At our school a huge focus is on the wintertime, it dominates all the other seasons because we all are here to play a winter sport. However when all the students come back from break the school transforms the ski and hockey rooms close and the activities are hung.
For our project we wanted to emphasize the time where we aren’t training, the time where we are aloud to “let loose” and have a little fun… THE SPRING!!!!!!
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Compost The concept of composting was newly introduced to NSA’s community this spring by the SSC. We like this picture because of the wonderful detail in all the fruit. The composition used in this photo is the “get close” theme. We like the close up better than the whole picture of all the food in the bucket. |
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Rock Climbing Rock Climbing is a way for the NSA students to get out and clear their heads on the Rocks. This is a good photo because of the different values. The green goes from a yellow green on the log to a deep green on the thistles of the tree. The leaves on the ground surrounding the harness draw the eyes in. The log with the harness looped on it take up the right 2/3rd of the photo, which helps give it composition. The shutter speed is low, which abled it to let in lots of light in the forest. We think this is a good photo because it says what the activity is (rock climbing) without over doing it. |
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Gardening We like this photo for the entire composition. Annie is in the right 1/3rd of the picture and the sheers are in the right 2/3rd , also the small tree occupies the left 1/3rd. Also the sheers are in the bottom 1/3rd. The sheers do a good job of pointing out the important focal point of the picture. The Gardening in front of the sign symbolizes how NSA has a strong knack towards service and community. |
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Hitting the trail with Randy you notice things you don’t notice on a day to day basis I love this photo because it really shows the great height of the coniferous forests. The darkness keeps it sort of mysterious and the wide frame gives it a sense of being vast. For this picture I used a small aperture for this (high number) so I could have a wider depth of field. The composition concept of leading lines is very prominent with the trees leading the eyes to the sky. I did not like the brightness of the sky in the photo because I did not capture the true moment, I figured it would have been a gloomy dark dray and blue. |
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Earth Day Preserving our Earth for the Future. May 11 this year was NSA’s Earth Day! For this activity we picked two pictures. Both of the pictures use the concept of Get close, for composition. The First photo we like because it captures the animals unique personality as it baaa’s at all the students walking by. Another reason we love this photo is because it causes a curiosity among the viewers, as to what is going on that is making the animal baa. We were however angry with the poor lighting that day even slowing the shutter speed and widening the aperture did not seem to help. |
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I like the Second picture of the day because the detail is so good on the animal: the dirt on its fur, the muscle in its cheek, and even the little colic swirls on its face. The light was better in this picture, slowing the shutter speed helped. |
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YOGA This was our group’s first picture, and favorite. The photo is composed with the subject (NIKKI) in the left 2/3rd of the photo and her reflection in the right 1/3. One of the reasons we love this photo so much is that the reflection allows the viewer to see beyond the limits of the 2-dimensional photo. We used a slightly longer shutter speed to allow a longer exposure, which helped due to the fact the light was so poor. We also increased our aperture to help with the low light situation. To make sure the picture didn’t shake we propped it on a chair. Another reason we love this picture is because there are many different values and strong hues. Also there is a good amount of contrast. Another aspect of composition we used in the photo framing, the mirror frames Nikki’s reflection. |
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CYCLING BY: Carmen Aguirre, Fred Halle, and John Wilkens The most popular spring activity at NSA is Cycling. The reason we chose this photo was because the colors on his outfit draw the eye to the focal point of the picture…him! We used the rule of thirds, putting Jim in the left 1/3rd and the bike in the right 2/3rd. We also used the bike on the right to somewhat frame the photo. The light was really strong this day, which made it really hard to get a good picture that didn’t look over exposed/flushed out. The reason we ended up choosing this photo over the other ones is because the background and the middle ground were in good focus. |
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