Green Hopper

Photo by: Ellen M. Snyder

With this photograph it was really hard to capture the cricket perfect. I was following this little bugger up a tree while trying to take a macro photo without trying to loose it. It was jumping from branch to branch and finally I got a good shot. The setting I had used was ISO 400, f 5.6, and a shutter speed of 1/125. I found these to be the best setting due to the bright sun out.

Needle in a haystack

By: Katie Trent

I took this photo on my front porch this October; we have a fall theme set up. I really like how the hay looks bundled up. I took this on a day that was kind of gloomy so it wasn’t so bright and summery looking. For this photograph my camera settings were set at, ISO: 100, shutter speed: 1/60sec, and my aperture was F/11. This photo uses the rule of thirds and also fill the frame.

Autumn

Photo by: Clarissa McDonald

I took this picture during the morning when the sun has just come out. I actually didn’t do anything special for this picture; it was more of an accident. I was really taking pictures of people’s expression for my class’s September theme. I was just walking along next to these trees and decided to take pictures just for the fun of it. This came out and I really liked it. You can see the textures of the tree bark. I like how the lines on the leaf are outline. I also like the silhouette of the leaf. I think the only thing I would change is the angle, maybe if I took it on a more unique angle it would have look better.

October

Photo by: Danielle Gintz

I took this photo for my October Theme assignment. I wanted to get the colors of the fall leaves without just taking a picture of some leaves on a branch so I decided to get a photo of the fallen ones by the tree trunk. I like the sort of orangish-red tone that the photo has since it’s a fall themed photograph. I really liked the sharp focus that I got on the leaves in the forefront and the tree trunk and the colors in the photo.

Too close?

Photo By: Elizabet Beggs

I love this picture; it’s so close I can hardly believe I took it! This is a small purple flower with a yellow middle; I was surprised when the illumination in the back the sun was in the opposite direction. I switched the lens, meaning I turned it backwards. I had to be really still. This is very difficult when you’re kneeling in the grass; I love the out come and hope I can take more like this

Morning Dew

By Mae Snaer


This picture was a good shot based on the weather outside which was dark, and cloudy I set the ISO to 100 because there wasn’t much light outside. I used 1/80 of a second to avoid blurring the subject was closer than normal. My subject was centered, and there was a bit of blur at the top. I like the fact that I got to check out the ISO settings, and finally got it right. The color of the photo is clear, and crisp.

The Princess

Photo by: Justin McAulay

This photo was taken at the Rogers Daffodil Princess Correlation. The winner of the event was Sarah Piek, escorted by Casey Lockey. This photo turned out better than most of the other photos I took because the lighting was perfect, along with their smiles. The assignment required the picture to not be posed. With the students looking at the crowd, away from the camera, I accomplished this task.

Gotta Catch ‘em All

Photo by: Khrystopher Ross

I took this photo during our depth of field assignment. I was at home bored so I thought id mess around with my camera, and I came out with this picture of my keychain. I really liked this photo because of the lighting, and the placement of the object in this photo.

Fallen

Photo by: Isaac Han

What I tried to achieve in this photo was to pretty much to show the emphasis of how much the weather is changing and now that it is fall time the leaves are falling. Also another thing I was striving for was to show how when the leaves fall on things it makes nice looking scenery. One thing I did some what unique I guess was just got eye level with the bench and ended up with this nice looking photo. Also another thing I did to get the shot to look real nice was changed the white balance and after I did that the photo came out real nice. I really suggest changing your white balance a lot! I am satisfied with the results I don’t know what else I would really do to change it just because I feel that I took this photo to the best of my abilities. I really hope everyone enjoys this photo.

Fallen Autumn

Photo by: Rosie Moslander

In this photo I tried to do something different with the picture. Taking it from a different angle. I think what I would have done differently was that I didn’t put so much of the sidewalk into the photo but besides that I think it is a good photo. My ISO setting was set to 200 and my shutter speed was 1/40 sec. My aperture was f/14 as well as my f-stop.

