PTS photo selection

The photos I will include in my magazine are from a trip I endeavored during my winter holidays. My family and I traveled to California and Colorado, where I was granted the opportunity to photograph the beauty of both of these states. In class, we already had selected our genre of magazine. I choose travel because of my experiences and because I knew that I was going to travel during the winter break.

I photographed in Yosemite National park (California) , Sequoia National park(Colorado), and the Rocky Mountain National park. This took place over the course of a week. Below I included photos I took in these national parks.

Colorado:

California:

For my front cover I decided on the redwood photograph. This is a high angle shot of the sequoias. Before I endeavored on my trip I intended on making a show of the sequoias the picture featured in my front cover.

I am inspired by how powerful these trees are. Each tree in the shot above has been growing for hundreds of years and tower above neighboring trees. To me these trees symbolize the power of nature and its ability to grow no matter what the circumstances around it are. These trees survive wildfires and anything else nature throws at it.

I think humans should look up to the power of nature and appreciate it for its ability to continue no matter what occurs around it. As a result, this inspiration is what drove me to having the redwoods shot as my front cover ;I feel it embodies my view of nature and its creations.

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