Blinding Light

By Tasha Smith

This photo was part of a silhouette assignment. I had to stand on my desk with a burning hot light to get this picture. The camera was on a very tall tripod and had a timer on it. Also, I had to hold the light behind and slightly in front of my face. I am pleased how this picture turned out.

EWWW

Photo by: Justin Mcaulay

This photo was taken on the Rogers campus. This is a wide aperture type of photo. Notice how the only thing even close to in focus is the tree branch. The background is so out of focus that it almost looks like it is painted. This was done on purpose with an aperture of about 5.4. I really like this photo because it describes exactly what I was supposed to do. The only thing that creeps me out about this photo is the dust and dirt hanging off of this single tree branch…. ew

Just Another Day

Photo by: Isaac Han

To start off with I love this photo probably even more then the last photo I posted just because the green in the background just makes this photo look really cool. Anyways what I attempted to do in this photo is use the rule of thirds because the green in the background seemed like it would be a good thing to contrast with Bear coming off the jump. I can’t really remember what settings I used but I know I had to mess with the shutter speed a lot and emphasis on the a lot. Lastly I am really satisfied with this photo because of how many tries I needed before I really got the perfect one. What I would probably do different with this photo is actually maybe bring Bear more closer to the middle instead of having him so far to the left but other then that I’m really satisfied.

Peace

Photo by: Hilaree Hampton

When I took this picture I was thinking about my sister and how her husband is leaving soon to go to Iraq. I took her to where I could see her Silhouette and tried to get a cool angle and then I also put her in a frame to capture a moment. My shutter speed was 1/1250 seconds and my aperture was at 4.0. I hope you like it!! 

Abstract of Metals

Photo by: Halee Dew

With this photo I was trying to attempt to make the piece of metal look interesting to look at. For a light source I put light behind the metal and on the left hand side of it. I like how the metal gives the illusion that it just keeps continuing throughout the darkness. For a white balance I set it at fluorescent, and I focused on the ridges in the center of the metal to make sure it would have a little texture.

A Slinky

Photo by: Jessica Schock

For this photo we had an assignment called easy abstract while the technology show was going on at our school. I chose to use a little slinky for mine. I just used the normal lens that was on the school’s camera but I got really close to the slinky. I took the picture next to a window so I could use as much natural light as I could. I was really happy with the way this picture turned out. 

Sun Set

Photo by: Megan Bussey

I took this photo when the sun was setting and the sky was bright pink and red. I used Photoshop to enhance the colors just a little. I had my sister stand in front of me and I knelt down to make sure you couldn’t see her face. My favorite thing about this photo is that you can see her eyelashes.

Tea and truffles

Photo by: Mae Snaer

The assignment I chose to show was for food photography. The recipe I did was chocolate truffles. In this photo I did a short depth of focus to get the blur of the tea cup in the background. Only to focus on my main dessert, the truffles, so the eyes don’t wander off into other parts of the photo. The background I picked gave it a very dreamy look to it and I thought that it give off a relaxed feel to it. I used as much natural light as possible to make it more appealing compared to indoor lights. One thing I noticed is the more natural light, the more the shutter speed has to be higher which makes it easier so I don’t get as much shake.

S’more Cups

Photo by: Lizzi Curl

I took this photo for my food photography assignment in my Digital Photo II class. My ISO was at 400 and my shutter speed was 1/30 to compensate for the dark room and I shot in Manual mode my aperture was at f/4.0 so that I would be able to keep the shutter speed faster without over-darkening the photo. This was one of my favorite pictures from this assignment.

Rust in the Snow

Photo by: Alexis Dewey

I took this photo for my weather/weathered assignment. I thought it looked cool with the snow surrounding the rust. It somewhat frames the rust. I found the depth of field nice. The background is very out of focus which allows your attention to be on the main subject. I though it was cool how I was able to have both weather and weathered in this photo.

A Tiny Pop of Color

Photo by: Brooke Adams

I took this picture for my weathered theme assignment. My ISO was set to 200, and my aperture was f/5.0. I like this photo because it looks good in black and white, and the rose adds just enough color to make the picture pop. After I used a levels adjustment, I then converted the picture to black and white, using the history brush tool to bring back the color in the rose. I decreased the saturation in the rose slightly so that it didn’t take away from the rest of the photo.

Orange Sunrise Surprise

Photo by: Wynn Michael Wesson

Silhouettes, a project that dared to capture my creativity. The sun was ripe, like a Florida Orange, waiting to be picked by my cannon camera. The day consisted of capturing bland silhouette photographs with a couple of young blokes and a perfect day to do it. Like every other project, I push myself to the brink of exhaustion to capture what I believe is a pure masterpiece. I had one shot, one moment to paint this beautiful silhouette upon the innards of my memory card. 3. 2. 1. Blast off! I waited until the opportune time, just clicking the shutter once with a quietly quiet and quick speed. Viola, pure perfection. I came in like Alexander Supertramp into the wild, and I came out victorious. I plan for perfection and I shoot for perfection, nothing less.

Illuminati

Photo by: Molly Ladner

I took this picture outside by the baseball fields at Rogers! It was a clear sunny day and extremely cold but my dear pal Mr. Brayden Richards threw up his hands and I captured it. This was the picture I turned in for the sillouhette project. I like how the sun is right where his hands are and how blue the sky is. I darkened the blacks more to make it even darker and the contrast turned out great! The blue is very vibrant and I love it.

Rainbow Swirl

Photo by: Bradley Wheeler

In this photo it was a assignment for digital photography called easy abstract, which we set up items and arranged them in some sort of order to create a abstract look, I set up 2 slinkies and a metal piece through them and had a light behind them and shot with a medium aperture and a low ISO and go to the level of the items and had done a little editing in Photoshop to brighten the picture.

America’s Pastime

Photo by: Tyler Carlyle

I really enjoyed taking this photo because of how different it is from your typical assignment. I set the ball on the edge of the truck so that there was both use of lines as well as rule of thirds. I also love how the lighting only gives the outline of the ball. I had to use Photoshop a little bit, but for the most part it was all done with the camera.

DRILL BIT

Photo by: Dustin Huynh Jr.

In this photo I tried to capture boldness with an abstract background. I really wanted my object to contrast each other, for example I used a dark and sharp subject with a bright, colorful and soft background. To make the photo even more interesting, I wanted to shoot at unique angles and such. Not only that, but I wanted my subject to stand out and contrast at the same time. I enjoyed this project because it was chill and different! 