Freeze Action
This is a photo of an exploding firework that I took at the beach. Making the shutter speed faster let me capture all of the sparks and flames, which contrast really well with the pitch black background. I didn't need to do much editing, because the orange color was already so vibrant, but I did increase the saturation of the orange a little bit, to emphasize the contrast between color and black.
Panning
This photo was taken in the courtyard at Lincoln of Kendra. I like the streaked background, and how the brown/orange leaves blur with the green ones. The photo was pretty dull when I originally took it, so I increased the contrast, and made the temp yellower.
Camera Shake
I also took this photo at the beach, of the city lights. I focused on the skyline of Seaside, then shook my camera back and forth, creating the lines of orange. Like the firework photo, I really liked the orange in contrast with the black, so I didn't edit it much, just increased the contrast slightly to emphasize the color.
Slow Motion
I took this in the gym at Lincoln. I usually really dislike pictures in the gym, because of the orange color the light casts on the photo. Also, there is generally a ton of things in the frame that are difficult to avoid that mess up the composition of the photo. To fix both of these problems, I cropped the photo to focus on this boy running, and turned it black and white to completely get rid of the orange. I increased the grain and added a black vignette, making the picture kind of creepy.
