Project week has been a life-changing experience. 7 days immersed in the beauty of Laos, hiking mountains, kayaking along the Mekong river and visiting the city of Vientiane had contributed to make my trip extraordinary fun. What really made this trip unforgettable is the service me and my group did with the NGO SEO Lao. This no-profit organization based in a Vang Vieng, in centre run by volunteers, helps local farmers with the work in the field in the morning and takes the responsibility to organise english lessons in the afternoon for farmers’s kids. As a group, we’ve been involved in both activities. Teaching english to kids and also people of my age.
Project week
Project week reflection- before leaving.
First of June 2018: the day before the start of project week. Our flight is at 4 pm tomorrow and I still don’t realize we are actually leaving for Laos. The time since the first meeting for the planning of the trip literally flew: it seems yesterday when we chose our service, our destinations and supervisor. I am extremely excited for the highlight of this year!! During these months of preparation and planning, I learned a lot in terms of teamwork. I understood thanks to the several disagreements we had in our group, how important is to arrive at a deal to satisfy everyone equally. I feel our group (10) will not have many problems, at least not among ourselves, because we created with the time a strong bond that allows us confronting on everything. The thing that I am most concerned about is my health. For the last days, I have been under antibiotics since I had a an infections that weaken my body. Since we will do rafting, hiking and caving in the first two days I am worried I will not be in the best conditions to enjoy the most of this experience. Besides that, I am sure everything will go alright and this one will be one of the experiences that remain forever.
Things to remember when you take a photograph
1- Respect the third rule but be creative in a way that goes beyond rules: if you think you have a good capture, take it, do not stop yourself because you need to take time to position your subject.
2- Be creative. Do not limit yourself to taking cute photos with a nice background. We want to portrait real emotions
The time to organize me has come. I’ve been thinking in these days on how I will approach project week in term of media coordinator. I own a DSLR camera that I regularly use for my works in film class. Owning this type of camera, independently from the school equipment, has helped me in experimenting with shooting short films and in photography since December. My idea for project week is to focus my work to film the real moments of our experience. I will always bring my camera with me (with the appropriate precautions) taking photos of real moments: spontaneity is the key.