Need for Speed

Photo by: Amber V

I took this photo during my night time photography assignment which I really enjoyed. I was on the way to the Y and decided to try some night photography while driving. I used a tripod and sat in the back seat of the car. Even though I had the tripod it was still a challenge to try my best to capture the inner part of the car in focus. I used a 13 second shudder speed for this picture and an ISO of 250. I personally really like this picture and the neon lights. Even though the dash and stereo aren’t in the greatest focus but I believe it looks good for being in a moving car with a slower shudder speed. The only thing I do not like about this picture is that the drivers hand is very blurry. I think it would have made the picture look even better if the hand was in more focus.

No Title

Photo by Cisco G.

I took this picture after we had the big wind storm. I was standing on the tree trunk and took a shot of the slit tree that fell across the road. I liked this picture because I got a good shot of both pieces of the trunk and the splitting affect of the tree.

Blue

Photo by: Leasa T.


I thought the blue food coloring would look really good against the red table cloth. I think it worked better then I had expected. The cloth behind had gotten wet by previous splashes so I edited out the wet marks using the clone tool in Photoshop. I’m happy with the final product.

Jeep

Photo By: Kenzie M.


This was part of my “Night Theme” assignment. I took this car out to a few places to take some pictures, and at one point decided to start taking pictures of the car itself. This is the picture I’m most proud of, and I really like the angle that I took it at. My aim was to make it look like one of those photos you might find in a car magazine, and I think I did a pretty good job of it. I used a slow shutter speed and a small aperture. In case anyone is wondering, I did use Photoshop to remove the license plate.

A Deer in Headlights

Photo by: Nicole S.


This was an outcome for my Night assignment. In our yard my dad has these deer and I thought it would be great to experiment with it. I took another one with the shutter speed longer and it made it much too bright. I thought this one was perfect because the bushes are also in focus as well as the non-moving lights on the deer. I had the shutter speed about eight or so seconds. It really turned out how I planned for it to and I really love this picture.

Rainy Day

Photo by: Nicole S.

This picture was a result of my Faceless Portraits assignment. It has been raining continuously so I had the great idea of having my friend, Annie Guthrie, stand in the rain with an umbrella. It worked our very well and I got quite a few good pictures like this but I liked this the most because it looks like she’s waiting to be picked up. And I like how the ground was still wet from the rain so it worked out even better.

Vans

Photo By: Kailyn O

I love this picture. I think the color is good it’s a tad bit to light, but I’m still very proud of it. I took this picture out driving around with my friend in Tacoma. I was looking down at my feet and thought to myself this would make a really cool picture. Overall I am very pleased with the results.

Little Eskimo with Cloud Above

Photo By: Annie G.

I took this picture for my Splash assignment, and I have to say I had a really hard time. It was tough to get good lighting with such a fast shutter speed. This was one of my better ones, one of the only ones of that was in focus. I thought the colors of the liquid looked good with the black background.

Red Raven

Photo By: Madison H.

This picture was taken for my fall assignment. The colors of the pumpkins, wagon, and flowers really represent what fall is, to me. I took this picture in Seattle at a flower shop. The wagon was outside and it was a gloomy day, so the lighting was perfect for this shot. The only thing I did in Photoshop was adjust the levels, enhancing the colors of the picture. Overall, I am very pleased with how this photo turned out.

Milk Martini

Photo By: RJ W.

Splash photos are officially my favorite assignment so far. For this photo, I wanted a unique blend of colors, so I used milk against a very colorful towel (the background). I also wanted a larger splash, so I dropped a golf ball into the martini glass, with one hand on the golf ball, one hand on the camera button. I got a few like this one that turned out great...until I proceeded to break the martini glass later…no more golf balls in glass…

Color of Life

Photo by: Tasha K.

This picture was taken for my autumn assignment, I kind of wish that the leaves weren’t so droopy looking. But it was raining the night before and it was sunny that day. I love the colors the tree had and I wanted to take a picture before all the leaves fell off.   

Forever Loved

Jennifer D

I always drive by this road memorial and Friday I finally decided to take a picture of it. I used the cloudy white balance because it was cloudy and raining so it was hard to keep the camera dry. I used Photoshop to enhance the colors. Oh and just a reminder, drive safe.

Kick it to the Curb

Photo by: Austin W.

This is a photo taken originally for autumn themed assignment. I went out and walked around for about an hour and came up with some pretty cool pictures. I think the curb side view is unique in a number of ways. You see leaves in the gutter everyday, but rarely do you see from down low. I brought up the situation a bit to make the colors a little more vivid. Enjoy!

