My name is Ashly O., I am from Costa Rica and I speak Spanish. I’m 19 years old and I have a wonderful experience with cameras because Mr. Zak explains very well how to use them and I had fun. It was my first session of taking photos and I feel I did it well. My portrait is about Helson, my classmate. He is very intrepid as a model. I would describe him as an expert model in this photo because he has great ideas for the photos and nice modeling. I feel proud of myself when I see this photo because I like how I captured my model in the perfect time To take this photo my model claimed the basketball red for himself and looked straight at the camera and gave me this amazing photo It was the perfect time and I also think this photo has a lot of rules of composition like centreted, angles and story that we learn in Mr Zak class like creativity taking photos. I realize that I enjoy taking photos. This photo was already perfect when I edited it. I just add color, contrast and I just erase a poster from the photo using the bandage technique. The story of my portrait is about a basketball player that is in love with the game and does whatever for amazing photos of basketball.

What Is time? Did it have a beginning? Will it have an end? Do others perceive time differently? why does time seem to move faster the longer we experience it? As I briefly stare at the clock under wisteria, I ask myself these questions.

Capturing a moment of simple daily life spontaneously to show how every day can be beautiful and elegant.

This picture not only looks nice but being apart of the sunset in Costa Rica after catching my first wave felt like an unforgetable moment.

As an athlete myself, I know the joy I feel when I know people are taking photos of me doing what I love. It makes me feel appreciated, so I want to make others feel that. I often take pictures of the "underdog" in sports to help encourage them when they feel doubtful about their skills or being a part of the team. Photographing the underdog often causes for more emotion and dedication shown in the photos, which I believe makes a better photo. My photo submission, "Force of Football," represents the physical strength and mental strength needed for football. Missing a block, throwing an interception, or dropping a touchdown all affect a player's mindset in the game. Sometimes completely changing the game outcome. This moment I photographed was the first play number 17 had been in for, and he made a critical block that resulted in a touchdown for the team. The player watched his teammate who scored the touchdown get all the praise while he was left walking back to the sideline. This photo shows how this player is just as important as the touchdown makers. Without that block, there would have been no touchdown. This is why I believe they are the playmakers. I want my works to reflect the importance of the underdog and how resilient they need to be to play in the face of adversity.

When taking this photo, I wanted to capture a low light setting with cars. I found a perfect spot right behind a pole to create foreground and background. I used manual exposure and color-graded in photoshop.

I thought that it would be a cute picture of my dog running towards me

In this piece, I wanted to show that there are multiple sides to who I am. What you see on the outside is not always what is on the inside.

me and my friends and family travel a lot, so i always look for an opportunity to photograph for my digital photography class. We were on the beach, and i was marveling at how beautiful the lighting was, and how nice the warm breeze felt. I hate to take out my phone or camera at times like these, because its always more special to just enjoy the moment with only your eyes. But i felt that this time was different, just the perfectness of the beach, the sunset, and the grass. When i saw my friend walking back up from the sand, i knew that i had to take my camera out. My friend walks in an elegant way, so i had a good feeling that he would make the picture look much better. As i thought back, i also remembered that i had an assignment for my digital photography class, so i started snapping pictures immediately. As i was taking pictures, i didn't feel that they were special in any way until i looked at the pictures later, which was when i realized i had found my work of art.

A memorial to my grandpa, a man hopefully I will one day turn out or become.

I was on the way out of my house and i saw the light creeping out behind the clouds and thought it would be a good picture, when i went down to the shore to capture that moment, someone was driving their boat out on the water and it completed the picture in my eyes.

Reading is one of my hobbies. A great way to express yourself is through photography. BI can get lost in books and I teleport into my own little world. This photo represents how important book choice is.

I love capturing unique expression and beauty in the world around me. Often beauty comes from unique and unexpected places, so I always have my camera ready and on hand. I appreciate the art of photography because it is how I express myself and how I show others what is important and beautiful to me. Usually, my artistic process is very spontaneous, unpredictable, and exciting. Photography has always been my passion, and my ultimate dream is to be a professional photographer.

The curved and angular look to the photo is complemented by the shadow shrouding both the character and the background but being shown on by light. I feel as the artist of this work that the fact that the top half of the face is not visible adds to the complexity of the image as it makes the character ambiguous. What do they look like, what do their eyes look like, why does their expression look so empty, and what are they doing with the clock. To me the image feels like a way to state: there is not enough time to do everything and we do not know how much time we have left which is why the clock casts a shadow on the eyes, we do not know what is ahead in our time here on earth so when we worry about time all we can do is push through it; in this case it is in a solemn mood, and though there is a light behind them they will not look back towards the light; the positives in life; this is why their face is in such a position and mood, overall this represents that: when we worry about how much time we have for something or how much time we have left to do things and live, we muddy and obscure all of the positives in life, no matter who you are.

I took this photo for my mood assignment in photography class. Something I really like about my photograph is how the window was allowing in light to the dark hall. The light entering my photo represents hope coming into our lives.

An engineering marvel takes off from Santa Rosa’s airport on a beautiful evening.

It is a fern i saw at the front of my school and i edited to fit my mood that day and how felt about the picture.

My piece was meant to inspire young women to encourage them of their own power. My process was built with the idea that women are the true source of strength and power. I wanted to highlight girl power and all things we could accomplish together.