If you could picture a day in the life of a professional photographer on duty at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games what would it look like? Bachelor of Journalism student Janelle Miller has had that very experience … literally.
As part of her internship with the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation (GOLDOC), the 23-year-old turned to animation to depict the different parts of a photographer’s job and life when covering a major sporting event.
“It captures everything from grabbing a cup of coffee in the morning to working out the transport system and getting to the different venues to accessing facilities to edit and upload photos from the day’s competition,” Janelle says.
After analysing the many elements of a photographer’s daily to-do list, Janelle decided that cartoon offered a powerful medium for including all the relevant details while also bringing the story to life. Her visual concept impressed her supervisors at

