Issue Photos (Power)

I chose to do my issue photos on power and the pollution that goes along with it. This first power plant picture is a natural gas and oil power plant owned by FPL and located in Fort Lauderdale, FL. The second uses coal and petroleum, is owned by JEA and is located in Jacksonville, FL.

In 2005 it was found the St. Johns River Power Park was the leader in Mercury pollution in Florida. Coal-fired power plants have lowered their air pollution in recent history but they still are contributing to water pollution. There are laws in place to combat this but many plants have violated the laws without harsh punishment. The St. Johns River Power Park is one such plant which has received 8 violations.

Fashion

All the pictures are of Emily Kirkpatrick, 23, from Ft. Lauderdale, FL. We went to Port Everglades to take these pictures.

I was experimenting with some street lights for both of these pictures.

 It was a beautiful sunset and the moon was in clear view. I tried something different while silhouetting Emily, I let the background stay in focus and left her a blurry silhouette in the foreground.

 This one was just a regular silhouette with a blurry background