Describe how your images are connected. All of the images are connected because I went on a day trip with my sister to Gooseberry and all of the photos were taken at Gooseberry. I had an idea of what I wanted to do in mind on our way there. I wanted to capture the beauty of the ocean, while also showing the destruction of man kind upon the beautiful land. Why did you sequence them the way you did? I sequenced the photos to really focus upon my concept of the destruction of humans. I started off with the path to get into the water, which really showcases how beautiful this place is. Then, I captured the image of the water splashing again to show how we finally made it to the water and to demonstrate the beauty of the ocean. Next, an image of my sister holding a periwinkle. This demonstrates a complex idea. The periwinkle is alive and well, however by holding it she is disrupting the natural nature of animals and being destructive. Then, there was a random log along the beach, however this log was dead, symbolizing how things slowly start to die over time with humans around. I was very up close to the log, and then I moved away to show how this is not all due to one human, but a broad spectrum. The next image, shows man made buildings that took over animals homes. Obviously they were not made by one human, but multiple. This demonstrates how this is a problem with the large majority of humans. The next image focuses on only one of the buildings, but it shows the graffiti, which again demonstrates the destructive nature of humans. I also left the background of the image to remain. I allowed it to remain because it showcases the dead plant life surrounding the building, showing how we do not consider the repercussions of our actions upon nature. Finally the first black and white image. This image symbolizes a change in the tone of the essay. This is another log that was on the beach, but this one was rotting, increasing the intensity of death upon the beach. The next two images show dead animals. These deaths were likely due to humans and the pollution we cause. Finally, as a smooth closer there is a photo showing the closure of the event. The parallelism seen within the first and last image symbolize the overwhelming similarity between life and death. What technical/compositional considerations did you make? When shooting for this assignment, the law of thirds was nearly always used. Whenever I neglected to do so, in photoshop I would crop the image to allow it to exemplify the law. By considering the law of thirds, the images became more interesting and appealing to a viewer. In addition, I used a fast shutter speed to capture the image of the water splashing upon the rocks. This made for a really interesting image and it even took multiple times to capture. In addition, I used aperture priority mode to capture the image of the periwinkle, the dead bird, and the tree branch. By having a shallow depth of field, it allows the viewers to focus on the important part of the image, blurring out the background. When editing the photos in photoshop, pictures where the sky can be seen I selected the sky and increased the vibrance to allow the sky to appear more interesting. The weather was slightly overcast, causing the images backgrounds to look boring, thus by increasing the vibrance they became much more appealing. In addition, the picture of the log, I put it in black and white for two reasons. I wanted to signify a change in tone, and the image also did not look all that great in color. Finally, some images were over exposed when I first photographed them. To make up for the over exposure, I worked in levels to change the intensity of the whites to lower them and make the image's colors more balanced.