Dave Hill Inspired Photo

Original:

Edited in Camera Raw:

-Decreased vibrance
-Decreased exposure

Edited in Photoshop:

-duplicated the best part of the image to make the purpose of the image clear
-changed opacity of several

Best Picture

My Favorite Photographers
1. Yousuf Karsh
2. Dorothea Lange
3. Irving Penn
4. Stephen McCurry
5. David Maitland

MCW Photo Story

This incredibly blurry picture shows one of the main reasons I come home for lunch.

On Multicultural Week days when I come home, I have enough time to prepare my own lunch. I made pasta and it was great.

I then have time to sit down and relax on the couch for a while. If I were really prepared, I could have come home to take an hour long nap.

Then I go outside and I hang out with my dog for a while. She is fifteen years old, so I basically grew up with her.

Story with a photo - Har har har

"What do you call two banana peels?"

"Cara. Cara. nooo"

"A PAIR OF SLIPPERS! Do you get it? Do you get it Haroon Rasheed. I am a hilarious practical jokester."
And of course, Haroon is practically rolling around in laughter at the stupidity of my own joke and how proud I am in sharing it. This genuine laughter is what I capture.

This is my photography process. 

The name of this photography serves a dual purpose. His name is Haroon Adam Rasheed, the initials of which are H.A.R. And the more obvious reason is that "har har har" is onomatopoeia for laughter.

MSJMCW Story

Grateful to have a fourth period teacher who lets us out of class a couple minutes early, I am able to evade the herd of eager underclassmen, who trample to get food. As with most high school students, students of MSJHS leap fervently at the opportunity to obtain more food. This is why club meetings often offer food, to tempt the freshmen into joining. However, the hype of Multicultural Week is not based solely on the appeal to one's appetite. Because clubs no longer collect funds from their members, selling food at Multicultural Week is a key fundraiser for the clubs. For the larger clubs that have to travel for competitions or raise money for a product, like DECA and Yearbook, obtaining funds by participating in MC week is a necessity. The typical lunchtime is nearly doubled, and so the upperclassmen experience the luxury of traveling as far as Pacific Commons, or being able to sit down at a restaurant and enjoy a meal. This is rare, for one must usually eat in their car or in fifth period on a typical school day.

By far, the best part of MC week is the assembly. The best dancers in our school choreograph amazing routines, representative of cultures from around the world. Multicultural Week is the second best week of the school year, right after homecoming. It will be one of those genuine high school experience that I cherish.

Principles of Design - Unity

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Edited:

-Cropped
-Decreased saturation
-Increased clarity

I chose this image because the symmetrical design promoted unity. Furthermore, I enjoy photographing everyday items, and this is the doormat I step on every time I leave my house.

Principles of Design - Rhythm

Original:

Edited:

-Increased highlights
-Added a slight pink tint

The repetitive pattern of the roots form the framework of the magnolia tree, the base, the most solid part of the tree. They are woven together, creating a sense of organized movement.

Principles of Design - Variety

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Edited:

-Cropped
-Added a yellow filter
-Increased clarity

This image shows various principles of design, such as rhythm, proportion, repetition, and emphasis. It also exhibits my first rule of photography, depth of field.

Principles of Design - Proportion

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Edited:

-Increased saturation
-Increased clarity
-Increased highlights

The gloves placed on the handles of the wheelbarrow give an approximate size of the wheelbarrow. The color contrast of red and green is striking enough to allow the eye to linger from one corner of the photograph to the other.

Principles of Design - Movement

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Edited:

-Increased exposure
-Increased whiteness

Over spring break, I traveled to Catalina Island with my Girl Scout troop. We walked up many flights of stairs to see what the view would be like, and it was well worth it. The cruise ship in the top right is our boat.

Principles of Design - Emphasis

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Edited:

-Cropped
-Increased exposure
-Increased highlights

This color in this picture is the main focus, or the emphasis. The lines of the fronds, the orange and violet colors of the bird of paradise, and the change in background texture draw the eye to the subject of the picture, the flower.

Principles of Design - Balance

Original:

Edited:

-Increased green saturation
-Increased clarity
-Increased highlights

This image shows a balance of grape vines on either side of the metal sun figure, as perfect as nature can create. The sunlight fell unevenly on the leaves, creating a dappled ombre effect.

Shutter Speed

1. The shutter speed of this picture is fast because the trucks in the image are crisp and clear. If the shutter speed was slow, The trucks would be blurred because they're moving.
2. One of my rules of composition is depth of field. This picture clearly exhibits that because you can see the road as it transverses through the field.
3. This picture demonstrates good use of line because the white road lines serve as guiding lines in the image, drawing the eye to the subject.
4. The picture most comprehensively shows movement. The road is typically the setting of many fast moving vehicles. So when a viewer sees a highway, they imagine the vehicles on the highway to be moving.

My partner is Clarissa Kung. She is great.

Tuesday with Farley's Kids

Shutter Speed: Slow 1/200