This week, our inspiration was the Elements: Earth, Fire, Wind, Rain, and Spirit.I decided to portray the Earth element in my photo with leaves in my backyard, and convey the feeling of age that I associate with Earth (hence the black and white colors as well as the dead leaves).
Our challenge this week was to “use the rule of odds in an Urbanscape/Architecture photo”. I decided to photograph my friend Akemi in front of an interesting building in order to incorporate cool architecture as well as an odd number of subjects (one).
As the weather is changing this time of year, we were encouraged to find inspirations in the seasons for a photo. I decided to photograph my friend in a winter coat looking up at a tree whose leaves have turned red and fallen.
As Thanksgiving comes around the corner, his week’s challenge was to photograph: “What are you grateful for?”. I chose to photograph my best friend Klavie with a cup of coffee, as I’m grateful to have her in my life and go on coffee runs together.
This week’s prompt was to use the rule of thirds in photography to show emotion. I chose to creatively photograph my friend in a mirror looking defeated.
This week’s prompt was to take a photo that shows us a colorful story, but do it in black and white. I chose to photograph my friend staring out into the distance at a lake, as nature is very colorful and would normally catch your eye, but in black and white, she stands out.
“Inspiration comes from many places. Take a photo that shows us about who inspires you.”
To answer this prompt, I chose a photograph that I took of my sister last year during the holidays. She inspires me in ways more than one, but I most look up to her kindness and support for others.
This week, we were challenged to fill the frame with one color. I chose to photograph the dead grass at Shoreline Lake to show how one color (yellow) can have multiple shades.
“Telling the story of someone you know well is sometimes the hardest story to tell.” For this prompt, I chose to photograph my friend in a field of brown grass with a mysterious expression as to convey the difficulty of telling other people’s stories.
A dying bouquet of flowers.