明日まで頑張ろう!!
Warmth can be different things – the warmth of a fire place, of food, or the warmth you feel when one does something for others. There are many ways to interpret warmth. I chose to a combination of the latter two – the making of food for others. I took this photo during the time which my younger sister was helping to teach someone on how to make sushi – and of all the photos I took, I believe this one turned out the best.
I can’t quite remember the mood I was in when I took this photo, but I do know that I wanted the photo to be of these specific trees. I had many different versions, some where I took the photo from just below the trees and made them frame the top of the photograph – as well as other photos like this one where I fidgeted with the options (such as white balance) to try and make a photo that I found the most satisfying. I eventually chose this photo out of all of them, due to the fact that I enjoyed the framing effect that the roof provided.
For the rule of thirds motion photograph assignment, I chose to take photos around the Mountain View Performing Arts center. The one that I liked the most (and thought fit into the thirds) was this one – the “girl and boy” statue near the path to the park. A friend of mine also said she liked this photo the most as well, which is why I chose it for this assignment.
The assignment was to make a photo portrait without our faces – that also expressed who we are. I thought that taking the photo in front of my bookshelf would be fun, considering how much I love to read manga (which my bookshelf is full of), and I put my markers, sketchbooks, and notebooks at my feet to show how I also love to write and draw. To hide my face I borrowed my mother’s Ipad and displayed the kanji “watashi” – which means “me” – to play into the fact that I myself am Japanese.