Story Telling

  • Self-Portrait

    For my final photo blog, I took on the same prompt as the one I did when this all started. I chose to depict myself by doing a tilted angle of me looking into a mirror with post-production editing allowing me to draw it over with chalk. I feel it gets across my personality while… Read more

  • Modern Convenience

    For this prompt, I decided to use a picture I took at Miku Expo 2026. Hatsune Miku is a voice synthesizer who soared to popularity because of her iconic voice and cute design. I went to this years concert with my friend Hannah and thought this would fit the prompt of “Modern Convenience” due to… Read more

  • Deadly Sins

    For this prompt, we had to tell a compelling story about the deadly sins. I chose to take a picture of an unfinished zine (tiny magazine) that contained quotes from one of my favorite video essays. Ironically, I fell to the first deadly sin listed in the video and arguably one of the most common… Read more

  • Film Noir

    For this prompt, we had to tell a story using “Film Noir”, which. is a style of film/photography that focuses on very moody monochrome lighting. I decided to take a picture of perhaps an establishing shot of a Film Noir film. I thought it’d be cool to capture the atmosphere of the genre through photography.… Read more

  • Color Without Color

    For this prompt, we had to tell a colorful story without using color. I decided to arrange my POSCA pens in a circle. While each pen is a different color, they all serve the same functional purpose in the end, to create. I felt that idea could be portrayed well through this prompt by forcing… Read more

  • Friends and Family

    For this prompt, we had to tell a story about our friends or family through a photo. I decided to take a picture of the Freestyle yearbook with various other things that represented me and my time at Freestyle. I wanted to take a photo that’d evoke the nostalgic feelings reflecting on high school can… Read more

  • Your Culture

    For this prompt, we were asked to show us a snapshot of our culture. Thus, I chose to photograph a typical Spanish dish, croquetas. My parents are both Spanish immigrants, and even though I was born and raised in America, I do my best to understand and respect where my dual identity as both an… Read more

  • Flowers

    For this prompt, we had to tell a story of stunning flowers. As a result, I decided to use this photo of a rose at Cuesta Park. I thought the surrounding darker greens complimented the red of the rose perfectly. I also loved the way the petals bloomed out. Taking this photo showed me the… Read more

  • Stranger

    For this prompt, we had to photograph the story of a stranger. As a result, I ended up using this picture I had of a mysterious unknown stranger I saw at Cuesta Park. I only got a glimpse of the person for a moment and it was only through further looking at the picture I… Read more

  • Aging

    For this prompt, we had to tell the story of aging through a photograph. I decided to use a photo I took of a blossoming bud at Cuesta Park, which was right at the peak of it coming into the prime of it’s life. I enjoyed the solitary nature of the photo and added adjustments… Read more