Pretty Flower

Photo by: Jessica Schock

I took this photo for our macro assignment. My ISO setting was at 100 because I was outside and I wanted as little grain as possible. I used the reverse lens technique to get the extreme macro look. It looked the best out of all of the pictures I took using that technique. I am pretty happy with the results. If I did this assignment over I wouldn’t use the flowers at the school because it seems like everyone did. I also took this picture into photoshop and played with the coloring a little bit. I liked how it was a little darker in the back.

Reflection

Photo by: Hilaree Hampton

In this photo my family and my self went up to Copley Lake up past a little town. It was a nice family trip and I remembered to take my camera. It was so beautiful up there and I was excited. I took so many pictures with fill the frame and rule of thirds with my family members then I realized the reflection in the water. That’s when I was focused on getting a good picture of that and I believe I accomplished it. My shutter speed was 1/640 and my aperture was 3.5. I had fun taking pictures and trying to make it a great photo. I hope you enjoy!

A different look

Photo by: Halee Dew

The reason I chose this photo to post was because it was one of my favorite macro photos that I took. I really just liked the lighting of the sky that day and the way it made my photo look. Taking macro photos are not my favorite in the whole world simply because it took a lot of patience for me to get the picture I really wanted. For this picture I tried to get somewhat of a unique angle of the flower, and instead of looking directly in the center I decided to shoot the back.

Into the Mind of the Flower

Photo by: Dustin Son-Ha Huynh

Well you see here, I tried getting up close and personal with this certain flower. I tried to capture the personality of the flower by going deep into the mind of the flower. I didn’t want to just take a sharp, in focus picture. I wanted the picture to have a soft, gentle feel to it, something easy on the eyes. I am glad with the way this picture turned out, I but my heart, mind and sole into this picture…

Purple Flowet

Photo by: Lizzi Curl

I took this photograph for our October Macro Assignment, and I think that it came out really well. I love how the colors came out so vivid and I love the incredibly sharp focus on the water droplets. I love that the focus is sharp enough to see the tiny hairs on the petals of the flower.

Little Mister Scarecrow

Photo by: Dr. Brayden Richards

One autumn day, I was stumbling through the wilderness and I came upon a shed in the midst of the deep woods. The porch of this shed was covered in scarecrows. So many beautiful creations, I hadn’t the slightest which one to select and grace my photographic talents upon. I’ll be honest I didn’t really ‘attempt’ anything; I concocted pure perfection with this photograph. Sometimes I feel like I am too good of a photographer and everything I do is just on another level then all these amateurs in my class. What was unique about this shot was it was shot with my trusty ol’ macro lens and I got all up in this scarecrow’s grill. Of course I am happy with this shot, anybody would be. The essence of autumn and scarecrows, and all that good stuff is all in this picture. I am photography.

Flipped Flower

Photo by: Megan Bussey


This is a photo of the bottom of a flower I took for the fall theme assignment. I thought the flower looked very unique because the stem was curved and made the flower face down. I had to wait for the sun to shine through the window to brighten up the flowers and I absolutely love how the color on this photo turned out!

Locked Up: A Shed’s Life

Photo by: Wynn Michael Wesson

The great Ansel Adams once said, and I believe he was targeting me, with the phrase, “A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words.” This is how I feel about my photograph presented today. Although I feel my photograph speaks for itself, it is my task to write about it, which I despise when such a great photograph needs no description. The assignment was Macro photography and with a few experiences in this field under my belt, I was ready to take the challenge. My photography style is wild and instantaneous, which helped provide for a smart and elegant photograph. A shed’s lock. With my macro lens attached, I captured greatness through one photograph. It took only one shot, because my settings were in the correct order and I do not take a photograph unless I know it will turn out extravagant. This was a riveting experience and as Ansel Adams said before me, this photograph truly speaks for itself.

Gloom

Photo by: Tasha A. Smith

This photograph was a part of my fall theme assignment. It is not what people would normally think of a fall theme, but if you look closely you can see it is the emotion of the picture that makes it a fall theme. The sadness in her eyes replicates the feeling of the dying trees and the cold wind and rain. Depression falls upon many people in fall, this picture of a sad student mirrors the emotion of fall.

A Walk in the Park

Photo by: Tyler Carlyle

I happened upon this photo while taking a walk one Sunday afternoon with my family. I like this photograph because of the many colors that it has. It really captures the true feeling of the season with all the leaves changing colors. I also like the use of lines with the S curve that is the trail. I used a pretty low shutter because it was getting dark, and that way I was still able to get good lighting.

