Reflections by Amber Moss

Multiplicity

 
Transparency

 
Sunrise

 
Monsters

Confusion

I absolutely love capturing pictures of reflections. Reflections can show you so much more than you could normally see on your own. Like for instance the picture of my son looking at the car, how else would you be able to see the look on his gave while his back is turned to you. I also like how you can make the reflection of something become distorted just by angling your camera differently than you normally would to take a picture. Or the vending machine, someone could think it is actually a picture of a window with trees in the background instead. It can be fun trying to figure out which part of the picture is the real thing and which one is just a reflection. Not to many things in life are exactly how you see it the first time looking at it. 

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Amber Moss

My Life- Austin Fred

I titled this "My Life" because this is what I love to do. These photos were of my recent backpacking trip this past summer that my friends and I took for 5 days. We hiked over 5 different mountains and roughed it for 4 nights. I figured these photos would work perfectly because this is one of my biggest hobbies and it gives someone who does not know me on a personal level know a little something about me.

Coffee - by the artist formerly known as Josh Rhoda

The best part of waking up...

Smells good already

Hurry up!!

Where's my coffee?

Josh's Go Go Juice

The corner stone to many college student's careers is drinking coffee. Quite possibly the best drink ever coffee gives us plenty of energy for late night projects and endless spring break road trips. Add sugar and creamer and it becomes even greater.

Joellen Zaiko

Christmas Traditions

Norwayne Field Lights

Christmas Goodies

Grandma's Mason Jar

 Christmas Village Figurines

 Christmas Lights on a Banister

While many people look forward to the Holidays each year for presents or simply a vacation from work or school, I have found a love for this time of year because of the traditions that my family shares together. Each photo I posted captured a small glimpse of the holiday traditions that my family celebrates each and every Christmas season. Whether it being decorating the house as soon as the turkey has been digested from Thanksgiving, baking goodies to share with family and friends, or walking throughout our small town to see the Christmas lights strung on all the trees, these traditions make this time of year special to me. Even without the snow and presents from the Jolly Old Man yet, this holiday season is already filled with memories and traditions that I hope live on throughout the generations to come. 

Courtney Barnard - Favorite Time of Year

Train

Light up the night

Mini Tree

Alone

Decor

Courtney Barnard
Favorite Time of Year

The reason I chose these pictures is because this is my favorite time of year. Ever since I was a child I was so fascinated with absolutely everything about Christmas. The lights, the trees, the lights my town puts up, everything. My favorite light display/parade I've seen was when I was in second grade and my family took a trip on Christmas break to go to Disney World. At night everything came alive with lights. That sparked an immediate interest in lights. This is also the one time a year my family gets together for this special day. My sister is even flying home from the UK to join us this year. I am beyond excited! Christmas really is the greatest time of year for me.

Matt Stearns - Perspective

Winter Vein

Copper Sea Vessel

Ascending Knowledge

Skygate

Intercity Dreamer

My intention with this series of photos was simple.  I wanted to display visually interesting photos with an interesting twist on perspective.  While the original photos were normal, these edited photos give a different view of the ordinary.  Every photo was taken on the IUSB campus and many viewers could probably give a rough guess as to where to find the subjects of the works, but each photo also gives a unique take on these locations and shows an artistic view of the usually dull or overlooked objects of life.  The final image strays slightly from this central concept, yet it also creates a foundation for my intention as it reveals the source of the changed perspective.

Shrunken Beads

Engorged

Shrinking slowly 

Not long now

Dying of thirst

All dried up

Aimee Yarde

Drying out scented gel beads

I chose to use fragrance beads because I am fascinated by scents. So the science student in me wanted to see if the beads would shrink faster if they were placed in an open mouthed container, so i did and this is the progress over three weeks.As you can see in the first image, initially out of the container the beads are full of life and fragrance. Then, in the second picture it can be seen that the beads are shrinking and the room is filled with the scent of rain. In the third picture, the glass is only half full with beads because they are freshening the area. In the fourth picture the beads are shrunken even more due to the loss of liquid to the atmosphere. Finally the fifth picture the beads are really tiny and there is barely any scent in the room, you can only smell it if you shake it up. 

Christmas time Gabrielle Bailey

This is my music box ballerina, which twirls and spins under the gazebo.

 

 

 

What's the holiday's without a polar bear?

 

I couldn't resist this cute little mouse for my tree this year.

 

 

Another ballerina, but I really like this one for the snowglobe look.

 

 

And Voila!  My Christmas tree.

 

 

For my post, with Christmas coming around the corner i really wanted to spread some of the fun aspects i have found in christmas; which for me is finding new ornaments to put on the tree. All of the pictures shown are my new ornaments for this year (minus the tree-naturally-). Ornament hunting has sort of become a tradition in my family, to try and add a new one every year; so i thought i would show the new ones to share with everyone. So Voila! Merry Christmas everyone!





 



Things Starscream Does - By Tyler Long

Stares at the Wall

Sits on Mom While She Sleeps

Watches Football

 Sleeps in the Sink

Plays with Best Friend, Chubs the Cat

This series is titled "Things Starscream Does." My cat, Starscream, does many strange and funny things throughout the day and these pictures represent the activities I find most interesting. Whether she is staring at a blank wall for an hour, watching Monday Night Football, or chasing around her obese friend (I couldn't get an action shot) she has always had a lot of personality. I wanted to capture a glimpse of her big personality in this series.

Katie Laudeman "The Food I Eat"

"Mac 'n Cheese"

"Pasta Roni"

"Colby Cheese Quesadilla"

"Wings Etc. Boneless Wings"

"Wings Etc. Curly Fries"

 

 

 

I have always enjoyed cooking and baking, and from this I have learned the importance of the appearance of the food I make.  I decided to capture this in my selection of photography.  I assumed it wouldn't be too terribly hard, they would be still, set up shots and untrained food bloggers do it all the time.  Before I began taking my photographs, I thought about the types of foods I would photograph; I pictured garnished dishes that had different food groups on each plate.  But as soon as I began cooking the first food I was to photograph, I remembered, I am a college student and don't eat like that.  I feel like this set of images gives an insight on the lives of an average person who comes home and doesn't have the time to prepare elaborate meals but instead reaches for a box or other quickly made meal.  Furthermore, I found that it is hard to set up shots of food that make the meal look appealing.  Many of my images were discarded because they were at an awkward angle making the food look flat, or they had too much or too little of the plate in them.  In the end the photographs I chose were still not great, but this too adds to the look of an average persons' food, that, even if the recipes is followed, it still never looks like it does in the pictures.