Snack Time

Photo by: Sam Frasier This photo was taken for our ‘Still Life’ assignment. I had to provide extra light to make the milk really stand out. My shutter speed was 1/1600 because I had to get the milk splashing, and I wanted it to be very crisp. The difficult part was how to get enough light in the picture, because I was inside. I really enjoyed this assignment, and I think this is a pretty cool photo.

White Flower

Oscar Campos-Morales In this photo it cached my attention by how simply smooth it looks like and the perfect look. What I was attempting to do get the center of the flower but then seeing this part from a view made me choose this picture and shoot this.

Blue Fern

Photo by: Beatrice Romero For this photograph I attempted to capture patterns in nature. I tried to have part of the image in sharp focus so the detail on the leaf can be seen. I really like this picture because of the different shades of blues and greens that appeared.

A Splash of Color

By: Thalia Chavez This picture I chose we were working on fall leaves and this leaf was in my back yard and it had just rained. I went outside and say the dew drops and I thought to myself “that would make a great picture” so I grabbed my camera and did a technique I learned from doing macro pictures and took a picture. In photo shop I thought I would highlight the dew drops in a black and white version of the picture. I am very proud of this picture.

Splintered Edges

Photo by: Ryan Legaspi The detail of the cracks and splinters in the edges of the splintered fence is what really caught my attention in this photograph. I used a Nikon D40x with a Macro Lens to take this photo, and the subject is the circular black spot. I really like how the focus exposes the texture of the wood, and the composition of the cracks in the wood.

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By: Kelsey Nore This photo was taken for a photo contest for my photo II class. The assignment had to do with patterns in nature. I like the way the petals over lap, creating a cool pattern effect. The photo was originally further back, showing the whole flower, but I cropped it to focus on the leaves.

Cool Drink in a Christmas Cup

Photo by: Kaia Jerome In this photo, I attempted to catch the pouring milk so it was clear, along with keeping the milk in the cup clear as well. This photo felt homey to me, and the antique touch I made in photoshop enhanced that. If I could change anything, I would have the red mug more in focus, because although it is not the focal point of the photo, it’s an important subject. But other than that I’m glad I captured this!

An Anime View...

By: Justin Balas This project was very interesting to me. Being new to the perks of Adobe Photoshop, I learned how to do this effect from a written tutorial on the web. Using the liquify tool to edit this photo opened up a whole new world for me! I was able to manipulate and alter Abby Advincula’s facial structures. Her features look how they do because that is what anime characters are like. The most creative fun I have had with a photo!

Tales for Autumn

Photo by: Heather Greenwood This photo was taken for a Still Life assignment. I was supposed to attempt to duplicate a still life photo I found online. The original was interesting, but it was blurry and the artist had used a modern looking planner-type book for their subject. I thought the surrounding leaves called for a more traditional, old looking novel to be the subject. To make the overall photo look soft and dreamy, I took my aperture down the farthest it could go to blur the background and edges. It ended up blurring more than I had expected, but I decided to keep the effect (now I think it’s too much and I’ll do it a little differently next time).

It’s time to fall

By Hannah Whitehead As the leaves are changing, falling on the ground, creating a beautiful scenery I decided to capture a colorful picture. As you can see how the red is vibrant and as the green grass is just peeking through. I love this picture, plus red is my favorite color so it worked out perfectly!

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By Maddie Keaton I took this photo for our October Theme assignment. One day I decided to scout out my backyard for any fall related things that I could photograph and these half blue/half dusty looking flowers caught my eye. I thought it was interesting how every year these types of flowers turn a dusty golden color on the edges, so I decided that they’d be perfect for my project!

The King Has Fallen

Photo by: Brandon Han For this assignment, we were supposed to replicate a photo that we liked on the internet. As one can see from my photo, all I had to do was to let the king lie down and place a bishop standing over it. The lighting was hard to copy since there wasn’t any sunlight the day I took it so I used my lamp light which was white to shine from the corner. However, I did not realize my sister’s homework sitting on the lamp until after I got done editing the picture; it was not supposed to be there. I had to take this picture at 1/60 shutter speed with an ISO of 1600.

A Crook in Life.

Photo by: Abby Advincula In this photo is a tree from my backyard, before there were so many leaves with different colors from green, red, and yellow. But I decided to wait until the leaves were almost completely gone. And I finally got my image going. I love how the crook and twist of the tree is more visible so it has an eerie and mysterious look about it. I wish this wasn’t only an autumn theme picture because I wanted to do a lot more with this picture like a fantasy dream kind. But I love how it turned out and I wouldn’t change much of it. (: