Photography by Navyaa Jain

Recently, our assignment was to take photos that feature humans that are not the subject of a photo. It is meant to make the background or the other elements of a photo stand out more than the classic "subject." In this way it differs from the portrait in which the subject or main focus of the photo is the human or person. It made this assignment a bit difficult because it is so subjective and hard to do "correctly" but in the end I believe I got two unique photos.

This week in class, we had to make our own interpretation of a collage. It could feature a person, a place, or a simple thing in nature but we had to use a new type of system to achieve our goal: Photoshop. While it may seem easy at first sight, it is not like people describe and definitely posed a challenge to me. Although, after I got used to it, I realized how much more it offered then systems like Lightroom. I really enjoyed this assignment and I felt I could be really creative with it. My photo features Yasmeena Sharif and I hope you like it!

I went back through my first photos in this class and I chose what I think are my best photos from those first few collections. While I personally believe that the quality of photos has improved, for my first few tries, I love how they turned out. Hope you like them!

This week we received our biggest assignment yet. We needed 15 photos that featured objects in your ordinary life from a new, darker, perspective. I really enjoyed this assignment but I did find it much harder to stick to the theme because it was much more abstract. These are my 10 favorite photos from the collection. Enjoy :)

This week my photography class was tasked with finding a model and photographing them in different settings. We aimed to get different styles of portraits using the specific techniques and styles we learned. The following photos capture Yasmeena Sharif and her life as a student at NA.

Last week, my photography class and I embarked on a day trip to the NYC High Line, along with filmmakers, and dancers. Our task was to photograph those dancers in motion using the resources around us. The trip really helped me to understand photography in an uncontrolled setting, and helped me test my knowledge in the real world. My favorite spot was this small corner section of the High Line, where I took my favorite pics. The following photos I took demonstrate the numerous photography skills we learned throughout our classes and practice shoots. Hope you like them :)