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Volume 47 issue 1
February 3, 2016
another shot photos by anjali
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Pages 4-5: Framing Pages 6-7: Shutter speed Pages 8-11: Aperture Pages 12-15: Portraiture Pages 16-17: Lines Pages 18-21: Light Pages 22-23: Perspective Pages 24-31: Free form
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Framing (left) Downtown Iowa City nightlife is framed by an iPhone. This photo was taken from the rooftop of a parking garage, post-sunset. (top right) Grace Yarrow 19 smiles down from the top
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(top left) Mallika Huynh, a gymnastics enthusiast, braves the freezing, snow-soaked winter streets and cartwheels across the street. (bottom right) A very low shutter speed allowed me to draw an infinity sign in a dark room, using my iPhone flashlight.
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Aperture (left) Taken from a lower perspective, these (faux) flowers are the only spring flora found facing the winter snow. (right) Following a winter rain, raindrops next to blueberry-like poisonous fruits are captured on an evergreen bush. 8 FEBRUARY 2016
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(left) The bright colors of forgotten Christmas lights, found on an abandoned Christmas tree, are highlighted during a winter sunset. (right) Michelle Duong ‘19 (CHS) gasps at the realization that she has forgotten something crucial, while friend Grace Yarrow ‘19 laughs at her unusual expression.
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(cover) A meeting generations is shown in this touching photo as nine year old Shefali Huynh holds the hand of her cancer-stricken grandmother. (top left) Will Conrad ‘19 looks down to examine the photos he has taken for an Intro project on his phone. (bottom left) Twelve year old natural-model Mallika Huynh smirks at the camera. (top right) Sam Huynh, a three year old golden retriever, is shown looking off into the distance (aka at a treat to encourage his modeling career) as he is illuminated by the sunset behind the camera.
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Lines
(left) A leaf rests delicately on a curving metal bench outside of West High, the last taste of fall we find during these cold winter months. (right) The side of angle of this photo reveals the lined patterns on the beys of this piano, unknowingly located in a West band practice room.
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(left) Mallika Huynh, illuminated by an Apple Macbook screen, laughs at a viral video playing on the laptop. (right) Glow-Sticks thrown around at West High Dance Marathon are placed between the hands of freshman Frances Dai, forming a vase-like shape.
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erspective (left) A bird’s eye view perspective taken summer 2015 displays the gorgeous Iowa farm-streaked landscape as I embared on a plane trip to Costa Rica. (right) During this cold winter season, useless plants are able to survive. Here, a still-growing weed found in Willow Creek Park is highlighted, with a blurred stunning Iowa sunset in the background. FEBRUARY 2016 23
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For the free form portion of this project, I chose to focus on the sun, sky and shadows - my personal three s’s in photography. (cover) This photo was taken during a sunset following a storm from the rooftop of a downtown Iowa City parking garage. The still-looming clouds and the horizon line frame both the sun and still-operating buildings. (left) Taken on Highway 1, this photo gives the perspective of a car, with a beautiful diagonal cloud arrangement, as a storm approaches in the distance. (right) This past summer, I had the extraordinary experience to visit Costa Rica. This photo was taken on Playa Hermosa, making shadows out of the families visiting the breaethtaking beach towards dusk.
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(left) Captured at City High, he sun is framed by my fingers, with a background of vibrant autumn trees. (right) Another bird’s eye perspective airplane shot depicts landmasses surrounded by water during a trip to Asia a few years ago.
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(left) Also taken on Playa Hermosa, this sunset photo was taken on the last day of the Costa Rica trip, followed by a final night swim in this beautiful country. (right) Photographed outside of West High, this photo depicts a beautiful blue sky, streaked with patterned white clouds. An electricity pole breaks the pattern, looming above the camera.
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