Summary

My name is Christina McDonald.  I am a computer science major at Meredith College.  I was interested in this course (Photographing for the Web) because I feel that any experience I can get to strengthen my abilities in working with computers can only improve my work overall.  I know that I am not an artist and I will have to work with artists in the future.  Any way I can enhance my understanding of an artist's world will hopefully serve to make communication easier.  I have also come to see that I am capable of taking photographs in a pinch.  The most valuable part of this course for me has been seeing the way people of other mindsets interact with computers.  I take as many technology heavy classes in fields other than computer science because I am fascinated by the way most people use computers.  I realize most things seem very user-unfriendly and I actually enjoy showing people how to do things and observing how people approach things.
What I learned which I was not expecting to learn were things about myself as well as things about animals.  When I began this class I felt a bit left out because I got my first fuzzy pet about two years ago and everyone else seemed like they were such an animal person.  I didn't realize how my heart would melt when a cat I knew was killed, or how excited I would be when one found a home. 
Photography can help animal overpopulation by showing just how many animals are in the shelter as well as well as publicize the animals who still need homes.  A person who adopts a pet from the shelter isn't encouraging puppy mills or kitten mills to continue, which also contributes to animal overpopulation and is abusive.