w est s ide s tory IOWA CITY WEST HIGH SCHOOL 2901 MELROSE AVE. IOWA CITY, IA 52246 WSSPAPER.COM FEBRARY 2016
westsidestoryIOWA CITY WEST HIGH SCHOOL 2901 MELROSE AVE. IOWA CITY, IA 52246 WSSPAPER.COM FEBRARY 2016
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Pages 4-5: FramingPages 6-9: Aperture, Shutter SpeedPages 10-11: PortraiturePages 12-13: LinesPages 14-15: LightPages 16-17: PerspectivePages 18-21: Free form
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Top: Kyra Stoll 18’ is framed between a fork in a tree in the courtyard of Iowa City West High.
Right: In the West Library Kyra Stoll 18’ is framed between leaning books and shelves as she is taking a photo
FRAMING
Top Left: In the Prairie behind West High a prairie restoration sign is in focus and the wild prairie is in the background
Bottom Left: A wild plant behind West High in the prairie is caught in focus to see the intricate details of the plant.
Top Right: A leaf with raindrops behind my house is focused in on to show the de-tails of it
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Top Left: Molly Howes 18’ is captured twirling in West High as her flies and she has a smile on her face Top Right: Molly Howes 18’ is captured in bal-lerina form as she shows off her dancing “skills” in the halls of West High
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SHUTTER SPEED
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Top Left: Molly Howes’ 18 is looking out of the window in the newspaper room and the bright light outside highlights her face
Bottom Left: Tayten Wheeler is showing off his huge smile after just hopping out of the shower.
Top Right: Set on a tripod, in the sum-mer I captured the colored sky and also
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Top: In the stairwell of West High near the en-trance many lines could be seen and were sil-houetted against the pale sky
Right: As my dad and I walked out of walmart buying notebooks, I noticed the lines that were made from the handicap signs and they made a focus point.
LINES
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Left: The bright light of the outside hallway of West High compared to the dark room Kyra Stoll 18’ and I were in Silhouetted her and cre-ated dark and light contrast
Top: Using a iPhone camera flashlight, I cap-tured Kyra Stoll 18’ wearing a clown head and the light made the picture extremely creepy
LIGHT
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Top: My family is captured from bird’s eye view enjoying family dinner and conversating about random things. It was chili night
Right: From a worm’s eye view I captured the detail of the huge tree in the courtyard of West High and the elongated branches
PERSPECTIVE
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Top Left: Brooklyn Wheeler is in deep focus on the video game on the phone. The darkness encloses her, and the main light comes from the thing that distracts her.
Top Right: Brooklyn sits in the dark surfing the web, doing what most kids these days do every night.
Bottom Right: Claire Murray 18’ is in the dark on her phone and the light illuminates her face
Bottom: Brooklyn and Reece Wheeler sit and and watch a TV show before bed. They are in a trance as the main source of light captivates them
FREE FORM
FREE FORM
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