Alisha H Media Blog

Uses And Gratifications. Blumer and Katz researched how and why people select certain media products over others. They came up with three main uses: Entertainment - Offerers distractions from the world. Personal Identity - Helps us consider who we are; what ideas and values we identify with. Relationships - We find things we can share and discuss with others. Information - New information we want to know or take pleasure in knowing.

Photography Challenge. Learning Objective: To experiment with perspective and composition. Giants and monsters: I really didn't like this one, it was confusing to take and hurt like hell! Although the challenge of it was fun. Reflections: This one I actually liked a lot, it was hard to find the perfect place to do it - and we didn't even find it - but it ended up looking quite good. Patterns in nature: This one was interesting as we had to find something that had quite a pretty pattern on it, which meant a lot of walking to find it. Hand Stars: This one was actually surprisingly hard. We had to think about who's hands went where, what would look best, and most surprisingly the lighting. Horseman: I absolutely hated this one, it was aching my knees, Kai had trouble bending his head to the side for too long. It was a disaster. Framing your shoot: This one was also very tricky, I was on my toes ...