Photography Project

When our teacher asked us to create a photo-essay with some sort of theme behind it, we were at a bit of a loss. But then we realized that one thing that was unique to each person here was his or her possessions. So, even though each one of us eats off of the same 9” plate each day and falls asleep in rooms that have almost identical dimensions, the spaces that we take up are still wildly different and reflective of the people who live there. So, we took some pictures. A lot of pictures. Mostly a lot of bad pictures, but we think we found some pictures that are both aesthetically pleasing and germane to the topic at hand. Some pictures definitely show the personalities of the residents of the room, while others may simply identify the owner of the objects in the room, while (we hope) others are simply just cool to look at.

In short, three photographers set off on a quest to capture the essence of a person through an image of their possessions, and we think we found success.  

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We thought this was an intriguing combination of items of the dresser that showed the personality of a goalie.

This picture we thought was unique because you don't find many roommates that decide to push their beds together into one big bed. We messed around with the color saturations to make the colors of the bedspreads pop, and otherwise just let the picture be.  

This pictures was taken in probably the coolest dorm room at National Sports Academy. The guitar looked artistic so we placed it against a messy dresser, and we also threw our room pet into the equation (see if you can spot him). Otherwise, despite some struggles with the photo editing, we managed to keep the guitar in color with the rest of the room in black and white. Cool, right?

Ah yes, two essential components of the NSA dorm room: fruit and movies. We brought in an expert to help us with a highly technical photo-editing skill, known to the photography community as the "supernova." We think it really made the picture.

Take a trip into Mountain House with this picture. We liked the set-up symmetry of the room, as well as the speaker so nicely taped up on the wall. Oh yeah, and the lovely Maxim poster. 

And now we return to the girls dorm with this collection of sparkly items on the dresser. 

Check it out. 

When we started with this picture, we thought it was an interesting perspective but it didn't seem like there was a lot we could do with it. In the end, we went with a clearly “faked” picture, and it looks kind of cool.  

To end our photo journey, we leave you with this picture of a bouquet of flowers that we found in the girls dorm. The flowers weren't the prettiest but we like that in the midst of our busy academic and athletic activities we still have time to remember the other things that are important in our lives. 

-NSA's Period 2 Journalism Class: Gwen Schultz, Kathyn Dawson, and Milan Bubic