Photo by Brittany Baker

For our Holiday Theme's assignment I had my mom drive me around so I could get a variety of different pictures. The one I chose to print was of a yard that had a blow-up snowman in the middle with a row of lights going around just the outside of the lawn. But I really like how this picture turned our because while I was taking the picture I zoomed in and out so it gave it a nice effect. Then in Photoshop CS3 I used the filter gallery and I stylized it with glowing edges. Overall I'm very happy with this picture, the snowman looks distorted and you can't tell what it is and the way the house looks almost as if it is getting pulled in.

Photo by Chris Gaul

In this photo I tried to capture the reflection of the lamp in the water. I accomplished that and then edited it in Photoshop CS3. I saturated the reflection and de-saturated everything around it to make the reflection stand out more. This photo came out better than I thought it would.

Photo by Nathan Kaczmerak

This photo was taken in the fall of my sophomore year at P.H.S. for the rule of thirds assignment. I chose this picture because I wanted to choose one of my more simple pictures for this blog. Even though I am satisfied with the picture I wish that I would have had a better knowledge about photography and taken a few more shots that I know could have turned out better.

Tears of a Flower

Photo by Chris Gaul

I took this photo early in the morning to get a shot of the dew droplets on the petals. It came out so good that I barely had to do anything to it in Photoshop. All I did was add a little saturation at about a 17% flow to make the colors come out a little more. I also cropped it because there was a lot of empty space in the left side of the photo. I think this photo came out great, I wish I would’ve taken more like it when I had the chance.

Photo by Kyndra Jones

I took this photo the night my brother, my mom and I were decorating our Christmas tree. It was taken as a close up for my holiday theme assignment and I’m really impressed with the way it turned out. I had to take a lot of the same shots to try and get the main subject in focus and the branches out of focus. In Photoshop I just brightened it up a bit so it stood out more, nothing drastic or anything. The ornament could’ve been in focus a little more, but who’s perfect, right?

Photo by Sarah McGrath

I took this picture late one night at the Puyallup train station down town. For the most part I’m very happy with the way the shot turned out. The lighting was perfect. I didn’t have to do anything with it in Photoshop. The one thing I wish was different with the picture is I wish I would have been standing in the middle of the tracks, it would have made the photo a lot more interesting.

Photo by Danielle Jack

I took this picture in my front yard, and the objective was to get a close up picture. I chose this picture because I think it has a lot of character. It’s framed and it shows depth of field really well.

Photo by: Brittany Baker

This is a picture I took of a leaf for our close-ups assignment. I really like how this picture turned out because it was in the morning and the frost was still on the grass and the leaves on the ground. To improve this picture, I wouldn't change anything about the actual picture but I would have spent more time on this assignment, because I probably could have gotten a better picture. I keep doing these assignments at the last minute and my best pictures that come out are leaves. I didn't do much adjustments to this, but I tried to do auto levels but nothing happened so I just left it the same.

Photo by Danielle Jack

I took this picture laying under a tree in my yard. I like this shot because of the vibrant colors. I set the camera for landscape and zoomed in on the center of the tree.

Photo by Sarah McGrath

I took this picture on a brisk early morning when the sun was just rising. It took many shots to get the photo right. The sun had to hit the spider web in a certain angle for it to show. I took about 20 different shots. In photoshop all I did to the picture was crop the sides and change the color contrast and made the picture a little lighter to make the web stand out as much as possible. After completing the picture I think it turned out really well. The only thing I wish was different about the picture is I wish there had been a spider in the web.

Waterweeds

Photo By: Chris Gaul

In this photo, I really tried to get the weeds in the water to show in the foreground with the orange/pink/blue sky in the background. The light reflecting off the water gave it a mystical feeling and came out great. The only adjustment I made to the photo was I sharpened the picture a little to give it that extra oomph. Altogether the photo came out just as I had planned and I think it is one of my best yet.

Photo by: Brittany Baker

We were told to take pictures of things that made us think of autumn and I like how there is leaves at the bottom of the waterfall. I took a lot of pictures of this waterfall and this one was the best in focus. It was a cloudy day and at first my picture was too dark, so I adjusted the color and contrast but that still didn’t seem like enough. So I had to brighten it up a little. I also had to crop it to get rid of the logs that were in the bottom of the picture they were distracting. Overall I think it could have been more in focus, but I’m happy with it.

By: Rachel Jones

I saw some crayons dumped on the floor so I took a variety of pictures, this one was the best one. I like the depth of field and the muted colors. I’ am happy with the results.

Photo by Kyndra Jones

I took this picture in the summer when my friend and I were driving around. I was taking shots of the sun because it was going down and looked really pretty. I got a couple of these shots but I liked this one best because of how the sun reflected through the trees. Editing this picture wasn’t that difficult because I just made some minor adjustments like tweaking the contrast a little so it was more vibrant.