Fire Time!

Photo by: Tyler Hiles

This photo was taken for a macro assignment. The reason I took this photo was because I like to create thins that you wouldn’t see in a everyday environment. My daddy always said “ I love time and fire so why not put them together”. I always listen to my father so I turned to him and his ideas are what persuaded me to do this photo. My macro setting was selected and I used my extra magnifier macro lens.

Kitty Cat

Photo by: Jessica Antis


This photo was taken for a macro assignment. We were asked to find an interesting macro photo on the internet then try to recreate the photo. The photo I found was an up-close picture of a cat, where the eye was in focus. I tried my best to recreate the photo with my own cat; witch was actually not as hard as I thought it was going to be because my cat was being a little model for me 

Goodbye Summer, Hello Fall

Photo by: Josh Palmer

I really liked this photo because it really stood out compared to the other ones that I took. The colors are very vibrant and I thought the lighting was amazing. For this photo my shutter speed was at 250, my F-stop at 4.0, and my ISO at 100. The reason I had it those settings was because I really wanted as much light to come in as possible with little to no grain at all. So this has to be one of my favorites.

The Leaf

Photo by: Bryce McCoy

This photograph was taken for our Macro assignment earlier this month. We were shown a trick to use while taking macro photos by flipping the lens opposite to where it usually is. This allows an extreme macro effect to be obtained. It is somewhat hard to figure out what the photograph is of, which is what my goal was. The colors are also very unique and detailed. In the end I am very happy with the overall finish of this photo.

happy birthday!

Photo by: Tina Baldridge


I took this picture at my great grandma’s eighty eighth birthday party. I wanted to make the numbers in focus, and the rest of the picture blurred out. I thought this picture was cool; I liked how bright the red was on the candle. For this photo my ISO for this photo was 250, my f-stop was 4.5, and my shutter speed was 1/125.

Eye Of The Tiger

Photo by: Abigail Preston

This is one photo that I can look at so many times but still feel goose bumps. I love this photo because of the coloring and lighting, the way you can see every stitch of rope and every leaf that has fallen on it, how it’s blacked out in the background and slowly turns lighter and you can start to see the colors of the leaves on the ground. This photo to me is very unique and has many ways of describing itself.

Droplets

Photo by: Molly Ladner

Before taking this photograph I knew I wanted to get in very close and take an extreme macro photo. There are two specific drops that are in focus which I love, and I used the fun trick that Mrs. Sarell introduced to us a few weeks ago by actually taking off the lens and turning it around and taking a picture that way! The result turned out better than I thought it would and I love it. I also love how vibrant the green is mixed with the black background.

Fall is Here

Photo by: Brooke Adams

I took this photo for our macro photography assignment. I think this picture is a good example of macro photography because you are able to see each individual vein in the leaf clearly, and the edges of the leaf are defined. I also love how the leaf is starting to brown, because it adds variety in the leaf, and takes the blandness of the ordinary leaf away. I used a levels adjustment to add depth to this photo. Overall I’m very impressed of how well this photo turned out.

Fall Day

Photo by: Alexis Dewey

I chose this photo because I thought it was a great example of fall. I went to a pumpkin patch and tried various shutter speeds and angles. I found that I liked it to where there was some depth of field. I liked how there was kind of a centered pumpkin. I thought the pumpkins were in great focus and texture. I took many photos of pumpkins, but this one came out looking the best.

Sparks Flying

Photo by: Bradley Wheeler

This photo was for my student life project, I really was just trying to take pictures and get the assignment done but I found out when I am not trying my best work comes out. I like how in this photo it captures the sparks flying in the air and how you cant see what his facial expression is.

Gridiron

Photo by: Abigail Preston

This photo at first was not supposed to be a macro photo; it was just of my little brother talking to his football coach. But when I really looked at it I saw started to experiment with Photoshop and cropping. In the end this is what I thought was the best way to have the photograph. What I like best about this photo is the lighting and the placement of his eye. You really get drawn to it. Also it is an unordinary and that’s what I’m all about.

Bolt!

