Photo Essay Assignment: Thanksgiving

Ordinary to Extraordinary Assignment

before

after

Taken along the trail at Haverford College- so good to be home.

Thanksgiving in 5D

 For this assignment, I borrowed my friend's 5D camera and wide angle and macro lenses. So much fun shooting with such an awesome camera!

apple pie in the making 

the "before" shot.

one of the birds

what is thanksgiving without gravy?

23 people at one table, our new record!

Liquify Lesson

Tonight we learned how to use the 'liquify' tool in photoshop, so  I decided to turn my classmate into the Queen of Hearts.

Assignment: The Unseen

HP7

Finally! Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Our nation's capitol

Assignment: ONE

time: magic hour
place: graveyard
idea: ground up

Champions!

I now present for the first time in history, the Catholic University Field Hockey team, ECAC champions!

Bicycle Race

Here's a fun video of my dad racing my cousin, Nils, on bike..

pizza box assignment

sunroof

Great quote i heard over the weekend from a friend's dad after we lost in the conference championship: "To compete is fun; the results go in a book but the team stays in your heart forever."

cotton candy clouds

Light and Shadow Assignment

la luz primera

la luz segunda

la sombra de la bicicleta

luz o sombra? no puedo decidir.

view from the library

Halloween

Happy Halloween!

Sadly, I didn't have any trick-or-treaters. Maybe that's because they would have needed a fob to get in my building.  Anyways, I hope everyone had a nice weekend and ate lots of candy!

Senior Day

Love my birds! 

Friday night lights!

http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/fball/2010-11/releases/night_game_preview

Rules of Composition

Ten photographs to represent each of the ten rules of composition in photography:

rule #1: impact

rule # 2 : cropping (above is uncropped, below is cropped)

                                       

rule # 3: KISS (keep it simple, stupid)

rule #4: biggest, boldest, brightest!

rule # 6: leading lines

rule# 7: symmetry

rule #8: use of internal framing

rule #9: avoid mergers 

(I avoided having the Washington Monument emerge from Mom's head)

rule #10: room for logical movement

Mupload!

Mupload: short hand for 'mobile upload'

GO BIRDS!!

Halloween costume brainstorming... the winner goes to: 3 blind mice!

Here is some serious photoshop work- my dad sent me an e-mail with a bunch of these in them.

Rules of Composition

Soft leading lines make this picture a standout. Props to the pros.

                                                      Photograph by Michael S. Yamashita, National Geographic

POV edit