ISO: 1600 APERTURE: 4.0 SHUTTER SPEED: 1/125 " After breaking their school's relay record, Ashton Latham, Anna Kharlamova, Kristen McCasland, and Lexi Watkins huddle together in satisfaction of their achievement."  This is the photo and caption that we entered under my name. I'm very pleased with this photo, and I'm glad this is the one we chose. The caption was not what I originally intended, but It sums up what I said. We went through a lot of difficulty trying to print this because of the captioning and spelling corrections. 

These are the images I entered into our TOP program category in sports. I obviously didn't have strong football photos. These are the best sports photos I've taken all year. These are what we decided made the cut. I was really worried about the baseball image, but the judges (and Smith) loved it. The ball is tack sharp, but everything else is out of focus. I didn't feel as though this was strong enough personally because it was such a big risk, but it turned out for the better.  The cross country picture is as "peak-action" as cross country gets. The veins still get me and I love his glasses adding a different color. 

We placed second in the Thematic category for TOP. ISO: 125 APERTURE: 2.8 SHUTTER SPEED: 1/2000 I like this picture more now that it is edited. Jake, the main subject, cannot march at all. To help it all, he was marching straight into the setting sun and he kept squinting. This does a good job of portraying the mob and parade effect. ISO: 125 APERTURE: 8.0 SHUTTER SPEED: 1/320 I believed this to be the worst of our portfolio images. We didn't have enough depth and it wasn't wide enough for what we were trying to do. I think it looks a lot better with the textures though. The part that just really bugs me is that the sign doesn't look in character at all. I think this was the weakest image in the portfolio.

ISO: 1600 APERTURE: 2.8 SHUTTER SPEED: 1/320 I thought this was interesting because people don't normally have an act like this. Keyerra is one of the most emotional people I have ever met. She is an actor at heart for sure. I thought this was pretty photojournalistic, but I know it's not my best. I couldn't find a bunch that stood out because I'm going through that phase where I've looked at my stuff for so long it all gets monotonous and I feel as though it starts to lose its luster.  ISO: 1600 APERTURE: 4.0 SHUTTER SPEED: 1/125 This image comes from state swim meet. I felt it showed a lot of emotion and a caption would rock it definitely. Looking at it now to blog about it, I like that Ashton is bullseye, but there's more to the picture that doesn't make it look goofy. Kristin is framing her from the left so it adds more to the picture. 

These are the two sports images we have come down to for me to enter. We have all agreed that the Go Pro is risky because it doesn't really show the skill of the photo since you just let that camera run. The golf photo is apparently not as strong as we perceived it to be, so both are pretty weak. These are the two we narrowed down to as a class.  Go Pro ISO: 800 APERTURE: 5.6 SHUTTER SPEED: 1/1600

There were a lot of pictures that I liked both in color and black and white. I wish I was going back to New York, that way since I have all of the shopping and sight seeing out of the way I can actually venture out for photos. These are everything that I thought was unique out of my snapshots. They were well thought out and not just something to remember my trip by. I had a lot of fun editing these pictures because I had a lot more free reign. These are my personal images and they reflect on me, so they can look however I would like them to. I made a lot of duplicates so I could experiment with the editing. This is my favorite blog up till now. The thing I didn't like about some pictures (Grand Central Station for example) is that when you edit the saturation, vibrance and other things, The blues from the sky and natural lighting get a gross blue streak outline and the coloring starts looking gross. I guess some people like that, but I don't particularly. This editing experien...

ISO: 1600 APERTURE: 4.0 SHUTTER SPEED: 1/125 This image won third place for Josten's in the Sports Sidelines category. I'm super happy I won as a junior! This has been my goal all year, so my next is to make Imagemaker this year. I think for photojournalism, this really depicted it. It was in the moment and there was a lot of emotion. I didn't crop or even really edit the picture. I think that counts most in photojournalism. You can't edit the moment, or else you're lying. The point is to assess what is happening and capture everything around you. To achieve this is what I believe is actual photojournalism. I think because of this experience I have realized that I much enjoy photojournalism and telling the story rather than any other portion of photography. This has to be my favorite. Not that I don't just love everything else photography has to offer!

ISO: 1600 APERTURE: 4.0 SHUTTER SPEED: 1/400 I chose to enter this picture because I thought it was a unique basket ball shot. There is expression in the subject, its action, and the audience is into the play. What makes this picture week is that the opposing players aren't in the shot. It's too bright, but normally my pictures for basketball are way underexposed. I thought this was something that judges might think I went out on a limb for, or something that they don't normally see. ISO: 800 APERTURE: 11.0 SHUTTER SPEED: 1/500 The downside to this photo is that it looks totally posed. It wasn't really. I just happened to be there while the subjects decided to fake that and snapped a picture of it. I like all the colors in this especially from the sky and all the icing on the subjects. I just entered this in order to compete and have a bigger chance of receiving an award. You can't win if you don't compete.