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My photos cover a wide array of subjects and focus on many different areas of photography. What really interests me are the details of everyday life. Photographing something that people see everyday and interpreting it and photographing it in a new and unique way is something I feel to be very powerful and exciting.

Digital Photograph

December 2008

Courtney Mellinger

I am a sophomore at Stephens College, studying Graphic Design

White Board Assignment

Back Light Assignment

Diffused Light Assignment

These are the photos I shot from the Citizen Jane Film Festival. I took these at the reception in the Columbia Foyer.

For the documentary photography assignment, I chose to shoot a shopping night my sorority had at Britches downtown. It was only us shopping, so I thought it would be a good way to get some good interaction between the girls, along with great colors from all the clothing.

For the group photography assignment, we to Kayotea downtown, and took photos of two men playing guitars and singing for the customers. As a group, we played around with the settings of the camera, along with the different angles and shots we could get.

Group assignment for using  a manuel camera:

Our group is only available to meet at night, so we are either going to set up a photo shoot in our apartment, or are going to go somewhere downtown, like a coffee shop. 

My question for Denise McGill was if she edited her photos before sending them to art directors to be published. She said that is typically the job of the art director, and that her job is to take the photos and capture what is really going on. She wants her photos to demonstrate what is really going on, in a "what you see is what you get" approach.