This is my Life

 

All of these photos describe my life in different ways.  I am very athletic and love to play sports.  Volleyball is my favorite sport and I also like to run a lot.  Over the summer my favorite place to go to is Minnesota.  Up there swim, exercise, and have a ton of fun.  One of my favorite activities is kayaking.  I love hiking and being outside in the fresh air. My family and brothers are very important to me. My brothers are always supporting me in everything I do.  Recently we just got two new puppies and I have had a lot of fun playing with them and watching them grow daily.  Each of these photos describe one aspect that make me the way I am.

My Photos

 The main subject in this photo are the hay bails.  I really like this photo because this is what to me describes Iowa.  Not many states will you see hail bails randomly lined up a long the side of the road.  If focuses on the main subject because there is nothing in the background and the sky makes them stand out.  This photo can be improved by a lighter sky and taken when it was not very cloudy out.

 The main subject in this photo is the flower and the individual petals on the flower.  I took this photo because I didn't think it looks like a flower someone sees every day.  The color of the flower and the fact that the background is a little blurred intensifies the main subject.  This could be improved by blurring the background a little more so all of the focus in on the flower.

The main subject in this photo is the windmill.  I really liked this photograph because I feel that this also describes Iowa.  There are a lot of wind mill farms and they are things that people don't see very often in other states.  The lines in the road and the lines in the crops draw the viewers eyes to the main subject.  The color of the sky and the road make the photo more interesting.  This photo can be improved by taking the photo when the clouds are more defined or taking it from a different angle.

Metamorphosis

 Stage 1

 Stage 2

 Stage3

Stage 4

I thought that these pictures looked really cool.  I like how you can see each stage of the flowers growth, like when it was a bud to when it blossomed to multiple flowers.

Portrait

This is a good example of a portrait.  The subject is looking at the camera and posing.  This photo looks like a photo that someone would take at a studio or use for their senior pictures.  I think that changing the color of the photo also makes it look more like a portrait.

Lighting

 I chose this photo for side light. You can tell that this is side light because the shadows are going to the side rather than forward or backwards; the light source is coming from the side.

I chose this photo for back light. You can see the light source (the sun) in the background and the shadows are going forward towards the camera.

Architecture

I took this photo when I went to Washington D.C.  This house was built sometime in the 1700's and I thought that it shows a lot of character.  I liked how when you look at the house you can immediately tell that it was built a while ago and I also like it because there aren't very many houses like this one today.

Reflection

I took this picture not meaning for it to be for reflection.  However after I took the photo I saw that the keys of the piano were reflected back.  I thought that it gave the photograph a lot of uniqueness and makes it a lot more interesting.