Pumpkin Portraits

Photo By: Caleb M.

I saw a bunch of little pumpkins that had face paintings on them while I was down at the pumpkin patch on a family excursion. I was taking autumn pictures for an assignment and I thought the pumpkins captured the essence of this season. I got to the pumpkins level, got up close and personnel with them and took some great shots. I liked this one the most.

No Trespassing

Photo by: Amanda S.
I took this picture when I was down in Orting with my family coming home from the pumpkin patch. I was in the process of taking pictures for my autumn assignment, but I thought this abandoned house was really interesting. I didn’t have to do too much editing; I just reduced the color and brightness to make it look even creepier.

TOUCHDOWN!

Photo by Lauren H.

I took this picture at an ERHS football game vs. Bethel. It was before half time and I wanted to get pictures of other things not just the players. I used a big zoom lens and an ISO of 3200.

Snacks in the stack

Photo By: Jeric C

I was taking pictures of cookies for my Close Ups assignment when I decided that I’d take a picture of the whole stack, instead of something closer, just for fun. I used my table lamp for whiter light and paper for the background. I also set my camera to macro.

Labyrinth

Photo by Sierra

This was probably my favorite project this year. I couldn’t really think of anything for my faceless project. I figured my fellow Photo II class mates would do silhouettes so I didn’t want to do that. I wanted to be different I saw the movie  “Pans Labyrinth” so I had the idea of drawing eyes on who ever my model would be. I as going to my friends house and we found a sharpie and drew Egyptian eyes on our friend Marks hands. I thought that the picture was gonna have an eerie feel to it because it was suppose to be cloudy outside but it ended up being sunny and bright which gave it a different look to it. It’s not as creepy looking as I thought it was going to be.

Untitled

Photo By: Samantha H.

Description: This photo I took for the close up assignment. I like how the lighting turned out. The sun was super bright, so it took a few shots to get just the right angle and lighting. I didn’t do much editing, besides cropping and changing the contrast a bit. Overall, I’m happy with the way it turned out.

Untitled

Photo by Kayla K.

I took this picture for my autumn project. This picture was one of my last photos. It was a little wet outside from the rain from the previous day. That’s why the outside edges are kind of wet looking. I wanted a different perspective so I got super close to the leave ( on the ground). I wanted that blur effect to make the picture different. I didn’t realize that it would be that blurry but I liked the outcome of it. I left only a little part of the leave in focus so that the detail on the leave is what would ketch your eye.

Cotton Tail

Xavier N.

This photo was taken on a ferry headed to Vashon Island. The lovely young lady in the photo is my dear friend, Kaitlyn Humphrey. I expect most of everyone to know of her because she is a social butterfly and a most rambunctious young lady. This photo intrigues me because the lighting was not what I had originally hoped for. These were first of many that I took during that time on the ferry and the best. After initially evaluating the lighting I had decided it wasn’t bright enough. So I lightened my camera settings. The other photos had ‘proper lighting’ but were not at all interesting. The lighting gives the photo texture, interest, and the horizon breaks up any distractions and draws the eye to the subject. This photo is simple. I like simple.

Autumn Warmth

Photo by: Amber V

I look this picture for my autumn assignment. I am really happy on how this picture turned out. It took me a few times to get the focus just how I wanted it. I really like the colors contrast within the leave it’s self. I used a cloudy white balance for this picture and a 1250 ISO setting. To me the leave shows exactly what autumn is all about, changing colors. The only thing I do not like about this picture is that the yellow is the leaves is very bright on the eye.

Fading

Photo by: Ashana A.

While my mother, sister, sisters boyfriend and I went to the museum of Glass and History museum in Tacoma I was taking random shots of many objects.As many people know the old buildings in Tacoma and Seattle are brick well when they were first building in the areas and using brick my great grandfather or two were apart of laying bricks for the buildings.My mother told me the above building might have been built by  my family members which is pretty  neat.Anyways since it was still early I used about a 1000 ISO rating and then in Photoshop I turned it black and white because I felt as if it fit the building. 

Late skies

Photo By: Alexis W

I took this photo for autumn theme project. I had taken many pictures for this project such as leaves and trees, but I felt I needed something new. So I waited for the sun to start going down and as it began to go down the sky looked like a pinkish orange color, which I thought looked really pretty, and it was perfectly behind the mountain and I thought it would be a perfect picture and it actually turned out to be a really cool picture.

