ISO: 1600 APERTURE: 6.3 SHUTTER SPEED: 1/100 I would seriously make this the wallpaper on my phone because even though its not an especially yearbook worthy photo I think its very artistic. They are of thirds to the right and the backdrop with the costumes has a very elegant look about it. It almost tells a story. It would be good for a full bleed or for lapping photos over. I got really close to the stage and used a 10-24 which helped with the wide shot.  I would've also like to have gotten a shot up and close in their business with this pose. 

ISO: 800 APERTURE: 11 SHUTTER SPEED: 1/100 I have wanted to do this picture for a while, but I feel like it's really stereotypical and hard to actually create well. Anyone can walk out and take a picture of the road. It had just rained so I had to wait on cars to pass and sit in the middle of the wet road. You can tell since all the bark is dark that it rained. I like how the trees frame the road and there's a lot of detail in the road and leaves. Smith told me to pull up the blacks and shadows and the vibrance which really made the leaves pop. I wish I would have waited a couple weeks so that the leaves would've been really pretty and fallen in the road, but I like this. 

I loved shooting this game! I'm glad this is the game I got to shoot because of all the tears. I basically stayed on bench duty and broke out a 17-50 to get the guys slumped over and upset.  ISO: 1600 APERTURE: 4.0 SHUTTER SPEED: 1/320 I like how this drill team girl is framed. There is a lot of detail in her sequins and the tiger is a nice background. I like all the colors in this picture and the exposure. There are just enough shadows to make it look good.  ISO: 2500 APERTURE: 2.8 SHUTTER SPEED: 1/500 I'm almost happy to say, even though it's mean and I like our football boys, getting pictures of them crying was fabulous. I wish Warren would've been looking just a bit more up. You can get the emotion from him. He's the only one crying and everyone in the background is just fine. He looks like he just got done playing hard, and the oranges aren't weird.  ISO: 2500 APERTURE: 2.8 SHUTTER SPEED: 1/500 I tried so hard to get a...

I'm so glad Smith let me shoot with his camera at the bonfire! I LOVED his special 70-200. ISO: 2000 APERTURE: 4.0 SHUTTER SPEED: 1/100 For this I turned off my flash. I wanted to do silhouettes in front of the fire, but this is what came of it. I don't like the motion blur from the poms, but I don't know what I should've done to fix it. I also don't like how the subjects have a blue tint, but I color corrected it and this was how it was supposed to be. The girl staring at the camera urks my nerves. Don't people know not to look at the photogs?! ISO: 2000 APERTURE: 4.0 SHUTTER SPEED: 1/100 This picture stuck out to me because Bailey is throwing the torch into the pile, but you can see the smoke and ashes trailing from the torch while Bailey is still posed throwing the torch. I like how the picture is framed by the huge flames on the left and Bailey is throwing the torch on the right while the whole pile is in the center.  ISO: 2000...

ISO: 1250 APERTURE: 2.8 SHUTTER SPEED: 1/125 I shoot a lot of theatre and about as many headshots. This was a combination of both. I was assigned to get an environmental portrait of Emily McDonald for theatre. I know what you're thinking. This isn't a portrait! Of course, I'm not stupid. It's a headshot, and not a great one either! I asked Sydney how she wanted the photo done and she just said a headshot would be fine since it's just going in the newspaper. This was taken in the hallway in the theatre. The ambient light is weird, so I had to run up my ISO because I didn't have a flash. I should have worried about the background first because the door is blown out, but I worked my histogram like Smith told me to. I started at the left with the dark side working on background first. Then, I worked my way over and pulled the blown out part down. As a last resort I used the brush tool to pull up the subject and make her pop as the "subject" of t...

ISO: 2000 APERTURE: 2.8 SHUTTER SPEED: 1/250 I feel like Rush did when she shot this assignment last year while I was at the meeting. I didn't bring a flash either which seems to be my problem, but I have an excuse since every time I need one there is none in the gear closet. This turned out like crap. I'm not even proud of this assignment, but I can say that I at least tried to work with what I had. McAllister's is lit so awkwardly. It's like that swanky club kind of lighting. I do like that the book is in focus, but I wish the people were too. The way everyone was sitting, it was hard to shoot because at any angle you got the back of someone's head. The lights remind me of the school lights and how photographers hate them.

ISO: 400 APERTURE: 5.6 SHUTTER SPEED: 1/640 For this picture there was an uneven amount of genders. Weird. I had to have the girl in the middle sit on the crack of the two benches. Then, I put the boys in windows standing up because that's masculine. Because it's a tennis picture I had the girl put up their rackets and cross their legs since they were in skirts. The coach wanted to do something with tennis balls, so I dumped the buggy of balls on the ground. I thought that added a nice touch and was very creative. The conditions outside were perfect. It was not too sunny and the sky was pretty. I should have straightened this by the top of the building. I had to go in and lightly bring up the exposure on the darker people. Overall, I'm proud of this and feel it turned out well.

ISO: 3200 APERTURE: 4.0 SHUTTER SPEED: 1/200 Potter said that she wanted pictures of diversity being spirited and of people in focus with everyone else blurred. So, I ended up with this. I had to run up my ISO because I didn't have a flash and it was the gym. Things didn't turn out too noisy. I like this because Felicity has a lot of expression and I feel like it's different compared to other pep rally pictures. ISO: 3200 APERTURE: 4.0 SHUTTE SPEED: 1/200 This picture was good because the football players didn't have to sit in the front. They sat with their friends in the stands so they were more spirited than they normally are. This could've been better if the people in the background were blurred more, or if Justin Lewis's face wasn't cut off by someones arm.  ISO: 3200 APERTURE: 4.0 SHUTTER SPEED: 1/200 I love Mrs. Murray. These pictures were different because more teachers were there and spirited. I tried to get shots...

ISO: 100 APERTURE: 8.0 SHUTTER SPEED: 1/250 This picture ended up being my favorite. I loved the pose, but the way it ended up being edited sucked. It's still too dark, but I like how the left side is lit. I just want to bring up the shadows, but I'll have time to play with it. The neat part was that Smith showed me this software on the laptop to smooth out her skin which helped a lot. The first time I tried to take these pictures I broad lit her. Then Smith explained how to correctly pose her. I learned that shoulders down point away from the light, and neck up point towards the light. I set up a parabolic flash to her right and set it to 1/8th power. I had to put the reflector angled under her on the opposite side so that some light caught her opposite side and she wasn't just half a face.  ISO: 100 APERTURE: 8.0 SHUTTE SPEED: 1/250 I'm not a fan of this pose, but I like the exposure and editing in this picture better. I really like how her eye...