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Photography 1 has been one of my favorite classes this year. Being able to get used to using my digital camera, and later getting to mess around in Photoshop, has been something I've really enjoyed. The Fantasy World project was easily my favorite in the whole thing, but there was something about every project that I really enjoyed. Looking through all of my photo assignments here at the end, I see how my skills and understanding of the craft grew over time. I was often employing the skills we would learn earlier in the semester for some later project (often leading lines). My own taste in what I like to do in Photoshop had also grown over the course of the semester; at first, I liked B&W, but I started going over to preferring vibrant colors at the end. All in all, I've really enjoyed this class and what I've been able to do in it.

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The final assignment of Photo 1 was nature photography, and one of my favorite photo assignments. This picture in particular, which was edited in Photoshop to make the colors pop, shows a leaf blown trail leading off into the woods that have started to bloom in Spring.

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For the Fantasy World project, I put in the extra difficult work for myself of using a picture of myself (also taken at Jesse James Park) on a swing. While cutting me out of the original picture was difficult, the final project of editing all of these together properly was very rewarding.

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Using a photo taken back from Homecoming, I photoshopped a dinosaur into the picture of me and my friends hanging out together at Jesse James Park. While a dinosaur may not be a celebrity, as the name of the project as a whole suggested, putting him in it was still difficult, but very rewarding and nice once finished. My friends named the dinosaur Jernard.

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As the trees started budding, we explored outside to take pictures of the trees and nature. This tree with it's pink buds came from my own yard.

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In what was the first graphic design-esk project, "Basking in your Sunshine" was the music album cover I made with the use of a photo I had taken at Jesse James Park. In Photoshop, the picture was elongated to have more sky to it, and quickly made it one my favorite projects yet. The title itself came from one of my actual poems I've written.

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This patch of rock was taken at Jesse James Park on it's hiking trail. What I like about this photo is it's angle, being so close to the subject, and deploys contrast as well to make the white rocks pop against the black trail.

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Taken at Jesse James Park alongside the trail, the trees repeat themselves in near evenly placed spots. The trail itself acts as a leading line, showing the curve inwards from the trees.

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In the library, this picture was taken of a single, out of place white pawn on a chessboard. The lighting and angle is something that I particularly really love about this photo.

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This photo was taken during a sudden snow storm of a tree in my yard. Once put in Photoshop, it was made black and white to fully show the contrast of the tree in the stark white snow.

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In what was the first time taking pictures outside, using the bridge just outside Hawthorn Elementary made for a very interesting photo. It was later edited in Photoshop with a simple sepia filter.

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Whatever the purpose of these little metal things are, they held up my phone as a stand for a very interesting photo that also used them as leading lines! With excellent lighting and aperture, I think this is definitely one of my favorite photos I've taken.

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Through a rather difficult process, I cloned myself repeatedly in Photoshop in this little spot of the school. For the most part, it looks pretty okay, coming in at having 7 clones.

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A photo of Max taken at the very start of the semester. The lighting, while a little dark, adds a little to the mood and creates a somewhat somber mood.