Hidden Clarity

Photo by: Kathy D.

Just a simple random shot. I was walking along a sidewalk when I realized, the bead would look neat set across the wet grass. So, natural lighting, super close up. It was tricky making something stand out in the picture, because there was so much green, so much blending. But I think it turned out okay in the end. Took out the green tint in photoshop and warmed it slightly.

Into the dark

Photo by: Leasa T.

It was night time and the leaf caught in the light captured my eye. I thought it would be perfect for my autumn assignment. The light was a bit too high for me so I had to try to work with the angle I was given, it was a bit hard. And I had to put the camera settings on a high shutter speed because I couldn’t hold it steady enough for it to be on a low shutter speed, even though the photo ended up a tad blurred still.

Apple pie

Photo by: Danielle Z.


Mmm mmm mmm.. This was for the autumn assignment, my mom had made apple pie, it looked and smelt really good so I wanted to capture it on camera before it was all eaten; it was delicious!

Moonlight

Photo By: Kenzie M.

I liked how this night photo turned out. I don’t have a tripod, and holding the camera still while having a longer shutter speed was difficult, so most of the pictures I took of the ended up looking pretty bad. It isn’t the best I could do, but I enjoyed taking this picture.

Some Flower

Photo by: Lauren H.

I took this picture for our ‘Close-Ups’ assignment. It stood out to me because the colors are so bright and vibrant around a dark circle. It caught my eye more than the others did. It took a few shots because it was hard to get up close but it finally focused.

Seattle’s Best

Photo by: Amber V

This picture I look just for fun. I was in Bellevue at a public park, just gotten my Starbucks and it was a really sunny day. I like that the sun is shining in the corner of the picture and that the whole cup is in focus. I like that not the whole Starbucks logo is in the picture. To me it makes the picture looks more creative with my name in the center focus, it personalizes the picture instead of just a coffee cup. My ISO setting was set at a medium low setting because of the glare of the sun and I was shooting in Priority mode with a white balance of cloudy. There isn’t really anything that I dislike about this picture.

Fading

Photo by: Ashana A.


While my mother, sister, sisters boyfriend and I went to the museum of Glass and History museum in Tacoma I was taking random shots of many objects.As many people know the old buildings in Tacoma and Seattle are brick well when they were first building in the areas and using brick my great grandfather or two were apart of laying bricks for the buildings.My mother told me the above building might have been built by my family members which is pretty neat.Anyways since it was still early I used about a 1000 ISO rating and then in Photoshop I turned it black and white because I felt as if it fit the building.

Rocks

Photo By: Samantha H.

For this photo, I found a bunch of gravel, but in one spot a tiny leaf was in the middle adding color to the picture. I got on the ground, as close as I could and took a few different pictures till I got the one I liked. I like how some gravel and the leaf is in focus, but not all of it.

Squirrels eye view

Photo by: Tasha K.


I was looking for things to take for my close up assignment but I couldn’t think of anything to take of, so I went to my tree, looked up, and took a picture. I do the most random things. At first I was bored then the picture was actually one of my favorite pictures, for some reason. Also the angle that I did it in I thought of squirrels that’s how the picture got the title.

Spilled Colors

Photo By: Jeric C

I was searching my house for anything to use for my “Close ups” assignment when I came across a small container of sprinkles. I put some in a little metal cup and placed the cup on its side on a white sheet of paper. The lights in my kitchen were really yellow so instead I used my table lamp, which made a whiter light. I also made sure I adjust the white balance and set my camera to macro. I focused more in the middle so that some of the foreground as well as the background were a little more out of focus.

Rusted Southern Rope

Jennifer D.

I took this picture on a back road driving form Auburn to Puyallup. I stumbled upon a rusted barbwire fence and had to take a picture of it. I think the sunset was the perfect lighting and it also gives it a warm country feel. I didn’t do much editing to this picture except to crop it.

Red Barn

Photo By: Madison H

This is one of the pictures I took for my fall assignment. I saw this barn while I was in Orting, and though it would be an interesting shot. The colors of the landscape really captured my vision for fall. I also like the shadows that the barn created. Overall, I am very happy with how this shot turned out.

So sad for Kayla

Kayla did not turn in her blog posting - too bad. I am sure it would have been a great photo.

Pink & Green

Photo By: Austin W.


This photo was taken in the convenience of my own back yard. It was originally for a close-up assignment, but it turned out well enough to use for the blog posting. I shifted the lens to the macro setting and enjoy the results. It was a cloudy afternoon when I went to shoot, and with the cloudy white balance very little adjustments were needed. I am happy with the big contrast between the pink foreground and darker gray and green background.

