Grace Yarrow's Photo Portfolio

west side story iowa city west high school

2901 melrose ave.

iowa city, IA 52246

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Volume 1 issue 1

FEBRUARY 2016

down the rabbit hole photos by Grace Yarrow

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Pages 4-5: Framing Pages 6-7: Lines Pages 8-9: Light Pages 10-11: Portraiture Pages 12-13: Perspective Pages 14-17: Aperture/Shutter Speed Pages 18-21: Free form for more coverage go to wsspaper.com

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Left: Tree branches frame Ella Yarrow, West High class of ‘21, braving the January cold in her backyard.

Right: Ella Yarrow smiling between wooden panels on a fence near her house.

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Lines

Left: Lockers lining the hallways of West, leading to two silhouettes in the distance.

Right: Frances Dai ‘19 on the tennis court of the University’s HTRC.

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Top left: Top right: ed ice in a Bottom left: High. This

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Reflections on a window inside West High.

The roof of West High school, collecting meltdrain, with the sun reflection highlighting the water.

George Liu ‘19 looks out a window in West picture emphasizes backlighting and silhouetting.

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Portraiture Left: Julie Xian, West High class of ‘20, in her garage.

Right: Anjali Huynh ‘19, smiling on a bridge at Willow Creek Park.

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Perspective Left: Close-up photo of a fire alarm in a hallway of West High. Hopefully, it’s still working, for the students’ sake.

Right: Another close up, this time of a dusty, screw-ish thing found on the bottom side of your everyday lunch table near the cafeteria.

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Pages

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14-15 Shutter Speed Left: Julie Xian, WHS ‘20, jumps in her garage. The quicker shutter speed caputures the speed of action.

Right: Buttercup Pancake Yarrow frolicks at home. Using a quicker shutter speed and adjusting aperture levels helps focus on the never-ending sniffling nose of the bunny.

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Bottom Left: Tennis balls found without adult supervision at the University of Iowa’s Hawkeye Tennis Recreational Facility.

Top Right: The quicker shutter speed and adjusted aperture on this picture of lettuce helps capture the pouring water and focus in the correct places..

Top Left: Ella Yarrow, Northwest Junior High class of ‘17, smiles on a cold January day in her backyard.

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Free Form:

Confessions of a 12-year-old Ella Yarrow, Northwest Junior High class of ‘17, gives insight into her life.

Left: “This is the only picture you’ll find of me smiling.”

Right: “That’s me getting stuck in a tree, folks. I’ve never been a real talented tree-climber, so I got stuck!”

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Right: “Well, you see, I’m falling out of a tree, and I look like I’m in a little bit of distress, from falling out of the tree. It was an extremely painful experience and I hope I never have to experience it again.”

Top Left: “It was cold. Well, it’s January, so what can I say?”

Bottom Left: “Don’t try a scooter on the ice and the grass, kids,” she says, laughing .

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“It was an extremely painful experience, and I hope I never have to experience it again.”

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