Portraits and Landscapes

1. A Black & White Soul
2. This photo was taken in Chandler, Arizona.
3. This photo demonstrates portraits. I decided to edit this and make it monochrome because it just spoke louder that way. I think that it is so interesting that in a world full of color, the soul is black and white. I feel like you just focus on who he is as a person and not so much where he is or what he is doing.

1. Grounded
2. This photo was taken in a field in Chandler, Arizona.
3. This photo demonstrates landscape. You will probably disagree with me on this, and that's okay. With landscapes, a general rule of mine is that the eye has to have something to focus on. Whether it's a shallow depth of field or some other object to bring in the attention, it HAS to be there. Otherwise, our eyes just glide off of the photo and never rest on anything and therefore we don't really take in the photo. So I tried to have something for it to focus on. Using a deeper depth of field just made the viewer feel lost and confused. Also, I edited this by some cropping, bringing up exposure, and bringing out the blues in the sky.

1. More Than I Supposed
2. This photo was taken in a field in Chandler, Arizona.
3. This photo demonstrates landscape with a portrait. I love that the viewer's eye is able to focus on the subject while still taking in the beauty of the land at the same time. Something new that I did when editing this photo, was to add a bit of distortion to bring the viewer in with the subject. I actually kinda like how it turned out. Other edits include bringing up the exposure, adding a slight vignette, and bringing up the saturation a bit.

And uhh...if you ever need a model for a mini cooper you should get in contact with this guy:

This honestly was really fun. Especially because it was just some random guys car... XD

Experiments in Lighting

1. Shadowed Hope
2. This photo was taken near a field across the street in my house in Chandler, AZ.
3. This photo demonstrates bad lighting levels. The light hits her face harshly and creates shadows. It also creates a lot of highlights and shadows in her hair which is distracting.

Taken in the hour after Sunrise

Taken in the Late Afternoon.

Taken at Dusk.

1. The Relevance of Time.
2. These photos were taken in Chandler, AZ.
3. They demonstrate the different levels of lighting. I only took one in the golden hour on purpose. I really wanted to see if the golden hour made a big difference. It really does make a difference!! (I'm so sorry that they aren't all next to each other! I tried like a thousand different ways, but my blog won't cooperate.)

1. Good Morning
2. This photo was taken in Chandler, AZ.
3. This photo demonstrates good lighting levels. Her skin color is a smooth all the way across. I love the raw look of this photo. I convinced her to come outside during golden hour in the morning just minutes after she woke up. Isn't she so beautiful? (Also super kind to consent to photographs that early in the morning XD)

**Also, just a note: My blog automatically puts the white edging on all of my photos, so that wasn't me.

Midterm Project

1. Beauty of Growth
2. This photo was taken in a neighborhood in Chandler.
3. This photo demonstrates good color with the use of complimentary colors green and pink (red), good background with the shallow depth of field, it breaks balance by placing the flower bud on the left side, and also demonstrates viewpoint with the high angle of the camera on the subject. The only editing I have done was a slight vignette (really, just a tiny one so that our eyes more easily focus on the photo) and I brought up the exposure by a couple points. I think it turned out nicely. :)

1. Contemplation
2. This photo was taken in Gilbert, Arizona.
3. This photo demonstrates rule of thirds, viewpoint with the high angle, color through the color tones, and asymmetry with the subject positioned to the left of the shot. I also would argue that there is a bit of a leading line created by her body position. It starts with the braid in her hair, leading the eyes to the book and then the rest of her leg and her boot lead the viewer to the water of the photo. You may disagree with that though. :P As for editing, all I did was bring up the exposure a little bit.

1. Faithe to See*
2. This photo was taken in my home in Chandler, Arizona.
3. This photo demonstrates color by using contrast emphasized by the lack of color, framing through the subjects body position around the notebook, viewpoint through the high angle and context the framing provides, and also rule of thirds. For editing, I saturated this photo, cropped it, and added a really slight vignette.

*I titled this one "Faithe to See" because it is a photo of my sister, Faithe. She has spina bifida and hydrocephalus. She's got a surgery coming up in a couple of weeks that requires her to stay in bed for the majority of the time, so I took this photo while she was laying in her bed drawing which is a familiar sight. I really am most proud of this photo for the story it tells. I think that she really has the faith to see past her challenges and into the bright future. Nearly every photo she draws is about one of her dreams coming true. Most stunning to me are the drawings were she is walking like this photo. She's the figure standing on the right, cooking from what she told me. This photo is extremely moving to me and I hope that shows through.

1. Rooted*
2. This photo was taken in Boyce Thompson Arboretum, Arizona.
3. This photo demonstrates framing through the wire fence, color through the warm color tones, leading lines through the bridge, and good background with the shallow depth of field. I personally think this one is the best because it not only demonstrates a lot of good photography concepts but it tells a story as well, which is what I really want to do through my photography.

*This one is not for grading, I just thought I'd show it to you because I'm pretty proud of it. I took it before this photography class even began and at the time I just thought it looked really nice but now I understand why. And I LOVE that feeling!

Framing and Viewpoint

1. Web of Frames
2. This was taken in my home in Chandler, Arizona.
3. This photo demonstrates good framing. I used the shutters on my window to frame the spider web with a single dead bug in it. You might think it's gross, but it's definitely my most unique framing photo.

1. Arizona Lake
2. This photo was taken in Chandler, Arizona near a sidewalk in front of a house.
3. This photo demonstrates unique viewpoint. I used a higher angle but also got really close to the subject to make it look larger. In reality, this little plant is only a couple inches long. The water between the rocks was just the runoff of the neighbor's sprinklers.

1. Rusted Stories
2. This photo was taken at the Arboretum in Superior, Arizona.
3. This photo demonstrates good viewpoint. I came in really close the subject and by tilting it I made it a lot more interesting. The angle was just slightly lower than the subject. I really like the layers in this photo. I'm pretty proud of it :)