The White Papers

Creating a successful master’s project at Syracuse University relied on formal and detailed documentation of the project’s execution from beginning to end. Included in this page is the original project proposal, inspirations for coverage throughout the games, the Master’s Defense document, and the Capturing Gold Photo Processing Guide.

Project Proposal

The original project proposal was brought to faculty members at Syracuse University, requiring approval of the project before it’s launch. Highlights from the proposal include the original plan, approach, and goals of the project. Learn more from the original project proposal below.

Project Inspirations

Capturing Gold would not have been possible without the resources that were gathered to create the Capturing Gold Photo Processing Guide and providing photographers inspiration for types of imagery they can look to get at Lake Placid.

Defense Document

The defense document from Capturing Gold. The document details the process of discovering the project, preparing for the expedition, executing the plans, and reflecting on important details from the event.

Capturing Gold Photo Processing Guide

The Master Workflow document served as an essential resource to aid in coverage throughout the games. Taught initially during the sports photography workshop, students used the guide as a fallback tool to refer to event and venue codes, filenaming conventions, and editing requirements before filing images to the photo desk.

How to import images into Photo Mechanic with pre-inserted metadata, caption and tone the images with Lightroom CC, then export and upload to Dropbox.