Photo by: Dustin Huynh

This is a macro photo a screw I found in downtown Tacoma, right next to U-Dub Tac Town. I tried getting really close and a detailed macro photos. I used this photo for “unique camera angles” assignment. I am very, very, VERY happy with how this turned out! If I were to do something differently, I would have kept the 50” mm lens on and took macro the whole shoot.
“This is how we do it!” 

The Subaru

Photo by: Bryce McCoy

With this photograph I tried to get really close to the subject to get a good view. I took this photo for a review assignment, using it for fill the frame. I am really happy with how the photo turned out. With the daylight outside, it came out fairly grainy, which was not intended. I tried to fix the grainy-ness, in PhotoShop, but not all of it could be fixed. Overall, I am very happy with the final product.

Why So Focused?

Photo by: B.Wheeler

This photo was by accident when I was adjusting settings on my camera. But some how it snapped a pretty nice photo of josh looking through his camera. I like how intense his face looks even though he isn’t really doing anything very important just looking through a lens. You can tell how focused he is by the wrinkles in his face overall I like the intensity of a photo I didn’t mean to take

Milton Tuck Knees

Photo taken by: Khrys Ross
I took this photo during our photo review assignment. We had to take a photo under each category, and I used this as my shutter speed photo. My friends and I went to
Milton skate park and I decide to bring my camera so I can know two birds out with one stone. My shutter speed was set at 1/250, and out I came with this photo, that I turned in as my favorite.

Yawning kitty

Photo by: Rosie Moslander

When I took this photo I was sorta still messing around with my camera. Trying to get the settings to how I wanted them and whatnot. This cat was sitting on the hot tube so I decided that I should take a few pictures of it. My boyfriend told me that it would be a great shot when the cat was yawning so he rushed me out when she was and I took the picture. I think what I need to do differently is that I need to fully make my camera go to the setting that it really needs to be one in order to get a much better photo. My shutter speed setting was set at 1/30 sec. I was using the rule of thirds element. To me, rule of thirds is my favorite element of composition.

Yummy Pig

Photo by: Alissa Boyer

I was trying to capture the expression; he had while playing with his favorite toy. The lighting in the room made it hard to take. I had to open the curtains and still had a hard time. He is always moving I had to follow him around for a while. He finally stopped moving long enough for this photo.

Small cow, big world

Photo by: Mae Snaer

In my photo I used center of interest to bring a more clear definition of what I tried to take a picture of. I tried a different angle by taking the photo closer to the ground so I got a shot of the grass, and how small the cow was compared to it. As for camera operations I had my shutter speed at 1/80, my ISO was at 100 which helped a lot because the weather was cloudy, my aperture was at 5.6.

Before a storm

Photo by: Elizabet Beggs

This photo took me awhile, the sun was blaring and of course these flowers have to planted in the front yard. My camera was just not working with all the light that was illuminating around everything! So the next day I took this picture, and it was right before the rain started (good timing) and I really like the end result. I love how all the details of the flower are in focus, I think it’s a good single center of interest. Can’t believe I took this picture.

Chillin’

Photo by: Justin McAulay

I had an assignment where I had to take a photograph that had leading lines to my subject. So I had my friend Isaac stand against a brick wall on school grounds. He just stood there “chillin’” while I snapped the picture. I really liked the photo because the lines just attract your eyes to my man Isaac. I had a very fast shutter speed with the bright sun shining, 1/125 was the speed.

Pink Flower

Photo by: Jessica Schock

One day I was walking around the Rogers campus, frustrated. I was so mad that I couldn’t find any pretty flowers to take pictures of. By this time I’m frantically walking around because the assignment was due that day. I finally found this little pink flower, I felt bad for it because it is missing about half of its petals. My shutter speed was 1/250. My ISO setting was at 100 because I was outside and it was cloudy.

VROOOM!

Photo by: Isaac H.

What I tried to strive for this photo was to use the line on the side walk to lead to the Honda S2K. Although the line on the side walk might have came out a little more blurry then I would have wanted the car just came out very nice in my eyes. So when I took the photo I actually just got down on the way so that I was laying down and try to get a nice straight angle the car. I am actually satisfied with the photo because I feel that the car just came out really nice. Something I would probably change is have the line that was suppose to lead to the car more focused and try to get better lighting on the photo so that there isn’t a glare on the car.

