My Negatives

The only problem with my negatives is just a bit of water spots.

My focus was actually really good for the most part, the only exception being #5 because it was a moving close-up. The best ones are #3 because it shows good facial expressions, and #4 because there's a lot going on.

Jostens Yearbook Contest

"Fill Frame"
There's absolutely zero empty space, plus this picture is really just cool and unusual.

"Action"

The flames are awesome - the look on the guy's face confirms so.

"Story"
You get the idea that the girl in focus has a lot on her mind. She is either ignoring the social world going on around her or feels excluded from it.

Contest Winners

The timing for this picture is amazing - the kid's ninja-kick action is what makes this photo a winner. The lighting is great, and the very out-of-focus background makes the kid seem more like "bam!" It obviously had to be a very fast shutter speed to get such a clear image.

The Camera

An SLR camera and a pinhole camera are two devices that are seemingly worlds apart. However, this is what they have in common - they are both machines designed to capture an image. They both involve light shining through an aperture onto a focal plane. They both have shutters to stop the exposure of light. They both are totally lightproof, not allowing any unwanted light to get in. They both allow someone to be creative.

However, after this, the list of features and things an SLR camera can do continues on and on and on. Basically, everything that hasn't been mentioned in the previous paragraph is a difference between the two.

Pinhole Photos

This image has no action. The paper was bent and warped in various ways, so even though it looks like the lobby of a building, it is distorted and looks very abstract. The focus is in the center, on the stretching windows, and there is a ring of softness where the center meets the edges.

There isn't any action, but I like the way the slight warpedness causes the horizon to break between each window pane. The focus is on the beams across the window, not the shoreline in the distance.