westsidestory iowa city west high school
2901 melrose ave.
iowa city, IA 52246
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FEBRUARY 2015
wi t hout words photos by Meg MOreland
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Pages 4-5: Framing Pages 6-9: Shutter speed, aperture, ISO 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 photo: As a kid, I spent a lot of time playing in the summer sun in this park by my house. I had never gone there in the winter before this. I knew before I even went to take photos, I knew I wanted to take a photo of this bridge. The rails and all the lines on the bridge draw the eye and frame the play set in the background. I liked this photo in black and white rather than color because all the lines stand out more. Bottom left photo: This photo is of Hiba Ibrahim ‘16 . I thought it would be cool to use something to frame her differently than just a door. FEBRUARY 2015 5
Top left photo: I used the aperture setting on my camera to focus in on the dried leaves on the tree. I also think the contrast of the color of the pond and the color of the leaves makes this photo interesting as well. Top right photo: I used the aperture setting again for this photo. I loved how vibrant the color of the plant appeared on the screen because just looking at the plant it isn’t anything interesting. The unfocused background helps the plant to pop out as well. Bottom left photo: With my shutter speed setting high, I told Hiba Ibrahim ‘16 to run past. I thought the trojan head in the background made the photo even more interesting. The contrasting heads make the photo creative.
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Shutter Speed and aperture FEBRUARY 2015 7
Top left photo: I used the shutter speed setting to capture the seat mid-swing. I changed the colors to black and white to make the overall photo more appealing. I also like the wood chips under the subject. Bottom left photo: Nina Elkadi ‘18 had a very interesting sweater. So I made her walk through the door and using the shutter speed, caught the moment of pure bliss when the heat of the indoors hits you after being out in the cold. The black and white made the pattern of the sweater pop. Top right photo: Nina Elkadi ‘18 doesn’t really know how to cartwheel. When she told her this I immediately made her cartwheel. This is the funniest photo I took and had to include it.
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SHutter SPeed FEBRUARY 2015 9
Top left photo: Hannah Luce ‘18 has very pretty eyes. I thought the combination of the depth and color of her eyes mixed with the deep powerful quote found on the back of the book would leave the viewer intrigued and wanting to know more. Bottom left photo: Riley (aka my dog) was taking a stroll as most dogs enjoy. The day was dreary and I noticed how bright her coat was because of the dark background. Also she’s my dog, how could I not take a picture of her! Top right photo: Props are always something you can use to get a person to act normally for a portraiture photo. I gave Hannah Luce ‘18 a record player and a few vinyls and I thought the resulting photo captured Luce’s personality perfectly.
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portraiture FEBRUARY 2015 11
Top left photo: This is one of the first photos I took for this unit and I fell in love with it. I wanted to somehow incorporate a curved line rather then just straight lines. I saw the snow and knew that this would be the perfect spot, so with a huff Hiba Ibrahim ‘16 got up on top of the structure. I thought the use of aperture would draw your eye to that line even more. Bottom left photo: My dog again. I was walking home and someone had forgotten to let the dog inside so she was just pacing back and forth very annoyed on our porch. The use of repetition of the pillars is visually pleasing as well. Top right photo: I was so mad when I was taking this photo because my camera was NOT working properly. Everything was coming out way too dark, but looking back on those photos I thought this one was very interesting.
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light Left photo: I like to try and take photos that have some sort of feeling or evokes an emotion out of you and I believe this one does that. This one I had Kelly Clarkson in mind evidently . I wanted to make it look like Dillon Crowell ‘17 had a dark side. Top right photo: I have this really unique lamp hanging from my ceiling in my room. I turned the flash off on my camera and I managed to get a dark background.
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perspective Bottom left photo: If you can’t tell what this is, it’s time to get glasses. I liked how this picture was just an everyday object, but somehow with the perspective change, it looks very interesting. Top photo: Walking into West, there’s a sign that welcomes you into West. I took the star found on it and focused in on it with my aperture setting. I really liked the crispness of the photo.
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Top left photo: This is a very tumblr-esque photo. I wanted my free forms to follow the theme of loving nature. I drew the heart in the snow, but made sure I included grass and dirt as well. Bottom left photo: The sky was very weird on the day that I took this photo. Everything was dark and dreary and it looked like it was just about to rain, but there was this very clear patch in the sky. If you look at the top half of the photo you can see the dark greyish clouds and the main subject of the photo is the burst of blue in the middle. Top right photo: This was taken the same day as the previous cloud picture. I thought what was special with this photo was how the colors reflect between the sky and the pond. This is one of my favorite photos.
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free form FEBRUARY 2015 19
I thought the unusualness of these two items is very eye catching. I would describe this photo as rustic. The barbed wire fence and the field give it a very rustic feel. The trees in the background are also an added touch that gives you something more to look at.
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free form
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