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2017 Autumn | Arts & Humanities, Natural Science & Restoration, Sustainability

Repeat Photography and its Applications within the Realm of Citizen Science

Student(s):

Akaisha Miller

Program or Department(s):

  • Program on the Environment
  • University of Washington

Site supervisor(s):

Joleen Palmer

Partner(s):

  • Stillwaters Environmental Center

Faculty advisor(s):

Kristi Straus, Program on the Environment, University of Washington

During my project I interned with Stillwaters Environmental Center in Kingston, WA. My internship duties consisted of analyzing five years’ worth of repeat photographs taken for the Carpenter Creek Estuary restoration project and compiling a literature review regarding the use of repeat photography in citizen science projects. I was curious as to how repeat photography can be used in citizen science projects as well as how a citizen science project could most effectively implement a repeat photography program. My first-hand experience combined with the findings from my research helped me discover that.