Hands

Photo by: Hilaree Hampton

After spending the day with my baby cousin I remembered that I had my camera. She was taking a nap so I snuck into her room and took a picture with her hand on mine. I like that it’s like sweet and makes you think of the special times you have with little kids. I tried different angles and this is the only one that stood out to me. My settings were a 1/125 shutter speed, 4.0 aperture and my ISO was at 1600. I hope you enjoy this picture!

One Single Flower Standing

Photo by: Halee Dew


One of the cloudy day’s we have in the beautiful state of Washington I decided that instead of being bored out of my mind I was going to go experiment with my macro lens. While walking around my neighborhood I saw a flower bed with only one flower standing while the others were lying on the ground. When I was trying to get the perfect shot I was making it a priority to make that one flower the single center of interest. I set my iso to 200 and my shutter speed to 250. Then I proceeded to get as close to the flower as I could, granted it took a few shots, but I finally got the picture I wanted. I like the photo I took because you can tell what my focus of the photograph it and how you can see all the details of the center of the flower.

Heavens Little Angel

Photo by: Ellen Snyder

In this photograph, I was very pleased to be able to take pictures of my baby cousin. I was taking pictures of expressions for a assignment, I was trying to use the reflections of the window on her face to give her a more natural vibrant look on her face. It was kind of tricky to get the setting just right because of the weather outside and it was really dark inside the room. My settings were f/5.6, and 1/50 shutter speed. I really enjoyed taking pictures of a child because they are so energetic and full of life, but at the same time it can be very hard to get the right pictures of them.

Hey Jude

Photo by: Danielle Gintz

I took this photograph of The Beatles record Hey Jude for a photo skills review assignment. I wanted to get a sort of unique view of the record and use the grooves of it in the shot somehow so I did a close up shot. To get the picture I used a shutter speed of 1/5 seconds with an F-stop of 4 and 1600 ISO since there was so little light in the room. I like how there is a single stream of light cutting across the album towards the apple in the middle and how the background is totally black. If I could change anything it would be to have a longer depth of field so that more of the record could have been in focus.

Sunset

Photo by: Tasha A. Smith

This photo was part of my elements of composition assignment. I edited this picture in camera raw to make it look redder around the clouds and purpler in the sky. This picture was the most interesting to look at.

Sky in a Puddle

Photo by: Lizzi Curl

I chose this photograph to post to the blog because it is my favorite shot from our September projects. I adore how crisp the puddle came out and how little Photoshop manipulation was necessary to make this photograph come out as well as it did. It was a simple shot, but I liked it more than a I would have liked a complex shot.

Grayscale Delight

Photo by: Wynn Michael Wesson

After gobbling two mondito burritos with my friend, we headed across the street to find a pleasant surprise. An arch full of gray color and pyramids was laid before us! I quickly dropped my belongings, threw on my notorious 150mm lens, and began to imagine a piece of art for my easel. As the young Ansel Adams once said, “A good photograph is knowing where to stand” and I took this advice and applied it to my masterpiece. I set my stance, focused on a peculiar angle, and spent twenty minutes waiting for the perfect photo. Click! The photograph comes out greater than expected, almost as great as my daguerreotype in Mr. Tylczak’s class! I truly love this photo because it displays my hunger for unique angles and shows a complete tonal range that only dodging and burning could have helped, but I did not use Photoshop tricks! All in all, I gave this my all, and in the end, all of my all was shown through my photograph, truly a sight to behold and Ansel Adams would be proud!

Mystical Poisonous Berry

Photo by: Brayden Michael Richards, III

Well see here young photographers, I know many of you strive to be like me and achieve the same work that I have compiled. So I will let you, my little apprentices, in on a little secret. First off, I camped out under this beautiful tree for hours just waiting for the perfect lighting. My quest to pure excellence began with twisting on my macro lens and putting my camera into the correct settings; like daylight white balance, the correct ISO, and nice quick shutter speed. My angle was extremely unique because I was lying on a bush to get this beauty. I knew that I didn’t have to try to get amazing pictures but this one turned out especially good.