Story Telling

  • Deadly Sins: Sloth

    This week’s prompt was, “The deadly sins are Pride, Envy, Gluttony, Lust, Anger, Greed and Sloth. Tell us a compelling story about one of the deadly sins.” After some consideration, I decided to focus on one of the sins that has plagued me more than the others throughout my life: sloth. I am a person…

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  • Film Noir

    This week’s prompt was, “Film Noir is a dark and moody type of photography well suited to storytelling. Tell us a story using Film Noir.” Since we have been having some foggy mornings recently, I decided to bring my camera on an early morning foggy walk. I got quite a few good shots, but I…

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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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  • Flowers

    This week’s prompt was, “With spring blooms, tell the story of stunning flowers.” I took so many pictures of beautiful flowers for this prompt, and it was very hard to choose just one. I ended up settling on this photo because I really liked the way that the sun shone through the petals. The sun…

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  • Stranger

    This week’s photo blog prompt was “tell the story of a stranger.” At first, I tried to capture moments of others people lives at a park near my house. They are strangers after all. I walked with my sister, and we had a lot of fun! However, I wasn’t satisfied with any of the pictures…

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  • Aging

    This week’s prompt was, “Love it or hate it, aging is something we all experience. So tell us the story of Aging in a single photograph.” At first, I tried to look at the nature around me for things like shriveled leaves next to green buds. I wanted to find something unique to show the…

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  • Shadow

    This week’s prompt was, “Tell a story, and make it compelling while only using shadow.” I took several photos for this prompt, but ultimately decided to go with a picture of a dead spider. I thought that this photo was powerful because despite the seemingly long shadow the spider’s body cast, it would’ve been minuscule in…

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  • New Beginnings

    The prompt for this week’s blog was, “The world is full of circular patterns, some things end, others begin, tell a story of a new beginning.” I decided to choose two photos for this prompt to convey the life cycle of a rose. After brainstorming ideas, I went to a park near my house and…

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  • Speed Light Shots

    Take 4 photos with your speed lite, and post them all so that the differences are visible. Look at the resource in the photo prompts google sheet. This prompt involved experimenting with the speed lite, or flash, on a camera. It was interesting how different types of flash light in different places changed the subject…

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  • Sunsets

    The prompt for this week’s photo blog was, “Be creative about capturing a sunset.” Initially, I thought that this prompt would be difficult because I live in a residential area filled with buildings that block to skyline. Then, after attempting some pictures, I noticed that the shapes tended to turn black against the sunset, really…

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