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  • The Elements

    This week’s photo blog prompt was “the elements.” I decided to show this prompt in my photo by showing how rain appears on car windows when I am traveling. This photo was taken on a long road-trip that I spent the majority of staring out the window and listening to music. I know that the

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  • Low Angles

    This week’s prompt was “low angles.” After some experimenting with low angles during a walk around a local Santa Clara attraction called the Filoli gardens, I had quite a few photos I thought might fit well with this prompt. In the end, I decided to use a low angle photo that I had taken in

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  • Gratitude

    This week’s prompt was “gratitude.” There are a lot of things I am grateful for, but I decided to focus on something small for this prompt: the beauty of nature. For Veteran’s Day weekend, my family traveled to Tahoe. It was just beginning to turn from fall to winter, and there was the tiniest bit

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  • Color Without Color

    This week’s prompt was “take a photo that shows a colorful story, but do it in black and white.” Initially, I was unsure of what to do for this prompt. I went on a walk around the place my family was staying for veteran’s day weekend. We had traveled to Tahoe for a vacation just

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  • Who Inspires You

    This week’s photo blog prompt was “Who Inspires You?” There are a lot of people in my life that inspire me in a variety of ways. However, recently, my dad has been incredibly inspirational in helping me grow into an adult by supporting me in applying to colleges and learning how to complete basic adulting

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  • Fill the Frame

    This week’s photo blog prompt was “fill the frame.” Essentially, fill the frame of a photo with a certain color, certain visual element, or subject to make a more engaging or interesting photo. From what I have observed about this technique, fill the frame photos with simpler elements tend to be more engaging to me.

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  • Facial Symmetry

    For this assignment, students were challenged to take photos of faces and edit them to be symmetrical. After taking a couple of photos of my family members, I asked my dad to take a photo of me because I was curious about what my face might look like if perfectly symmetrical. Then, I put my

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  • Reflection

    The prompt for this assignment was to “capture a reflection.” Some examples were provided for us, most including pictures of reflections on water, like that of a mountain range on a lake. However, I wanted to try something different. I looked around my house for a bit, and eventually noticed that my TV screen was

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  • Exit

    This year’s final prompt was, “Every exit is an entry to somewhere else. Be inspired by an exit this week.” My first thought for this prompt was to take a picture of a door or exit sign, but I thought that seemed a little obvious. So, I decided to try to capture an “exit from

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  • Geometry

    This week’s prompt was, “We live in a world surrounded by geometry. Use geometry in your photo this week.” Initially, I focused my shots on manmade structures with very clear geometrical elements, like squares and triangles. However, the photos were not very interesting to me, though they clearly met the prompt. So, I decided to

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