Photography Equipment
Teacher: Kelley Hahesy-Bass
School: Lawton High School
Amount: $3,000.00
Category: Materials
The 2024-2025 Lawton High School yearbook staff and I would like to thank the Lawton Public Schools foundation for their support and generosity. We appreciate the $3,000.00 grant tremendously. I am writing this as the Yearbook Adviser, my name is Kelley Hahesy-Bass. I must emphasize and express that your assistance is truly valuable in so many ways.
With the grant funding we were able to purchase two Canon R50 Cameras that came with batteries, SD cards, and bags, one Canon F5 70-200 lens for sports photography, two battery chargers for cameras, a power strip and an extension cord.
When I began as the adviser we had a staff of eight, and we have grown to fourteen. I worked diligently to grow our staff and our growth is wonderful, until we do not have enough equipment to accommodate everything we would like to accomplish. For example, there have been times when we have had an assembly at school during the day, and then a football game at night. If different students are assigned to different assignments there always needs to be an equipment change, and then we have to hope that there are enough batteries available and charged, and that schedules coincide!
In addition, I must admit we have been limited with our ability to take focused and sharp photographs at sporting events. The funding you gifted us with allowed us to purchase two cameras and one lens that have the ability to help conquer these tasks. It is frustrating for the students to work so hard and long only to have the result be blurry photographs, because their equipment is not correct for what they are trying to accomplish. Frustration can grow at times.
The new equipment will also allow the students to learn about a wider range of possibilities available to them. We are all very excited to use the new cameras and lens. I do not want to leave out the battery chargers. There never seems to be enough of them charged and ready to use. The extension cord and power strip are for our photography studio that we created in our room. The cord and strip will allow us more freedom in moving the lights.
We look forward to continuing to document the history of Lawton High School through the written word and photography, and will always be thankful for your help and support.