Illustration

Brianna's Take

Cotopaxi Questival

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I cropped this, so the focus was on the smartphone since it was social media was key to the Questival.

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I liked having the city in the background to give some context.

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Again, the terrain shows context.

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...More context...

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...More social media...

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...And even more.

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Context

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Psychological/Cultural Context

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Physical & Psychological/Cultural Context

$10 entry gets you a $30 #cotopaxi backpack, and proceeds go to Charity: Water.

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Physical Context

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...More Physical Context

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...More Social Media...

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Teams competed for three winning trips to Kiliman Jaro, Angkor Wat & Machu Picchu.

Feature News

Dixie Live

Raw Take (more images available for editing)

Hard News

.22LR

photo taken by manager at Midvale store

Truck Day, 3/31/14

 the line at 9 a.m.

people leaving after the store manager explained there were no bricks of .22 

the few people who stayed in line to make sure he wasn't lying 

those people leaving when they found out he was telling the truth

the only .22 

low velocity, target rounds

(As the leaving crowds show, apparently they aren't the same as standard velocity rounds.)

Portraits

Existing Light

glamour

rembrandt

rembrandt

split

Studio Lighting

glamour

glamour (captures her personality)

rembrandt

split (also incorporates rembrandt)

I'm a person who generally prefers to be behind-the-scenes with everything I do. I like to see the benefits of my work, but I don't care to be recognized (in photos, on camera, etc) for the work I do. With that being said, it was anything but typical for me to model while others took photos. Even as an amateur photographer, I know how important it is to capture candid moments, but I have a hard time being candid if I'm on camera. This assignment reminded me of when my husband and I had our engagements taken; the photographer kept asking us to be serious, not to smile or laugh, and those are our worst photographs because they weren't candid. But, while having my photo taken for this assignment, I kept thinking about where my eyes needed to look, where my face should be positioned, so on and so forth, and I wasn't giving Patrick many chances to capture that candid moment. 

credit: Patrick Peteete

And then it was my turn to photograph Ashley. She has such a fun personality, and that laugh of hers is so contagious, yet she has an ambitious and determined mind. While I photographed her, I tried to capture both of these traits. My favorite shot of her from above is under the studio lighting glamour shot where you can see that she's laughing. My next favorite shot is the second one above under existing lighting, where, again, you can see that she's laughing. I also really love the last photo from above, where I captured her just after she laughed and was settling back in, the best of both of her worlds.