The Photographer In Me - Garrett Mosher

Five Best Photos

Picture 1

Picture 1 Critique This picture is of my Air Max 95 Sunsets, which is one of my favorite shoes. It was taken in the Howard Street parking lot. This picture uses selective focus. There’s nothing striking in the foreground or background, but there’s a bright shoe in the middle that catches the eye. The shoe is also very contrasted to its dull background. I took this picture with a Fujifilm Finepix S1000 fd. Something I Would change in this photo is the background. I like the fact that it’s not eye catching, but I wish I would have moved closer to the wall and would have only had the white wall as the background. When I edited this picture on Photoshop I cropped out some of my leg and the background, I took the brightness down a little, and made the contrast a little higher, and changed the vibrancy to make the shoe stand out even more. The mood for this picture was a happy one. It was a warm sunny day and I was wearing a great pair of retro shoes, so I was in a good mood.

Picture 2

Picture 2 Critique This photo is a close up of some small leaves on a bush outside of the Rose Auditorium. This picture has selective focus, and uses lighting to emphasize certain aspects of the picture. It selectively focuses on the leaf in the middle with the dew on it. The background and foreground is slightly out of focus so it emphasizes the middle leaf. This picture also uses lighting to make that middle leaf stand out. It’s brighter than the other leaves which makes it stand out, and the drops of dew also draw some attention. I used a Fujifilm Finepix JV to take this picture. If I could change one thing about this picture I would blur the surrounding leaves to make the one with dew drops on it stand out even more. On Photoshop I cropped out a few leaves that were only halfway in the frame, I changed the brightness to make the lighting stand out more, and spot healed a brown spot on one of the leaves. The mood for this picture was to show spring was here.

Picture 3

Picture 3 Critique This picture was about spring and was taken under the tree behind the football field’s visitor bleachers. This picture follows the rule of thirds, has leading lines, and grouping. The pink flowers are the main subject of the picture and since they’re spread out across the frame this picture follows the rule of thirds. The long grass works as leading lines because they go in the direction of the pink flowers, and the stems of the flowers work as leading lines too. This photo also has grouping. The pink flowers are extremely similar and in a group. The grass could also be considered grouping. I took this picture with a Fujifilm Finepix S1000 fd. One thing I wish I did that would improve this picture is that I should have put the camera in close-up mode. That probably would have made this shot better. On Photoshop I adjusted the brightness and contrast to make the colors is this picture stand out even more. The mood for this picture is joyful because it was the beginning of spring and the good weather was starting to come!

Picture 4

Picture 4 Critique This picture was taken by the football field for one of our portrait assignments. This picture uses natural lighting, and follows the rule of thirds. Ellie is the main focus of the picture and she’s not in the middle of the frame. I took this picture with a Fujifilm Finepix S1000 fd. Something I wish I could change about this picture is the lighting. It was a really bright day and the picture is a little too light. I wish I would have adjusted the brightness to make it a little darker. The only edits I made on Photoshop with this picture was cropping and spot healing parts of the fence that were discolored. Ellie is smiling in this picture so I would say it’s a happy mood.

Picture 5

Picture 5 Critique This picture is of flower petals that had fallen between branches of a tree outside of Howard Street, This picture was taken outside, so it uses natural lighting. The lighting also emphasized the flowers because they’re lighter than the tree. This picture has grouping with the flower petals. The dullness and darkness of the tree really makes the flower petals stand out. I used a Fujifilm Finepix JV to take this picture. Something that could improve with this picture is the angle that I took it at. I don’t think the angle is bad, but I think if I took it from higher up it would look better. The edits I made to this on Photoshop were: Changed brightness and contrast, cropped out wasted parts of the frame, and I adjusted vibrancy to make the pink flowers stand out more. The mood for this picture was happy because the weather was starting to get better.