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Ruby Moley
Dec 6, 20250 min read


Assignment 11: Photo Essay
The Anniversary A collection of photos from our Friday night anniversary celebration, from getting ready at home to exploring Kansas City’s holiday lights. A collection of toiletries, makeup, glasses and hair accessories sits scattered across a counter in our master bathroom at our home in Olathe, Kan., on Friday, Nov. 28, 2025, as I get ready for a night out. ©2025 Rubyanne Moley/SMU Carter Winfrey, 22-year-old VCU student and boyfriend, enters the inconspicuous doorway of T
Ruby Moley
Nov 30, 20253 min read


Assignment 10: Any!
A chairlift at Massanutten Resort carries visitors above a colorful expanse of fall foliage on a clear autumn afternoon in Massanutten, VA on October 20, 2025. ©2025 Rubyanne Moley/SMU A sweeping view from Massanutten Peak captures the Shenandoah Valley and Blue Ridge Mountains under a clear autumn sky at Massanutten Resort in Virginia on October 20, 2025. ©2025 Rubyanne Moley/SMU An AMC theater illuminates the cold night as patrons leave the night's showings in Addison, TX o
Ruby Moley
Nov 10, 20252 min read


Assignment 9: Halloween!
A mother and son hand out candy in their driveway to young trick-or-treaters in Highland Park, Texas, on Halloween, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2025. ©2025 Rubyanne Moley/SMU A home decorated with pumpkins, lights, and a towering inflatable jack-o’-lantern welcomes trick-or-treaters in Highland Park, Texas, on Halloween, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2025. ©2025 Rubyanne Moley/SMU Two trick-or-treaters walk down a neighborhood street in Highland Park, Texas, on Halloween, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2025
Ruby Moley
Nov 2, 20252 min read


Photo Assignment 8: Weather
Student-athletes and their parents crowd indoors to avoid the rain during a weather delay at the Whitaker Tennis Courts in Austin, Texas, on Oct. 25, 2025. ©2025 Rubyanne Moley/SMU This past weekend, the University of Texas hosted a competitive tennis tournament that I had the honor of competing in. However, due to a stormy forecast, there were many rain delays. This photo was taken in the middle of the day during the second rain delay, which had light showers with lightening
Ruby Moley
Oct 27, 20252 min read


Photo Assignment 7: Stop-action Photography
Alina Morales, a 18-year-old member of the SMU competitive tennis team, winds back for a powerful forehand at the Texas A&M Collegiate Level Competitive Tennis Tournament at the George P. Mitchell ’40 Tennis Center in College Station, Texas, on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2025. (©2025 Rubyanne Moley/SMU) During the Texas A&M Collegiate Level Competitive Tennis Tournament, I took this photo of my teammate, Alina Morales, as she competed in an intense matchup. The tournament ran from 9
Ruby Moley
Oct 14, 20253 min read


Photo Assignment 6: The environmental portrait
Abigail Kim, a junior at SMU's Meadows School of the Arts, strikes an elegant pose during a dance photoshoot inside the Owen Arts Center on campus in Dallas, Texas, on Oct. 12, 2025. ©2025 Rubyanne Moley/SMU Abigail Kim, a junior at SMU’s Meadows School of the Arts, performs a contemporary dance pose outside the Owen Arts Center in Dallas, Texas, on Oct. 12, 2025. ©2025 Rubyanne Moley/SMU Abigail Kim poses in contemporary form in front of the Meadows School of the Arts sign i
Ruby Moley
Oct 13, 20253 min read


Photo Assignment 5: Mastering depth-of-field
Bronze longhorn cattle sculptures appear to stampede through Pioneer Plaza, a downtown park that commemorates 19th-century cattle drives, on Sept. 28, 2025. (©2025 Rubyanne Moley/SMU) Bronze longhorn cattle appears to stoop down on a rocky path through Pioneer Plaza, a downtown park that commemorates 19th-century cattle drives, on Oct. 5, 2025. (©2025 Rubyanne Moley/SMU) My image for Assignment 5 captures one of Downtown Dallas’s most iconic landmarks, a monument that reflect
Ruby Moley
Sep 29, 20252 min read


Photo Assignment 4: Rule-of-Thirds
“Two Piece Reclining Figure No. 3,” a 1961 bronze sculpture by artist Henry Moore, is displayed in an outdoor courtyard at the Dallas...
Ruby Moley
Sep 28, 20252 min read


Photo Assignment 3: Doing it in the dark or how to shoot in low light
The exterior of Hunt Consolidated glows among other commercial buildings along the Dallas skyline near Interstate 345 on Sunday, Sept....
Ruby Moley
Sep 21, 20253 min read


Photo Assignment 2: Three types of light
DIFFUSED AND ARTIFICIAL. Lucky Lou’s iconic neon sign twinkles as the sun sets on the second annual “Glizzy Fest” in Denton, Texas, on...
Ruby Moley
Sep 14, 20253 min read


Photo Assignment 1: Self Portrait
Rubyanne Moley, a Senior Journalism Major at SMU, rests with racket at a local tennis court after an intense practice in Dallas, TX on...
Ruby Moley
Sep 8, 20254 min read
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