westsidestory iowa city west high school
2901 melrose ave.
iowa city, IA 52246
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FEBRUARY 2014
behi n d the lens photos by Claire Murray
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Pages 4-5: Lines Pages 6-7: Shutter speed Pages 8-9: Perspective Pages 10-11: Light Pages 12-13: Free Form Pages 14-15: Free Form Cont. Pages 16-17:Aperature and iOS Pages 18-19: Portrait Pages 20-21: Framing for more coverage go to wsspaper.com
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These photos were taken at West High. Top: Stairway in West High. Bottom: Mary Mondanaro in the cortyard taking a picture. Right: In the West High Library amoung the bookshelves.
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Shutter speed Above are snapshots of things you may miss with the blink of an eye, but dont worry, the camera caught them!
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Perspective Things may seem normal if you’re looking at them straight on, but if you look at it in a different perspective, an average looking object can have real beauty and elegance.
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Light The top photo was taken on a blazing hot day at a West High football game in Ceadar Rapids, but as the sun fell, it hit the field at the picture perfect angle. To the left is a picture of Mary Mondanro starring intently out of a window in a West High stairwell.
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Free Form I’ve always loved swimming, this was the perfect opportunity for me to take picture of what I love doing and express my love for the pool throught pictures. Many of these photos were taken at the historic Field House on South Grand Street in Iowa Ctiy. I have many fond memories of this building, it was great being able to capture them behind the lens.
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Aperature and iso For this category, I looked around my house and found things I use in my everyday life, that display my lifestyle. FEBRUARY 2014 17
Portrait
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The bottom photo is of my dog, Cubbie, who is very annoying when awkae, but delightfully cute when asleep. The perfect photo oppertunity. To the right is Mary Mondoaro leaning against a tree outside of West High on a cold winter day.
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Framing This was one of my favorite categories because I love the way these types of pictures appear, To the left is a random hole I found in a wall outside the cafteria. The top photo is a picture of index cards with lyrics written on them, I like to make these in my freetime.
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