During the Show-a-thing this week, I was able to practice presenting my project and I got a lot of good feedback on my presentation and project.

Heidi

• Clarity on who is my audience, and what is intended for that audience? Through my presentation, it was not clear if the camera is used only by me, or by the public
• More to show more clarity on what was discovered from my research. I added a slide about my research, but I was not clear about what was discovered through my research.
• From my project, Heidi’s key takeaway were the terms “nostalgia” and “scarcity”
• Adding a use case to my presentation would be useful to understand how the project would be used by my intended audience.

Enrique

• From my project, Enrique felt that my main message is “slowing down the process”
• I asked a question about whether I should be concerned if the accuracy of the photo between the viewfinder and the final photo is important. Enrique thought accuracy not that important because user knows that it’s not the purpose of the camera
• Related to a question about reducing bias in my ML model, he suggested that the more people who tag the photos and train the model, the less bias there is
• Enrique advised possibly considering making each photo uploaded as an NFT
• Is this project going to be an open source project?

Maria

• Maria’s main takeaway is that the project forces you to take your time with photos because they’re precious
• Asked if I imagined if the camera would be sold as a product or renting it, or possibly passing the camera around
• Asked if the limit of 36 shots will create a story
• Not 100% clear that I was building a camera from my presentation
• More interested in my process vs. the research I presented. It would be more interesting to add quotes that move me and influence my practice
• Not clear who the camera is for, is it for me or the public
• Think about the intention of open source—would it encourage a more community-based approach

YG

• YG’s main takeaway is that people are relearning the photography process
• Asked why I you considered this “social media” since the users don’t have much control over the platform
• Asked why the user doesn’t interact with the website with likes/followers, and does that impact the audience
• In terms of accuracy, people would more critical on whether the collection matches the theme, rather than the accuracy of the photos
• To measure bias, should I compare results from other search engines?
• Bias may be good—I could be teaching people my definition of what these themes should mean
• If I’m upfront about who is training the model, and that it’s someone who is “trustworthy”, then it’s not important that there’s bias