The need that I identified was for pictures of campus events that weren’t staged. The scope was the campus of The University of Olivet. The purpose of this project was to provide pictures of campus events that the school could use for promotional purposes. My audience was the students, staff, and faculty at UO. The end goal was to have my pictures used by marketing in some way. I came up with the idea of taking pictures of campus events and then giving them to Joshua Gillespie (JG) for use by the marketing department. I reached out to JG and he said he would be ok with that. Finally, I started looking at the events calendar and seeing what events I could go to. In terms of specific MPC tools I used, I used my camera skills. I used the MPC skills I learned to decide what makes a good picture. I made sure that they had a clear subject and weren’t blurry.

    For what was produced, I made a post on Raftr showing some pictures as a “highlight” of the first semester. JG told me that he and a few others in the marketing department were considering other ways to use my work, such as: pictures that are sent in the weekly email, as part of a collage of one of the walls in Cutler, and promotion for comet fest next year. My project was received well. JG was very appreciative of someone coming out and taking pictures that highlighted the many good things about UO. I was able to sharpen my photography, editing, and time management skills. I say this because I had to take quality pictures, make sure they looked clean in edits, and then find which events I could go to. A lesson I learned about  MPC work in real-world settings is that it requires a lot of time management. This project connects with my career goals because I want to be able to use my pictures to tell stories. JG told me that he wants my pictures to be able to tell a story and that aligned up perfectly with what I want to do with photography. If I had more time and resources, I would improve the project by going to more events. This experience changed my perspective on service and community engagement because I’ve never been able to use the skills that I’ve learned and want to apply to my future career to help others. One key lesson I’ll carry into future work is to manage my time more efficiently.