Tuesday, November 15, 2011






1. Tell me which amusement park featured in the two articles that you would like to visit and take your camera along and what about that park made you want to go there. Write at least a paragraph.  The amusement park that I would like to go photograph is Okpo Land, in South Korea. The reason I would chose this park is because the park has a gloomy story to the reason of its closing making the park more interesting.

2. Post one photo from that park. You may use the photos from the link, or you can google an entirely new photo. I would prefer to see a photo of the park in disrepair and not a photo of it when it was still operating.    

3. Think of at least FIVE other unusual places you think would be of interest to photographers. List them.  An other place that would be good to photograph is abandoned citys that could have been left due to disasters or war. two others could be deserts and dried lakes were photographers can find history of past life. An other can be caves. And one could be the Aztec temples. All these that I have listed could be interesting because it can document past cultures and life that we are not used to seeing everyday.

4. Use google or another search engine to research ONE of your five places and see if anyone has already started documenting that place. If you find that someone has already started - post at least one photo of their work.
5. Write a paragraph about why you think that it would be fun to document that location. Tell me what interests you about that place and what kind of photos you could expect to take there. It would be fun to document this location at Okpo Land, South Korea, because the photos I have seen seem to be speaking some how giving a history of its existence and its sad downfall that was followed by a series of tragedies. The type of photos I would expect to take there would be very vast and interesting and unique. The photos can tell a story.

6. Tell me what it would take for you to go and take photos at your location. What would you need as far as equipment goes, travel plans, expenses you might encounter and what laws you would have to take into consideration to take photos at your spot.  The types of expenses that someone traveling there would have to get airfare to Korea and take a faerie to the island. The equipment a person will need is camera tripod and climbing ropes and ladders. The same laws that apply in the U.S are not the same in Korea, they are absolutely stricter, especially if you are a foreigner. The laws are of course trespassing laws, many feel that failed amusement owners or countries are strict on these laws because they feel that outsiders are making a joke of there failed attempts.

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