Questions (that got the most valuable responses from this interview):

1. What’s the hardest part about being someone who wants to work of their photography/get deeper into it but doesn’t have the time/resources/money/equipment/experience to do so?
2. What kind of pictures do you take?/What kind of photography inspires you?
3. What does a typical week look like for you a(n) … photographer/aspiring photographer/student photographer/photography professor/photography company?
4. How much money was your first/current camera and/or any other equipment that you use to take photos?/How much money have you spent getting set up?
5. Do you take pictures/something related to photography regularly now? How often? (collaborating with people, editing, shooting, setting up shoots, etc.)
6. Would you like to make your photography into something you do for a living? If yes, what is the ideal set up? If not, does your future involve photography? Tell me about it either way.
7. What are some hurdles you foresee that you might struggle with as you move up the ranks/continue with photography?

Interview Summary of Interviewee 5:

1. March 6, 2021, 4pm, phone call meeting
2. Summarized bullet points of the interviewee responses including:
   1. Emotions: loves photography but refrains from buying more equipment because of price and feel like she can’t justify it. Feels like she lacks skills and connections because she only knows other people at her skill level in photography, no one to look up to, guide her, give her advice, etc.
   2. Values: believes that anything can be a great photo opportunity and thinks that the knowledge/experience barrier is the biggest hurdle for everyone
   3. What is the user trying to do: become better at photography in all aspects and use the skills she learns along with other design knowledge to create media with/for technology once out of school.
   4. Current Solutions: photography classes in college, tries to practice photography on a semi-regular basis and tries to connect with more photography people via friends and the internet
   5. Deficiencies of Current Solutions: college classes eventually end, busy life does not always grant the time to put in good practice, and the internet is too cold for the one-on-one/hands on teaching that is best for photography
   6. Typical Source of Advice/Knowledge: internet, photography friends, college professor
   7. Other Pertinent Information: