SMP Presentations

I went to both Amy and Tom's SMP presentations. I thought they were both really well done and put together. You could see the great quantity of research and work that went into them that would have primarily have been lost if you had just been viewing the artwork, especially with Amy's. When looking at Amy's artwork you just see a pretty basic run of the mill children's book, but after hearing her presentation you can start to see how she work through her basic ideas and decisions to come up with a book that was both fun and educational. Amy did a lot of research on phonics and how to best help children how to read. She then applied this knowledge to her children's book creating an colorful and fun filled learning adventure of "Where's that Bear?".
Tom on the other hand was talking about how photography can be used to celebrate life. Throughout his comical presentation he delves into this idea of the frozen moment in time that one is able to capture through photography and how through doing that without setting up the shot is actually capturing certain glimpse and moments in life.