DUI

Photo By: Caleb M.


I was driving home from water polo and my eyes were burning and I could barely see from the chlorine in my eyes and I wanted to capture it, so at a red light I tried my best to get a picture of what I saw. It reminded me of what they show drunk drivers seeing in movies so I named it DUI. It took a few tries going back to the light and taking the picture. It was night time, so I had to set a large aperture to capture all the light and used the dash to hold the camera still so I didn’t get any blur. I’m kind of glad how it turned out since this was the first time I shot at night.

Self Portrait

Photo by: Xavier N.

I had no specific technical intentions when I took this photo. It was very simple. I had very little space to work. I used some dark wool fabric as a back drop. The lighting was natural, coming from my window; I drew the blinds halfway so the shadows would be softened. I did not have a automatic remote for taking the photos so it was a constant cycle; get up, timer, press button, walk back, pose.

Fortunately, the timer is about 10 seconds giving me enough time to concentrate before each photo. Concentration is very important. Body awareness is also essential while taking self portraits, I was very careful to be sure the contours of my body corresponded to the way I placed my limbs and head. Enjoy!

Hey Kermit

Photo by: Amanda S.


I took this picture a few years ago when I first got a camera with macro settings and could take close-ups that were actually in focus. I was out in my grandma’s backyard and my sister discovered a few frogs hidden in some flowers, so I put one of them onto the yard and he happened to pose perfectly for me. It turned out to be one of my favorite shots.

These shoes were made for walkin’

Photo by: Leasa L. T.


I was sitting in front of my house absolutely annoyed because I couldn’t find any circles for our circles project. So I sat down and the circles on my shoes caught my eye. Picked up my camera, got in close, and adjusted the depth of field a bit to get the bottom of my shoe and part of the ground in focus.

Caramel Delight!

Photo by: Lauren H.


I took this picture at the Puyallup Fair this past month for our “circles” assignment in Photo 2 class. It was at a caramel apple stand and the M&M one looked the best. After many different shots I finally got the right one; just close enough. I was in the natural day light and it was cloudy out so I had to change the ISO a few different times but I’m happy with the end result.

Rock Star

Photo By: Austin W.


This photo was for an assignment themed towards circles. I have collected hundreds of energy drink cans and decided to set few up for a shoot. At first there was a huge lack of light but after some adjustments I think it turned out alright.

Gargoyle

Photo By: Kenzie M.


I took this photo while looking for stuff to photograph outside for my Circles theme project. I really liked how the depth of field turned out, with the gargoyle and some of the dirt in focus, and the plant in the background out of focus. The bright colors of the photo turned out well too. One thing that I would have changed was the composition of the image; now that I look at it more closely, I would have liked to have more of the plant in the picture.

Unique Sibling

Photo by: Ashana A.


On my day off from working at the Puyallup Fair I went to the fair with some friends.Everybody who goes to the Puyallup Fair knows that there is a mother pig every year that has a new batch of young piggies.Out of all the young pigs there was this loner in the looks department.I took this photo from the opposite side of them from atop.I got in as close as I could and made sure that I got in some of it’s same pink siblings.I took the photo with a Nikon D70s.

Sunlit Spider

Photo by: Annie G


For this picture I had to get up close and personal with this spider, which freaked me out a bit, but it was worth it. I was really happy with how this picture turned out, and how the sun seemed to light up the spider. I was working from a lot of different angles trying to get it just right. I had to get at angle where the sun was not in the picture, but still lit up the picture. I really like how the spider almost looks transparent. It was hard to get this picture because my camera would not focus on the spider, it would focus on the things behind it.

Spring Flowers

Photo by: Nicole S.


For this picture I was in Mt. Vernon with my parents and we were at the tulip farms. Our assignment was Spring Theme and I figured Tulips were the perfect way to capture spring. I put the pink of the flowers at the top of the frame to make it seem like that was the skyline and that the green stems and grass around them was the landscape. I used aperture in all of the pictures I took for the assignment and in this one I decided to have the main flower clear, in focus and in the left side of the frame so that, going from left to right, the flowers became more blurry. This picture came out the way that I had planned and I was very happy with it!