1. Choose an individual whose story is newsworthy enough to appear in the Banner student newspaper (Links to an external site.). A classmate, teammate, Marymount student faculty, staff, or form the Arlington community.
Dina Shamin (Real Estate Professional)
2. Interview the individual you selected.
Question 1: What influenced you to become a real estate agent?
Answer: "At the age of 10, I watched my parents build their own home, and since then, I was extremely captivated by the house building process. I was amazed to see how a pile of dirt transform into a beautiful, and elegant home."
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Question 2: How do you organize your day as a real estate professional?
Answer: "I use a calendar on my phone to keep track of meetings, appointments, and deadlines so I can manage my time accordingly."
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Question 3: What do you think is the most important skill to have as a real estate professional?
Answer: "I would say communication skills is the most important to have as a real estate professional to be able connect with customers and negotiating contracts.
3. Identify the locations, dates and times you will be photographing your subject.
I will be photographing the real estate professional at a home for sale, showing a property to a customer. Date: March 13 at 2:00 PM
4. Develop a theme for your human interest photographs – aspect of the individuals human interest story you will be focusing on
I will be focusing on capturing the real estate professional and the customer's facial expressions as he finally finds his dream home. I will be capturing different angles and try to tell a story through my photographs.
5. Scout location. List locations, props and costumes and or makeup
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Take notes on where you will you be located, lighting and possible composition? Describe 10 possible shots you anticipate taking. Including what will be in the scene setter, medium shot, portrait, detail and the action shots that you anticipate taking?
Photos will be taken at different locations on the house to capture different angles and different lightening. I plan to take close up pictures, pictures in different lightening, pictures using the rule of thirds, pictures in different angles, pictures of the house from outside, pictures of the house from the inside, pictures of the real estate professional in different angles, pictures of the customer, pictures of important elements in the house that will help convey the story, I will also try to capture facial expressions.