This week’s challenge was to tell the story of aging in a photograph. I chose to photograph a wine bottle, symbolizing aging in the sense that wine develops flavor the longer it ages, as well as in the sense that one must age in order to be able to drink it or appreciate it to its full extent.
This week we were given the opportunity to take a picture of a subject of our own choice, without editing it. I chose to photograph some flowers in my backyard because it was one of the first things I had ever photographed when I first got into photography a couple of years ago.
This week’s challenge was to use negative space effectively in an image. I decided to photograph this origami flower in the left of the photo shining in the edge of a spotlight on the ground, in order to demonstrate the negative space in the right of the photo.
This week’s challenge to tell a story using shadows. I decided to portray the two moods of my cat by photographing her and her shadow, depicting how she looks innocent in real life in contrast with her menacing and scary-looking shadow.
This week’s challenge was to interpret the theme “Anonymous”. I decided to photograph a shadowed figure because I personally associate the word anonymous as something dark and mysterious. The figure is looking out on the city at night to emphasize mystery.
This week’s challenge was to exhibit loneliness by isolating a subject in the center frame of a photo. I chose to photograph my friend on her phone, being isolated from the conversations surrounding her. I later edited the colors in Photoshop, making everything except her in black and white in order to emphasize her loneliness.
This week’s challenge was to tell a story of a “New Beginning”, taking in mind the circular patterns present in life. I decided to photograph a sunset in order to represent the circular pattern of the end of the day and the start of a new one, while also photographing a bare tree branch in order to represent the cycle of the “death” of a tree while it waits to be reborn and blossom in the spring.
This week’s challenge was to photograph something using “trash” as our inspiration. As the word trash may be associated with negative connotations, I decided to photograph this particular trash can showing a smiling design in order to combat the stereotypical “trash” image.
This week’s challenge was to use balance in a photo in the “Accidental Renaissance” style. I interpreted this style as depicting many bodies reaching towards desires, as depicts many renaissance paintings. Therefore, I decided to photograph these plants that seem to reach outwards from their stems.
This week’s challenge was to tell a story depicting our hometown in a photograph. I decided to take a picture of the city of Berkeley from a high point of view, as my family and I often go up and visit my sister who attends college there. As Berkeley is a city within the limits of where I consider my home town, or rather my home region, I consider it to be and important area in my life.