Photo Journalism

For my feature I chose to take photos showcasing and telling the story of an Open Mic Night hosted by the Multicultural Inclusion Center on campus. The theme of the event was 90s-2000s R&B and I tried to portray that theme and purpose of the event through these photos.

I have put together these five photos from an ATV trip I took here in St. George. The first three were taken on my sony a4000 camera 0.25 m lens and The last two were taken on my iPhone 6s camera, after my camera died on our trip back.  This first photo is an establish shot that displays the vast terrain of ombre blue skies and vibrant rock.  1/80 F14 ISO 100  This next photo is the medium shot and gives context to the first by showing the vehicles that enabled us to reach our destination. I like that I captured movement in my photo through the flags.  1/80 F11 ISO 100 In this shot I tried to capture subject interaction with a closer view of the vehicle, the doors wide open, and Daniel getting inside.  1/100 F9.0 ISO 100  This photo is as close as I get to the subject as he is placed right in the middle of the terrain.  This last photo I just added because it gives another view of the vehicle, the setting, and the sub...

For this assignment my mind immediately went to flowers because many of them are so small and delicate yet have so many pretty details. I used a one bulb lamp for my lighting so it was a little challenging for me and took a while to play with and just my camera to get these photos. My favorite is of the single rose. ISO 4000 16mm F6.3 1/1000 ISO 4000 16mm F6.3 1/1000 ISO 4000 16mm F4.5 1/1000 ISO 3200 16mm F4.5 1/800 ISO 4000 16mm F4.5 1/800

1/125 F4.0 ISO 8000                                                                        1/125 F5.6 ISO 8000 1/125 F8 ISO 8000 1/125 F11 ISO 8000 1/125 F16 ISO 8000

The following are all photos I took of people at an outdoor event using natural light. For most of the event it was very bring outside so I tried taking the photos from different angles because I really wasn't sure how they were going to turn out. Below are some of my favorites that I feel showcase the different approaches with natural light that I tried.  1/160 F5.0 ISO 125 1/160 F5.0 ISO 200 1/100 F6.3 ISO 100 1/160 F4.5 ISO 160 1/160 F4.5 ISO 250 1/160 F4.0 ISO 160 1/160 F4.0 ISO 200 1/160 F4.0 ISO 200

For this photo series I immediately thought of photographing my cute and intricately decorated Christmas tree. My tree is small and the ornaments are even smaller, yet they are so elegant and bring  so much to the room. Christmas is my absolute favorite time of the year and I took this as the perfect opportunity to get some shots of the Christmas decorations around my apartment in Las Vegas. This is where I spend most of my weekends and one day when I came back after spending some time in St. George the entire place had been decorated with gorgeous Christmas decorations from reefs on the gates, to a large Christmas tree in the entry. These are some of my tight shots, I hope you enjoy.  1/250 F4.0 ISO8000 This shot is my favorite because I got it after jumping out of the car as I was driving out of the gates because these reefs are my absolute favorite Christmas decoration. They are huge but you couldn't tell from how close my photo is. You can also see the blurred...