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.