SELF PORTRAIT PROJECT

    For my self portrait project,  I decided to use my chalkboard wall in my room.

 I wrote the lyrics  to John Lennon's "imagine" over the wall. I then shined a light on one side of the 

board towards my face. I used a tri-pod and a timer on the camera to take the pictures. It was fun adjusting

 the tri-pod to different angles to try and find where the light would look best. Obviously, some angles work better than others.

This lighting is my favorite. I like how to right of the photo is completely black.

I like the profile in this one. 

Just trying out different expressions.

In this photo, I tried focussing on the word "peace" that was in the lyrics. It blurred out my face and the foreground, making it look unintentional, but I still like it. 

Contact sheet

Tilt Shift!

This is my first tilt shift photo. It was taken from the front yard of a cabin that I stayed at over spring break at Canon Beach. Haystack rock is blurred in the background. 

Portrait Project- Madison Campbell

These pictures I took of Madi Campbell for the portrait project were taken right after she'd finished her run after school. Instead of just a "photo shoot" with her, I wanted to get some actual feeling and expression in the photos, rather than just smiling. She plays soccer for Tualatin and I think her expression accurately depicts how she was feeling, exhausted. 

The bold print of "Tualatin Soccer" looks nice against her dark shirt. 

 There is a scratch on this one but I like the angle of her jaw line and the clouds in the background.

 I wanted to experiment with motion and how it would come out on camera. After asking her to do a few jumping shots, I was a little skeptical if she was even in the frame. The face is a little blurred, but I'm happy with the outcome. I like her  movement in the picture.

 The angle of this one makes her come off as a powerful and intimidating player.

This one is a little more posed but still worth showing.

Contact sheet! 

 These were two of my last extra shots. I had a few pictures left and I was with my hyper friend Alyssa Durdel and this is what came of it.

A little dark, but still a decent photo of her.

Something I love

When asked to take pictures of something you love, I immediately thought of my dogs. In this photo, my dog, Hank, is sitting on my front driveway. I feel like there is something regal about him and you can see so much personality in his eyes. I also love the shadow.

This is my other dog lucy with my neighborhood in the back ground. She looks so old and sweet in this photo. Sadly the photo was scratched by someone when in the wash but I still like the photo a lot.

I took this photo of my mom when she was cooking. She's always so calm and concentrated when making dinner and I thought it was a good use of my last shot.

This is another of Hank. The photo is a little dark, especially with his head being brown and body grey.

Yet another of Hank. Sadly the camera is focused on his paws and not head, but it's still worth showing.