Memories

I am an only child so when my parents had dinner parties I would entertain myself with wax from candles. Dipping my fingertips into the warm pool, covering leafs to save and ruining napkins. 

I used to love hot airs balloons. The patterns were so amazing to be and I made a huge deal every time I saw one, wishing I was up there. 

I spent hundreds of hours in a car with my parents driving from Tahoe and this picture of highway sunset billboards and fields brings back nostalgia. Theres a specific feeling of security and familiarity when laying down in the back seat of a car with your parents in the front. 

My mom and I used to take carriage rides all the time and I would try to set the horses free because I thought they shouldn't be tied up in a city. Their eyes always looked so tired and sad to me. 

My favorite thing in the entire world when I was younger was running and running and running through parks and fields and lawns. the tilted angle makes me feel the movement of running and how I saw the world when I was little. 

Portraits/Sentences

Emily uses negative space in a unique way while allowing the foreground to become prominent. Her perspective on her subjects shows emotion and another side to them you would not see normally.

Isaac’s photos appear surreal once he is finished with them, a result of his careful and creative editing process. He manipulates the look and feel of a photo through various effects and in the end they seem to hold a hidden message behind them.

Matt’s photos often have a specific point of focus and sense of texture. They explore various aspects of a fairly simple concept like fabric or a pattern.

Chloe is very talented in shooting landscapes and still photography. She frames her pictures in a cohesive manner to make them feel complete and interesting.

Tess has a very particular style that I could recognize from anywhere, its very intimate and revealing of her subjects. She takes one important aspect of her subject and uses to convey a larger message about them.

Vlad often photographs people and portraits in a way that depicts them in a fresh and unique way. His post photo-shoot editing process also adds a lot of character to his images.

Joel also gives his pictures a lot of attention in the editing process, and likes color splash and specific points of focus. His pictures have a good use of color and sharpness that make them fun to look at.

Haley has a sense of repetition and pattern in her pictures. She also does interesting edits and props in her pictures which makes them feel surreal and interesting.

Winslow has a theme of depth of field and fading lines. His photographs use color and shadows to create more complexity in them.

Leah likes to photograph animals in a way that is almost personification. She gives them personality and shows them in a way that evokes emotion. 

White Moth- Xavier Rudd

Edits

Grids

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Diptychs