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 two people chatting and laughing outdoors while wearing green new deal for schools shirts.

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

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

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 leading a group in conversation with a green, forest background.

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.

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

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.

Close-up of girl with snow falling into her hair, 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 with a black grad cap on with her hair blowing in the wind.

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.

Girl leans against a home siding in black and white.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Photo of Tai Verdes, blurry and lightened by pink.

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

Artistic

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