Drift Wood

Photo by Kayla S.

I took this picture during the flooding of the Puyallup River on January 8, 2008. This is a shot I got on a walkway bridge under a road bridge near Tiffany’s Skate Rink. My dad, sister and I were headed back across the bridge from looking at the flooding rink parking lot when the piece of drift wood caught my eye. I love the way it looks sort of jammed under the fence like its trapped. The river water had been a good 5-6 feet higher the night before and it was still in places that it shouldn’t have been, as in it hadn’t receded completely yet. The water went down before I got this shot at about 10am. I like this picture because it shows the reality of flooding and it looks dark, muddy, wet and sad. It’s also original because I don’t think that many other people took the extra trip downtown just to get this shot. I did a levels adjustment and messed with the hue and saturation a bit. Tell me what you think!

Color Splash

Photo by Jeanna K.
I took this picture for our selective coloring assignment, and I really liked it without manipulating it. I think the lighting is really unique and I like the darkness in the picture. I think it makes the color stand out more. I think it could stand to be a little bit brighter, but at the same time I really like the mood of the picture.

Weightless Snow

Photo by Tyler M.
My all time favorite picture I’ve taken period. I had to get up on a ladder to get the snow laying on the branches. The snow doesn’t look like it could be staying in place like it is. I used aperture to capture the snow and tree branches in focus. The edges managed to get blurry which made my photo look more unique.

Simplicity in Spring

Photo by Jill D.
I took this photo a long time ago- last spring, actually. But recently I decided to edit it a bit and give it a cool blue tone using Variations in Photoshop. I was happy with the way it turned out, and how it isn’t as boring as it used to be after the editing. I like the small depth-of-field the picture has and how it reminds me of springtime .

Fire

Photo by: Erica W.
I took this when I was experimenting with taking pictures of our fireplace at different shutter speeds. They all turned out interesting (fire is a good subject), but I liked the ones taken with a fast shutter speed best because they made the fire look transparent. The only editing I did to this photo was to crop out the edges of the fireplace.

dace

Photo by:Alex L.
I took this picture at the park. I really liked the silhouette effect I got from the bright sun.
I see a few things wrong with this photo, but it was one of my favorite pictures I got at the park at that day.

PLAYGROUND

Photo by: Courtney B.
I took this picture at the park in forest green. My best friend and I were taking pictures for my night project. We took her car and placed the lights pointed at the park to make a shadow on it. I really like how it turned out. Also I increased the brightness in this picture.

No title for Rachel, so sad...

Photo by Rachel W.
I chose this photo even though it’s a little dark…I thought it was a good picture. Its not one of the best pictures I’ve taken but its pretty good.

The Ocean

Photo by Mitch D.

I was camping at ocean shores with my girlfriend’s family and we got board so we took a walk out to the ocean. I just happen to take my camera to take some pictures. As I was walking I saw this seagull walking in front of me. As I got closer to it the bird started to fly so I put the camera up to my eye and snapped a few pictures of it. I thought this was a very cool picture.

SANTA CLAUS!

By: Claudia M.
I took this picture at a friend’s house. I was taking pictures of all her little Christmassy things she had at her house and I really like the Santa’s Claus she had so then I decided to take a picture of it. I ended up taking a really good close up of Santa Claus and decided to use this wonderful picture for my blog posting.