Photography - Jasper Willson

Photography has been a creative outlet of mine for years now. I have professional experience photographing live events, taking head-shots, taking graduation photos, and documenting social justice movements. I have been using Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom for almost a decade.

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Activism

Still photography is important for social media promotion of events and causes. In this capacity I often shoot stills while covering events. I was hired by the Sunrise Movement to take photos at their Summer Camp. I have also taken photos at protests. Here are a few of my favorites.

A horizontal photo of a group of high schoolers at a table outside working on their plan for the green new deal for schools.

A vertical photo of a woman holding a Black Lives Matter sign out of her sunroof.

A horizontal photo of two people chatting and laughing outdoors while wearing green new deal for schools shirts.

A black and white vertical photo of a bicyclist with a Black Lives Matter sign on their back.

A horizontal photo of a young woman leading a group in conversation with a green, forest background.

A vertical portrait photo of a young woman speaking.

A black and white vertical photo of a woman holding a sign at a Black Lives Matter protest.

A horizontal photo of a young woman speaking with her hands in front of her with her friend looking at her in admiration.

A vertical photo of a woman's back as she is writing on a butcher sheet of paper.

Portraiture

I love grabbing images that can freeze a moment in time. Photography can capture someone’s emotion so clearly you feel it with them. This is a collection of some of my portrait work, from the personal, to the professional graduation shoots that have helped fund my equipment budget.

Girl leans against a home siding in black and white.

A vertical photo of two sisters sitting on stairs smiling at the camera with blossoms behind them.

A vertical photo of a young couple in each others arms smiling at each other with the blue sky behind them.

A vertical portrait of a young woman posing for the camera with white blossoms behind her.

A vertical photo of a young woman smiling at the camera with her eyes closed and snow falling around her.

A vertical portrait of a young woman with a black grad cap on with her hair blowing in the wind.

Girl brushes her hair back with light shining on her face.

A horizontal photo of a young couple leaning against each other smiling at the camera outside.

Red head leans against a fence with flowers in her hair, smiling.

A vertical photo of a young man in front of a clock tower looking off to the side as wind blows in his hair.

Close-up of girl with snow falling into her hair, black and white.

Person looking at the camera smiling, wearing a red coat, with a lake and the sky behind them.

Live Events

Live events can be hectic, but that makes finding those specific moments to capture all the more fun. I have experience taking photos for art events at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at WSU, as well as concerts for the Student Entertainment Board at WSU.

A group of people lean down looking at hundreds of tags from the Hostile Terrain 94 show.

A photo of rows of paper with pressed ink writing with the center page in focus.

A photo of Keiko Hara looking up against a purple background.

A photo of hundreds of tags hung on the wall for the Hostile Terrain 94 exhibition.

A vertical photo of a woman in a black coat framed by a Keiko Hara painting.

Photo of Tai Verdes, blurry and lightened by pink.

A horizontal photo of a child laying like a starfish on the ground from a low angle.

Blue picture of a full body many singing into a microphone with a stage behind him.

A vertical photo of an older woman smiling while going through sheets of paper.

Photo of Tai Verdes Clapping his hands over his head with a blue tent.

A horizontal photo of the back of a young man's head with a screen behind him that has the history of immigration to the US.

Photo of Tai Verdes singing into a microphone with pink and yellow lights behind him.

Artistic

Along with capturing journalistic images, I also love playing around showing the world how I see it.