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My name is Hope Gray, I am currently a sophomore at Kearney High School. I decided to take the digital photography II class during second semester mainly because I thought it would be an easy class and I have already completed Digital Photography 1. I have had some interest in photography for a while but wasn't really sure if I wanted to make a career out of it. Taking the digital photography 1 class has shown me that photography is not for me. I love taking pictures on my own but not told to take them. I enjoy nature photography but don't enjoy taking pictures of people of items. I don't enjoy editing. I think that photography should be a way to express yourself not feel forced to get the perfect picture.

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One of the last assignments of the year we had a list and had to take pictures to represent the items on the list. One of the prompts was to take pictures from a close up and a low angle. So I took pictures of leaves and sand. I like the way this photo turned out.

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I took this during a macro nature assignment. I enjoyed this assignment because I got to take pictures of nature. This semester I have been working in the greenhouse. I took pictures of a lot of flowers but of all the photos I got, this was one of my favorites.

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We were instructed to make a collage of things that describe us. It was supposed to be based on who we are. I took the first couple days to think about what I was gonna do. I finally decided one night that I knew the photos I was gonna use. I feel like it turned out well. People say that a picture is worth a thousand words, if only people could see the words that describe my life.

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During this project we were supposed to take a bunch of photos of ourself to make one picture. I used a total of 12 photos coined together to try to make a picture of me. It was a fun assignment and I would recommend this to future classes. It was also cool to see how different lighting makes a big difference in the photos and how you look.

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For this assignment the goal was to edit older people to make them young and younger people to make them old. This photo is take of a Freshman named Jackson. I edited to make him 60 years older. I personally didn't enjoy this project but it was still cool to see the outcome.

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For an assignment this semester we got to choose what we took photos of. I saw this bird sitting on the fence and thought why not try to take a picture. Once I got inside and looked at the picture I was very pleased with how it turned out. It's incredible to see the detail through a photo.

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For one of our assignments, our job was to research and study a photographer of our choice. We were supposed to take pictures in the style they took them. The photographer I chose to study was Ansel Adams. This picture is one I took. He did a lot of nature and landscape and so I took a sunset photo and edited it to be darker and more hazy.

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The Light Painting project was a lot of fun to do. We got to experiment with long exposure photography. Someone else in the class helped me put and did the angel wings while I did the colors. I was super pleased with how this photo turned out. This is definitely something I will be experimenting with as I move forward.

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This picture was taken during the food photography assignment. I enjoyed this assignment but felt awkward taking pictures of food. Through this assignment I got to mess around with some different filters which was fun. From this assignment I learned the importance of the angle at which you take the photo.

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This picture was taken for the second project in Digital Photography II. The goal of this assignment was to take a photo that was similar to the professional headshot, create a frame, and place the photo in the frame. After that we added a couple color filters to make it look more vintage. We completed this project with the intention to take and create photos that brought us back in time and appeared to be take from a polaroid camera.

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This picture was captured during the first week of being in digital photography II. This introduction assignment to the class was a lot of fun and a huge learning experience. I enjoyed learning the basics of professional headshots and all the should and shouldn't do's that go along with it. My best photo from this assignment is the one above, taken of Sela Lowrance.

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For one of our projects this semester we did a 6 word memoir. The goal was to capture a message in 6 words. There can be so much depth within so little words and I think that was one of the fun interesting things about it. I chose to do a red blurred filter because it was heavy and the value of my 6 words are a heavy topic.

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It was interesting to do the clone project. I wasn't a huge fan of the project but it was still an interesting experience. It's kind of cool to create myself in one scene 12 times but also kind of boring and overwhelming. Overall I didn't enjoy this project