Frame within the frame

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For this photo blog, I composed a frame within the frame by centering George Washington in the middle of 4 one dollar US bills. I spent most of the time trying to figure out the pattern which I wanted to … Continued

Future

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For this photo blog, I took a picture of my LAHS graduation cap with the UCLA logo (the university I’m going to). Since I didn’t have my DSLR I used my iphone’s portrait feature to get a depth effect which … Continued

Modern convenience

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For this photo blog, I took an image of my M1 Mac. I spent most of the time trying to compose the image so that the mac would be centered on the table. I also tried to get the right … Continued

Food

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For this photo blog, I took a picture of my expired school lunch. I spent some time figuring out how to compose the photo and which colors of the food I should bring towards the front and which ones are … Continued

Current events

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For this photo blog, I took a image of a Chinese newspaper article reporting on Alyssa Liu’s recent visit to Oakland after winning gold medal at the winter olympics. Her mindset of “you can’t beat someone who’s having fun” really … Continued

Depth of field

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For this photo blog, I wanted to create a depth of field photo. Using a old lego minifigure I used for the other photo blog, I set my camera to high aperture in order to bring more focus and contrast … Continued

Musical

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For this photo blog, I took a image of the cadenza of Rachmaninoff’s piano concerto No.1 A cadenza in music is a section where the soloist isn’t supported by the orchestra, and must play alone. I decided to make the … Continued

Film noir

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For this photo blog, I took a picture of my drawing reference mannequin. I made the mannequin in a calm and reserved pose, in order to capture the feeling of being in the moment. If I could improve this photo, … Continued

Small vs large

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For this photo blog, I used perspective to make my hand appear to be grabbing the lego minifigure. I spent most of the time trying to find out the best position to put my camera in order to make the … Continued

Color theory

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For this photo blog, I took a picture of the sunset at baylands. I had to wait around an hour for the photo, but the end result was worth it. I used more contrast using Adobe photoshop to make the … Continued