Return of the Ankh

Xavier Ness

The inspiration for this photo derived from a new way of thinking. I was influenced by Pan-Africa, and the spiritual aspects of the theme. The word ‘Ulimwengu’ is Swahili for Universe; this term exemplified the vastness of spirituality for me. I wanted to convey my subject in a certain manner. Strength, ethnicity, and definition. My ten year old sister served as my subject, we teased her hair which naturally framed her face and I applied red acrylic paint to her neck down to her shoulders and loosely swiped her face with the paint. She is wrapped in a south African fabric, a present given to me in junior high. When I released this photo, my distant family applauded me. This photo represents self acceptance and exploration into spirituality.

9:16PM

Sierra A.

I took this photo on Alki beach in Seattle. It was 9:16pm and very, very, VERY cold outside. I was messing with the different exposures to try to get a good photo of not only the city but the lights reflecting off the water and the stars in the sky. I really liked the picture and how the colors turned out and how the sky was light up with stars.

Oyster House

By Nicole S.

I was in Olympia along the waterfront and I really liked the look of the building. The logo was bold against a plainly colored wall. The lighting was a little difficult because it was super bright outside but I really liked the way that it turned out. This was one of my favorites that I took for our Travel Across Washington assignment.

Bradley Lake

Photo By: Kenzie M

This is an HDR photo I did for a project. I went out to Bradley lake and took a few bracketed shots of the lake, and this one was my favourite. I love that the trees are reflected on the water. For my first time trying HDR, it turned out nicely.

Beauty Princess

Photo By: Kailyn O

I took this picture for our outdoor portrait assignment. It was fun to use my sister, but it was also sort of difficult. She ending up posing herself the whole time and she had a lot of fun with it. It was fun to take pictures of her. This was one of my favorite pictures I took. I changed the picture to black & white to give it a “senior portrait” look.

Senior 2011

Jennifer D

I took my friends senior picture for are outside portrait assignment. We were at the park around the time the sun was going down because I love the lighting around that time. I used the cloudy white balance and at ISO of 1600.

Glass Tower

Photo By: Jeric C

This is a photo I took for my travel Washington assignment. It was taken near the Glass Museum in Tacoma. I used HDR toning to bring out some of the details in the clouds as well as the colors in the sky and reflected in the glass.

Dark Clouds

Photo by: Alexis W


I took this photo on my way back from Kent, as were going down this huge hill I started looking at the clouds and thought it looked amazing on how the dark clouds were sitting right above the light blue sky.

No Name, Caleb

Photo By: Caleb M.


This photo wasn’t taken for an assignment; it was just a random picture on a sunny day. I thought it was interesting point of view from the camera on the sidewalk of Mount Rainier on a prime sunny day in WA.

Safety First

Photo by: Amber V


I took this picture while I was shooting my famous photographer pictures. My guy shoots industrial type pictures and I stumbled upon this sign. I thought it was really good set up because there is the sign with the bright orange traffic cone. I love the depth of field in this picture and my lighting looks good as well. What I struggled with was the sky and how only a part of it is bright blue and the rest is all clouds. I didn’t end up using this picture for my assignment but I defiantly like it on it’s own.