Our favorite photos of 2019

I was asked to take this portrait and I have never done anything like it before. I was stoked when it turned out this well especially because I did not bring any lighting equipment. This picture is my favorite because it shows how far I have come just from the beginning of the year. Sophia was very patient with me as I toggled the settings but it really did not take much time to get this shot. I ...

From one of my first shoots this year, I captured one of the best photos I have taken throughout high school. It is clean, clear void of any obstruction, and full of action. Looking back to how I started my freshman year to how I started my senior year, I can feel nothing but proud. This photo is a great trophy to exemplify my growth and how much I have learned in four years of photography. After this,...

This photo from the Homecoming Parade, is my favorite photo I took this semester. I really like this photo, because I feel like it really represents the atmosphere of the parade. The Homecoming Parade is very fun, and I think the yellow light in the photo shows this. I think the photo is cool, because the light outlines the people in the picture. The parade was fun to shoot because of how good t...

This image is from the Homecoming Powderpuff Football game on Sept. 26th, 2019. It features the sophomore team running through a banner to kickoff the game. I like this image because it captures the high-level of emotion the girls were experiencing at the time. The colors of this image also catch the eye....

In this moment, two soccer boys are congratulating each other on a great season. They lost in districts which ended their season. The team was full of a multitude of emotions because this would be some of their last ever soccer games. This is my favorite picture from the semester because I love the whole team bond you can see from these two players.

Every Fall is game season for Central’s soccer boys, and the team ends the game by shaking hands with the other team as a show of friendly competition. Here, the team ended their game with a win and stayed humble when they said their “good game”s. This game proved to be very difficult for me to shoot, as the field was much larger than I expected, and with both sunset and clouds, the lighting...

Freshman Tanner Jones celebrates with his teammates after scoring a goal during a challenging game against Fort Zumwalt West. I really like this photo because you can see the emotion on Tanner and Sam's faces. I like you can tell that his team is genuinely excited for him and it shows how close they are.

I love this photo because I like the way that they are all practically hugging this one player to tackle him. This is actually my favorite photo out of all of them. I like the lighting too. I think it adds to the determination in the photo. For this photo, it took awhile to try and find a good angle to shoot the team so then I wasn’t just getting photos of their backs. It also took some patience in o...

Varsity volleyball players, Kirsten Steinmeyer and Cece Shelton, jump to block a hit from their opponent in the state tournament. Despite being defeated by the other three teams in the tournament, the girls left Cape Girardeau with a fourth place trophy and a team bond closer than ever. Personally, my favorite part about this picture is the facial expressions of Cece and Kirsten. I like that you ...

It was very difficult for me to pick my favorite image. There were 3 that I couldn’t decide between; I liked each photo for a different reason. But this is my overall favorite. I love the colors of the trees contrasting against the car and the people in the image. I also really like the expressions on the girls faces; pure joy. It just stands out to me. It’s a different kind of “action shot” c...

This photo is from the Jv soccer game against FHH, the photo is taken through the goalie net. This shoot taught me to find new perspectives, I had taken pictures of varsity soccer earlier in the year and I found myself getting very similar photos. I decided that I needed to branch out and have a diverse gallery. Halfway through this game it began to rain, this caused there to be visible rain drople...

I shot this photo at a JV softball game against Fort Zumwalt West in September. I really like this photo because everything is in such sharp focus, especially the ball. I also like how you can see the catcher preparing to catch the ball, as well as the player in the background ready for the ball to be batted to her. For this specific photo, I stood behind home plate to the right to get a good angle....

Brayden Rubel passes the ball to his teammate in efforts to make it to the opposing team's basket. Basketball is a sport that requires every player to work together in order to win. When looking through my photos after the Basketball game on Dec. 9th, I luckily came across this gem of a photo. What had made this find even sweeter was that I didn't realize how good of a shot it was until after viewin...

This is my favorite photo because of the emotion on every players face. This player in particular, Justin Setchfield, was so concentrated on the game I knew I had to snap a picture of it. Along with the golden lighting in the background framing him. I love how you can se the concentration in his and how his eyes lead you to where he was looking. This photo was challenging to get to because of the lighting...

This photo is by far my favorite photo of this year because of the expression and color of the photo. Knowing the play that the actors were performing, I knew when and where the actors would be on stage at certain scenes, and I knew this was a shot I wanted to get. Kaylee Wright, the student the photo is focused on, always has the most expressive faces during this scene, but she is blocked by the main...