Don’t Cross

Photo by: Amanda S.


This photo was taken when I took a trip to Tacoma in search of some decent pictures. I waited for a moment when no cars were passing in front of me and took this of a railroad crossing sign with part of the Union Station behind it. I ended up being very happy with the picture that I got, and it required barely any editing.

Annie

Photo by: Xavier N.


This photo was taken without expectation. I hadn’t met the model; she had asked if I would be interested in taking her photo the day before. I agreed and was quite amazed by how comfortable we both were with each other. I felt it was my first experience with a professional collaboration. With this photo, I used natural lighting, drawn from my windows. I work in a very small space, in my bedroom/temporary studio. I hung some dark wool fabric from the ceiling and that served as my backdrop. I experimented with reflectors for the first time, and it’s fascinating how little light you actually need. I altered the coloring of the photo; she was quite pale in the photo, so I warmed the tones. i.e. to also bring contrast to her red hair.

Bravo!

Just a Baby

Photo By: Kailyn O


I was out walking around with my friend at Bradley Lake, and we were walking down the trail and I saw this tree. I used a sunny white balance and fast shutter speed. This picture was totally unexpected. I’m really pleased with the result of it.

Moo Moo Moo

Photo by: Danielle Z.

I took this photo at my dad’s farm, I loved how long his eye lashes and whiskers were. He kept moving his nose up and down, I was trying to get it when he wasn’t making the weird faces but it didn’t work out too well. Overall I thought it was cute and it was better at a close up without showing his entire face.

Jumbo-Acoustic

Photo By: RJ W.


This is a photo of my Jumbo-acoustic guitar, and I focused mostly on its flower-covered pickguard. It was taken for my “Circles” assignment. I used a fairly slow shutter speed, because I wanted to have a good amount of light on the dark-reddish-brown pickguard.

Pine Cone

Photo by: Nicole S.


This was a result from my close ups assignment. I tried to get as close to the pine cone as I could with it to be in focus. I really liked how the inside of the pine cone was dark and as it got towards the edges, it gets lighter. Also, the points that are closest to the camera are out of focus. I tried to keep it on the left side of the frame because it was leaning that way, which made it look like it was leaning into the picture. I bumped up the ISO because my house was dark and tried to keep my camera as still as possible.

Hanging by a Thread

Annie G.
I saw this spider and was trying to take picture of it but it was on the bottom of it’s web. I almost walked away when I decided to get underneath it. I was really happy with the way this picture turned out. I did not like the lighting, because the picture looked washed out, so I went into Photoshop and changed the contrast and lighting.

Music

Photo by: Raven H.


I took this picture for a close-up assignment. I like how there is a reflection of the camera in iPod. It shows my love for music and photography

Humble

Photo by: Kathy D.


This particular shot was actually extremely lucky. Probably one of the luckiest and most random photographs I’ve ever taken. I had to whip out my camera pretty fast to catch this guy. He jumped out of a tree and landed on my friend Koda’s shoe. Fortunately enough, I got a great shot with him. And directly after, he flew away. I love how comfortable he looks, just sitting there with a lens in his face.

Autumn

Photo By: Alexis W.


I took this photo for our autumn theme assignment. I had already taken many pictures of trees and leaves but this one just so happen to be one of my favorite. I liked how you could see how the colors were changing. When taking this photo I had to stand on a rock next to the tree so that I could close enough to see the colors, it ended up being a really nice photo so I kept it.

Haunted Mist

Photo by Cisco G.


I chose this picture because I had the ISO on florescent to give it a blue look. The mist and blue went really good together and gave it a haunted look, like in movies. This picture I took in the morning as I was riding my bike 3.5 miles to school and I was tired.

A Single Drop

Photo By: Kenzie M.


This was one of the photos I took for my Close-Ups project. It stood out to me because of its depth of field. I really liked how the single water droplet on the plant was in focus, while almost everything else was out of focus. The bright colors also look really nice, in my opinion. I like how one of the leaves frames the water droplet, but it almost looks like it’s in the way and if I had the chance to take this picture again, I would have kept that part out of the foreground.

Cup Cake Time

Photo By: Caleb M.


I was sitting down to eat a cupcake that was left over from a family birthday party I went to and had my camera in hand because I was taking pictures that day and decided to get up close and personal with the cupcake. After about 25 pictures and different lighting situations, I fell this is the best photo I got, then I ate the cupcake.