Author Archives: jessiemshort

This is a self portrait I took for my small format class back in Spring 2020. The topic that week was how COVID-19 has changed our lives and what our lives has looked like during COVID. While this blog post isn’t about the same topic, I think the stress and frustration shown in this imageContinue reading “Learn and Re-learn”

This week, we had to come up with a series of photos for a portfolio. It just so happened, that I had a senior video for my multimedia class to shoot as well. I figured I would knock out two birds with one stone and get both assignments done. Although I do feel like itContinue reading “Senior Video and Portfolio Assignments”

Back in June, I did my first ever newborn photoshoot. I was very nervous obviously because it was my first one, but, I’ve also never been that good with babies or kids. I’ve never liked it when they would cry or anything like that. So I was going into the shoot pretty worried about howContinue reading “Newborn Photography”

One of the many things we learned this week was Portrait Retouching. At first, it honestly was a little confusing, figuring out how to use all the tools as well as memorize their shortcuts. I’ve learned that it’s very easy to over-edit if you’re not careful. I’ve also realized that the more you do it,Continue reading “Portrait Retouching”

Every year students (and possibly staff) get the jitters because of school starting. This year, the jitters may be a little more extreme. You see, we’re going to school in the middle of a pandemic. No class is normal. One student per desk, masks, no gatherings to chat with friends in the hall, consistent handContinue reading “Going to School…During a Pandemic”

This layout of images is from my first lab assignment in my Digital Image Technology class. We were instructed to go around and take a series of images. After taking the pictures, we had to come back to the classroom and put together several different things using Lightroom and Photoshop. One of the things weContinue reading “Back To School!”