westsidestory IOWA CITY WEST HIGH SCHOOL
2901 MELROSE AVE.
IOWA CITY, IA 52246
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FEBRARY 2016
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photos by: Alfonso Wheeler
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Pages 4-5: Framing Pages 6-9: Aperture, Shutter Speed Pages 10-11: Portraiture Pages 12-13: Lines Pages 14-15: Light Pages 16-17: Perspective Pages 18-21: Free form FOR MORE COVERAGE GO TO WSSPAPER.COM
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FRAMING Top: Kyra Stoll 18’ is framed between a fork in a tree in the courtyard of Iowa City West High. Right: In the West Library Kyra Stoll 18’ is framed between leaning books and shelves as she is taking a photo FEBRUARY 2016 5
Top Left: In the Prairie behind West High a prairie restoration sign is in focus and the wild prairie is in the background Bottom Left: A wild plant behind West High in the prairie is caught in focus to see the intricate details of the plant. Top Right: A leaf with raindrops behind my house is focused in on to show the details of it 6 FEBRUARY 2016
APERTURE FEBRUARY 2016 7
Top Left: Molly Howes 18’ is captured twirling in West High as her flies and she has a smile on her face Top Right: Molly Howes 18’ is captured in ballerina form as she shows off her dancing “skills” in the halls of West High
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SHUTTER SPEED FEBRUARY 2016 9
Top Left: Molly Howes’ 18 is looking out of the window in the newspaper room and the bright light outside highlights her face Bottom Left: Tayten Wheeler is showing off his huge smile after just hopping out of the shower. Top Right: Set on a tripod, in the summer I captured the colored sky and also 10 FEBRUARY 2016
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LINES
Top: In the stairwell of West High near the entrance many lines could be seen and were silhouetted against the pale sky Right: As my dad and I walked out of walmart buying notebooks, I noticed the lines that were made from the handicap signs and they made a focus point. FEBRUARY 2016 13
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LIGHT
Left: The bright light of the outside hallway of West High compared to the dark room Kyra Stoll 18’ and I were in Silhouetted her and created dark and light contrast Top: Using a iPhone camera flashlight, I captured Kyra Stoll 18’ wearing a clown head and the light made the picture extremely creepy FEBRUARY 2016 15
PERSPECTIVE Top: My family is captured from bird’s eye view enjoying family dinner and conversating about random things. It was chili night
Right: From a worm’s eye view I captured the detail of the huge tree in the courtyard of West High and the elongated branches 16 FEBRUARY 2016
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FREE FORM Top Left: Brooklyn Wheeler is in deep focus on the video game on the phone. The darkness encloses her, and the main light comes from the thing that distracts her. Top Right: Brooklyn sits in the dark surfing the web, doing what most kids these days do every night. Bottom Right: Claire Murray 18’ is in the dark on her phone and the light illuminates her face Bottom: Brooklyn and Reece Wheeler sit and and watch a TV show before bed. They are in a trance as the main source of light captivates them
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