25 Photos

Theme	Subject	Reason
1.     Anger		I think that anger is best shown through facial expression, so this is an angry face
2.     Power		I took the power portion of this photo more literally than strength. I chose the outlet because you plug things into it for power.
3.     Ugly		Mushrooms are annoying and very ugly, and the edible ones taste bad.
4.     Calm		I chose this photo because I think it has a calming effect.
5.     Compassion		I think that sharing a cookie is the ultimate compassion because cookies are good, so people wouldn't want to share them..
6.     Authority		This photo shows the truth of authority. It shows that the person with the sword declares everything.
7.     Pride		I chose my brother's diploma,because for him, this is something to be very proud of. When I get my diploma, I will be very proud of it too.
8.     Mysterious		I think this photo is mysterious because you don't know who is under the hat, and that there is a little bit of a tease of the person's chin. The person is my dad.
9.     Wisdom		I took a very close photo of my grandma because her face shows her age, and with age comes wisdom. She's old. Her wrinkles, her sunken in eyes, and her gray hair show this.
10.  Love		The hands of my parents represent love because of their wedding rings.
11.  Lazy		I took this photo around Christmas last year, and I think that Christmas time is a time to be lazy. I would just sit in my pajamas and drink hot chocolate.
12.  Temptation		I love crepes, and they’re not always good for you. It’s a kind of guilty pleasure, and I’m always tempted to eat them!
13.  Happiness		Money is my ultimate goal in life, so personally, money is happiness. I know others believe that money doesn't mean happiness, but I do.
14.  Growth		This shows growth of my parents from their wedding day, 27.5 years ago, to the present. It shows how much they've changed, and how they each have grown together as people.
15.  Memories		A photo album contains the memories of a lifetime.
16.  Sounds		A piano makes music, and that represents sound.
17.  Diversity		This photo shows diversity because all the people are friends, yet they are all different races.
18.  Dangerous		I chose a knife to photograph because you could potentially hurt someone with it, and in the wrong hands, knives are very dangerous.
19.  Hope		This shows how much hope people have. They would hope for something then stick money into the grate.
20.  Truth		I have the words, "What is Truth?" because what is truth? There is always a hint of lie in every truth even if the person doesn't know it, so what is the true truth? I think this photo shows that there is no true truth by asking a simple question in an inspirational manner.
21.  Patriotic		I chose the American flag because it's patriotic, and I live in America.
22.  Sad		I think that an empty plate is sad because it symbolizes hunger, and how many people die of hunger.
23.  Terrifying		We went to an African safari like thing, and this ram thing tried putting its head into our car, and it succeeded. It was a very terrifying experience, yet I was able to get a photo of this thing.
24. Abandoned		This shed looks as if it’s never been taken care of because it has all the overgrowth all over it. It is abandoned.
25.  Courage		I think that this photo signifies courage both of the zipliner and the guy. Both of them are risking their lives. The guide is risking his life everyday for others to enjoy, and I think that's very courageous of him.

Portrait Session with Steph Neast

Dear Future Scientists Who Will Make Wings,

           This is Stephanie Lynn Neast, or Steph for short. If she could photograph anything in the world, it'd be the olympics. She identifies herself as a shy girl, who is very athletic. The sincerity of this photo and half her face being shadowed, represents her shyness, and her jacket represents her athletic-ness. If she could change anything about herself, it'd be to become more confident in her abilities. When Steph grows up, she wants to become a Physical Therapist, and in 10 years, she'll be working. She loves to listen to music on her phone, and she's usually found in the gym or sleeping in bed. She wishes that critics and unappreciative people in pop culture would go away. Her biggest fear in life is if she got a serious injury that would keep her from her sport. Steph wishes she could fly because she likes to get places early, and if she could fly, she could beat the traffic. Her favorite restaurants are Mikado's and The Melting Pot. She likes photography because it shows a different perspective of everything. She hopes that by the end of the year, she'd be able to interpret the little things in photos. 

Thanks for Reading!!

Sketchbook Cover

Personal Reflection Questions
1.) How did you take the photograph? I took 2 photos. I took both of them with my phone. The piano I took one day when I was bored, and the zebra was taken at a safari in Texas. I went there this summer.
2.) Why is this photo good? I think the piano photo is good because there's no definitive end, and I think the zebra photo is good because it shows colors and patterns on the zebra that I didn't know were there. There's actually a small black stripe through each tan stripe.
3.) Why do you value this photograph? I value these photos because they're one of the best photos I feel that I've ever taken. Both show things that are more complex, like there's a meaning inside.
4.) What is your theme? How did you showcase your identity? My theme is that life doesn't have a specific order. I like things in order, but I also need things to be disheveled sometimes, just to keep myself in check.
5.) How do the other images/text selected relate to your theme? The text is all different fonts, and that ties into the fact that life doesn't have a specific order. There isn't one specific font (order) that life has to be. It's diverse.
6.) Describe how you used the chosen principle of design. I used the monochromatic color theme so that the message would be heard, and it won't be drowned out by color. There's also a balance as in the circles on either sides of my name, and my first and last names are balanced being the same number of letters. There's also a variety of the photos I used, in trying to get different photos.

My Best Photo

My Best Photo

I think that this is a good photo because it has a cool angel. It also looks like a piano still, but quite different too. I also like how colorful it is. This photo is personal to me because I love to play the piano. I've played for almost 6 years, and I would love to continue forever! I love to play, and i think this photo really shows what it feels like to play. This photo personally means a lot to me and it was fun to just play with it.

What Makes a Good Photo?

Group List:

• Focus
• Have a subject
• Lighting
• Meaning
• Angles
• Quality
• Emotion
• Proportionate

I learned from this photographer’s blog is that many photographers have different thoughts as to what is the most important thing about a photograph. Some people had said the same thing, but others had different ideas as to what makes a good photo. Almost all the qualities were intangible. No one had said that you need a good camera, or a special eye for this kind of thing. As Clare Absolon said, “I don’t believe that you need to be a professional to take a good photograph; as long as you have a grasp of the composition…”

Many of these artists had said that the most important quality of a photo is that it has a story to tell. The photo shows just a snapshot of life, but there is an entire story behind it. The photo needs to engage the viewer and tell half the story. Some photographers said that it needs to be emotional. Some stories are emotional, and to tell an emotional story through a photo, there needs to be emotion in the picture itself. Every story means something, and with the proper lighting, that story can be told. Many photographers said that lighting is very important because it can take just an ordinary photo, and make it extraordinary. Tanveer Badal said that being a photographer makes you pay attention to the ordinary things in life. Everything has a story, and that includes the ordinary things.

What every photographer said ties into the fact that each photo needs to tell a story, and I plan on doing that with my photography.