A Thousand Words

I live in a world full of pictures. Some sit on a wall, some on the floor. But they're all in front of me. The ones on the wall are plenty. The ones on the ground are less. I look at the wall. Frames of beauty, in every color. They shine and are perfected to every edge. But the pictures they hold are dark and gray. Not one contains any bit of happiness or beauty. I look to the floor. I see broken frames, and shattered glass. But there are pictures in perfect tact. They are bright and full of smiles. Their moods are not gray, but more yellow. I pick one up and put it on the wall. All the perfect frames fall. The glass tearing the gray pictures inside. All the beautiful pictures fling to the wall. All of them frame-less,  with no protective glass. But they combine to portray a moral, or meaning. They make a story that can't be told. Their whispering words speak to the soul, and not the eyes. If you look closely, you'll see what they're saying,...

Nov 22, 2012 in Spokane, WA. ISO:400 I edited this photo in B&W. Nov 22, 2012 in Spokane WA. ISO:400 I was lucky to find such a perfect reflection as this one.  November 22, 2012 in Spokane, WA. ISO:400 Aperture: F/10 Shutters Speed: 1/60 sec. I was lucky to find such a good opportunity to shoot a woodpecker. The shooting process was difficult in trying to get the right focus and the right shot. I realize this is a lot tougher to do when your subject moves too much.  Nov. 22, 2012 in Spokane, WA. ISO:400 Aperture:F/6.3 Shutter speed: 1/400 sec. I edited this picture to be B&W. This shot was not too hard to take, it was just important to get the right focus.  Nov 22, 2012 in Spokane, WA. ISO:400 Aperture:F/6.3 Shutter Speed: 1/400 sec. To get an angle like this, I had to lay on the ground. To get the best shot I could, I had to set and reset the aperture.  Nov 22, 2012 in Spokane, WA. ISO:400 Aperture:F/7.1 Shut...

This last weekend was crazy busy for me. On Friday, after school, I had a hair cut. I didn't do anything major to my hair, it just needed trimming. Then, on Saturday, I slept in until 10:30 a.m. And that felt AMAZING! After I woke up and got ready, I hung around my house until the Winter Performance at Sunnyside. The concert went well, and I liked seeing all my friends. On Sunday my dad, my little brother, and I went to get a Christmas tree while my mom was working. Then I got ready for banquet and my best friend Amanda came over so we could go to banquet together. Banquet was at the Adriana Hill Grand Ballroom in downtown Portland. It was really fun. I went with a big group of friends. After banquet, we all went to Voodoo Doughnuts and then to a bowling alley. Tragically, when we arrived, the bowling alley was 5 minutes away from closing time. So we decided to go to a friend's house instead. After hanging out there for a little while, a few of us went to another friend's h...

What would you do in an exciting moment in time? Being a photographer, I think there are certain responsibilities you have when it comes to capturing moments. Yes, a photographer should take pictures that will portray the feeling that the photographer wants to get across. I believe it's a photographer's job to take moments and magnify and somewhat exaggerate the feelings behind it. When it comes down to being a human with a beating heart and a breathing soul, there is more responsibility. When you are in the moment, I believe you should learn to just be in that moment. If lightning strikes your house and your house goes up in flames, what is the first thing you want to do? Do you want to take a picture of it or find some sort of help for the people and stuff inside your house? I believe that common sense should come before photography. As imperfect humans, we need to think about the right and wrong choices we can make. It's true, everyone messes up. Just like every picture ...

This is the status of my landscape and nature project which is due on December 13 at 5 p.m. Currently, I am working on completing one half of my assignment. I took these pictures in Spokane, Washington over Thanksgiving Break. I'm really excited about it, but I really need to bring my camera's memory card to school so I can edit it and get it finished. I'm a little more behind than I'd like to be but I'm planning on bringing my pictures next class period, on Wednesday. I believe this weekend I am going to shoot the last half of my assignment. And then I will be way closer to where I want to be with this project. -Anna C. Kennedy