having one part in color, it draws the viewers attention to that part first and then their eyes wander over to the black and white parts to see what else is in the picture.
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