Inspiration

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

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

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

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

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

For this photo blog, I took a picture of my sheet music I play when practicing piano next to an image of Franz liszt-my favorite and most inspirational composer. I experimented with different rule of thirds to position Liszt in … Continued

For this photo blog, I took an image of the reflection on a spoon. I experimented with various angles of the spoon to capture the most reflection, and positioned my light differently to have varying reflections. This photo reminds me … Continued

For this photo, I decided to tell a lie by creating the effect that there was two $10 bills sticking out of the yellow Chinese envelope. However, there is only one bill as it is bent over.

For this photo, I took a picture of the sheet music for Debussy’s Reverie, which I am currently learning on the cello. Reverie translates to dream, thus playing this piece of music every time makes me peaceful and at serenity.

For this photo, my process was experimenting with different camera angels and focus in order to get the highest image quality of my eye. I used a mirror which reflected my camera screen so I could position it properly.