Category: Composition

For this particular project, I thought it would be a fun idea to tell a story that’s been happening recently at Freestyle: Jake’s attempts to get the students of Freestyle to collaborate with him in making the Freestyle yearbook. I thought that the marker and whiteboard would make for a good prop – as it’s telling the story of Jake’s frustrations of having to create these messages over and over again. I considered taking a photo of simply Jake’s messages, but I thought it would be a more interesting picture if I captured him while he was in the process of writing. (And I did get his permission to take this picture and use it for the project.)

For this particular project, my friend was kind enough to be the model/subject for my photo. Out of the number of photos I took, some had both her and the pencil case in focus, while others had only her in focus and the pencil case was blurred. I liked all of the photos, but I thought that the one with the pencil case in focus and my friend blurred looked the most interesting, which is why I ultimately selected it.

For this photo, we had to imagine something from a new perspective. I wasn’t quite sure how to go about this, so when I consulted my friends, they said that it would be interesting to use different camera angles to show that perspective – such as birds-eye-view. One of my friends was kind enough to be the subject for my photo – and out all of the photos we took I thought this one turned out the best.

For this assignment, we were supposed to make our photo look like the shot of a movie. I can’t exactly say that I succeeded (to be honest I think this looks more like a painting or a drawing, especially her pants), but I really do like how this photo turned out – it makes me think of perhaps a flashback during an animated movie? I’m not quite sure – but I really like the contrast of how she (my sister) is walking into the darkness from the light – and I’m really happy with the fading out effect on her left leg.

For this project, we were assigned to fill the frame with one color. I took photos of a number of things, such as blue bags, the white wall, and the like, but ultimately felt that this photo fit the theme best, especially since it had a subject that was incredibly close to the camera.

Not going to lie, these are kind of terrifying.

For this project, we were supposed to work with symmetry – specifically, symmetry in our own faces. After taking a photo of my own face, I went into photoshop and reflected the image twice – the first time I reflected the left side of my face, and the second time I reflected the right side. They’re kind of terrifying, and I don’t really know how to feel about them, but it was funny while in the process of making them, so yeah, I liked this particular project.

(When I specify left and right for this project, I specifically mean my own left and right/from my own perspective.)

This was a prompt I struggled with, and I’m still not sure how I feel about this photo. Out of all the photos I tried to take for this prompt, I feel as if this one is the best, but I’m not sure if I’m completely satisfied with it – I might try and experiment later, to figure out how to work with Negative Space. At the very least, for this photo, my attempt at creating negative space was through the white ceiling – with the planets (I forget what these things are called) being the subject of the photo. If I were to take this photo again, next time I would close the door – in the hopes that it would be less of a distraction.

I took a number of photos for this prompt, and this photo was what I believe to be the second best. The best photo I took for this prompt, however, was one that I thought would work better for another prompt, or theme, so I plan to save it for another day. (The other photo also felt more generic than this one – I liked the vibes of this photo, which is why I chose to use this one for the assignment). Thank you to my sister who unknowingly let me sneak into her room to take this photo.

For this photo, I tried to incorporate leading lines – the line of the bed, as well a the lines from the knocked over chair – to lead the view to look into the darkness under the bed. At first, I wasn’t sure how to interpret the prompt of “infinity”, but eventually I settled on the concept of “childhood imagination.” A child’s imagination could be considered infinite – children are always playing pretend and coming up with stories inside their minds – so I thought that referencing the classic “monster under the bed” would work well for this photo.

For this assignment, we had to take a photo of a landscape that was symmetrical. The street next to mine always has beautiful trees on both sides of the road, so while it wouldn’t be perfect, I thought that it would be a good place to take such a photo. Normally by this time of year, (or maybe a little later), the trees would all be yellow and gorgeous – rather than just yellow at some of the tips – but this year, the leaves have remained green.