west side story iowa city west high school
2901 melrose ave.
iowa city, IA 52246
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Volume 47 issue 1
February 8, 2015
February 2016 1
Iowa
Photos by Allie Schmitt-Morris
2 February 20162 FEBRUARY 2014
Pages 4-5: Framing Pages 6-7: Lines Pages 8-9: Shutter Speed Pages 10-11: Aperture Pages 12-13: Perspective Pages 14-15: Portraiture Pages 16-17: Light Pages 18-21: Free Form for more coverage go to wsspaper.com
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Framing Below: I made my dog go outside so I could take a picture of Lily in between the window panels of my french doors Right: Kara Wagenknecht is down stairs outside at West High School is framed by a drain hole
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Lines
Above: Ashley Pederson ‘22 walks down a gravel road after taking pictures in the woods with me . The road is the line leading to her. Right: A tree in the forest that we took pictures at and the tree trunk is a leading line that leads to the branches and they sky
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Above left: Eve, my kitten, plays with her snake on a string practicing her hunting skills Above right: Jessica Doyle ‘19 throws up the remaining leaves on the ground not covered by snow on a warm winter day. Left: Jenna Zeng ‘19 does a cartwheel at the entrance of the school
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Shutter speed FEBRUARY 2016 9
Above left: a statue at my house up close with the blurred backround to show aperture Left: another picture of the statue to show the difference in aperture Above right: To show aperture in this picture I decided to focus on the ball instead of my dog Lily
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Perspective Above: Jenna Zeng ‘19 stands on top of the stairs looking down to show worms eye view Left: I took a picture of the flag to get another cool worms eye view
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Left: Kristina Rosebrook ‘19 Looks up at me when I was standing on a window ledge Above left: Kristina Rosebrook taking a selfie because there was good lighting. Above right: Jenna Zeng ‘19 taking a picture of me when I was taking a picture of her
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Light Left: my kitten Eve with her face shadowed and the rest of her body in the light from the flash on my camera Above: (from left to right) Jessica Doyle ‘19, Jenna Zeng ‘19, me , and Kara Wagenknecht make peace signs for the camera to make a cool shadow
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Freeform Above: this shows aperture at its best to focus on the leaves instead of the tree in the backround. This is down at my local park when it was starting to become fall but it was still pretty warm out Right: This picture of the sunset was taken in front of my house and shows good lighting and silhouettes.
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Above: a Downy Woodpecker is the smallest woodpecker in North America and this one was found at my friend’s grandparent’s house Right: a long row of tall evergreens with snow on the ground is a good example of lines and repetition.
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