Ian Owen-Riggan Capstone 2025

The broad goal of my Capstone Project is to capture photos of the school’s athletes and edit photos of them all in uniform with each other. Throughout the time spent working on this project, I poured my passion for digital video editing into the work. As a senior student athlete myself who plays three sports that are all finished now, I know what it feels like to have that gut punch feeling of “oh wow, I’m never gonna be able to do this again.” It really hurts to lose your teammates, your coaches, and sometimes your chance to play the sport ever again. Being able to hang up the photos of all these senior athletes and honor their dedication to not only their sport and their teammates and their coaches, but the school as well. Our capstone project gives them the opportunity to be seen by the next generation. When looking back on everything that has happened, I wish I had been able to put more effort into the photo shoots. Not being there to help out my partner with all of the complications I just mentioned was really weighing on me while I was going through all of my health issues. I would consider the final product of this project a little bit rushed, but still complete enough that I’m happy with what I’ve created and I feel confident enough to be able to submit by the deadline and present it to people with pride.

• https://sites.google.com/scienceleadership.org/slamediaday/home (Digitization)

• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OciLtohLM7cYkg0lFzEiJ0EFSqukS6a_YCS_OpQJ_Nc/edit?usp=sharing (Bibliography)