Photo by Kyndra Jones

This is a photo of my friend Scott that I took at the Orting skate park. I’m not sure what trick he’s doing, but it’s over the pyramid. This was a difficult shot to get because I was doing a sequence shot, and kept getting a picture of him right before the trick and then when he landed it. It was a sunny day so the color turned out good. All together I’m proud of this picture.

Photo by: Rachel Jones

I took this picture at my house, just seeing if I could get a good shot of the piano because I thought it would look neat. I really like this picture other than the glare from the lights. I think it’s an interesting angle.

Photo by Sarah McGrath

I took this picture this summer when I went on vacation to Long Beach. It was a lot of fun. My mom’s boyfriend and his friend decided they wanted to race the Go-carts. I just happened to have my camera with me and took a picture, not thinking it would even turn out to be a picture I would use in class. But I think it turned out pretty good. I like how the first go-cart looks like its going really fast.

Photo by: Danielle Jack

I took this picture in downtown Puyallup while I was waiting for my ride. I got bored and started taking pictures of everything. I like this photo because it follows the rule of thirds, and also because the colors are really vibrant.

Photo by: Brittany Baker

I took this picture while doing the review of Elements of Composition assignment. I needed a “fill the frame” picture and since there isn’t a lot around my school I found a leaf on the ground by itself. I played around with the colors a little, but nothing looked better than an auto adjustment. I didn’t think I would end up posting this one so I wasn’t that worried about how it turned out. However, I think it would have turned out to be a better picture if my shadow wasn’t so prominent.

Photo By: Chris Gaul

With this photo I tried to capture the sunset at the lake. The way I took the picture, the sun is in the upper left portion of the photo. This leads you to the left side where there is a fishing dock which ended up being the main subject of the photo. I used Photoshop to sharpen the image to make the sky more vibrant. Overall the photo came out pretty good and I’m happy with it.

Photo by: Mr. DeGuiseppi

I use a Canon A620 when I am out mountain biking in the Cascades. For this picture I placed the camera on a convenient rock and set it to Manual and self-timer to 2 seconds. I set the aperture to f/8 and varied the shutter speed -- actually liking this one best which is about -1 stop below what the meter said. Haven't worked on this in Photoshop yet but when I do I plan to get rid of that little stick in the middle foreground.

Photo By: Chris Gaul

With this photo I tried to get the motion of water to be shown going around a few objects in the water. My original photo was in color but I found to be more creative in black and white which I changed by using photoshop. The way the picture turned out I believe was wonderful, with the motion of water around the can and miscellaneous wood that was stationary in the stream. All together this photo came out just the way I wanted it to.

Photo By Alison Brethour

I took this photo in a greenhouse I used to work in. It was for a close up assignment last year and I just ran with it. I obviously doctored it up. So here’s how I did it… First I inverted the picture (made it a negative.) After that I did what I call ‘bringing out’ the intelligence of a flower. I simply did that by messing with hue and saturation. I guess sometimes things just work.

Photo by: Rachel Jones

I took this in Tacoma at Point Defiance Park, for the Spring assignment last year. I was experimenting with different shots with flowers and I like how this one turned out. Although I think it might be a little too close

Photo by Sarah McGrath

I took this picture for an assignment on Spring. I went out and took several pictures of flowers in all different angles. I like this picture the best because of the angle and the coloring. I zoomed in a lot and got really close which made the daisy look bigger. The only thing I wish I did in this picture is made sure the background was more in focus, it’s a little blurry.

Photo by: Kyndra Jones

I took this photo when I was in Seattle at about 1 in the morning. I was actually just messing around and didn’t expect this picture to turn out as well as it did. If you look at the farthest lights, you can see a zigzag line which I thought was really interesting and gave it an artistic feel. Also, I changed the picture to black and white to give it more of an edge, and it looked better with the blur of the lights.

Photo by: Danielle Jack

I took this portrait on accident; we were just trying to pass time taking funny pictures, and this shot kind of stood out. The great thing about this picture is its so simple but somehow captures who she is….I love it.

Photo by: Caitlin Stoffel

I chose this picture because I like the color and texture. It’s a close up of the parking lot at school. It had rained earlier and I think that’s what made the colors and textures pop out. I wish it was just a little more in focus around the edges.

Photo by: Brittany Baker

Last year we did an assignment where we had to take pictures of a game. So I played around with some dice and took pictures of different colored dice and I really liked this one. I like how some of the dice are out of focus a little, but the ones in the middle aren’t. I also like how the white dice contrasts with the black background.

This is a close up of the underside of a mushroom. I like the detail of the spores and delineation between the light side and the shadow side.

Mount St. Helens

Photo by: Jack DeGuiseppi

I took this photo early in the morning on a bright sunny day in August. I used a polarizing filter on a Canon A620.