Inspiration

Future Calarts was my top choice school for several years, and although my commitment to it dwindled as time went on, that didn’t make the application process any less daunting, or receiving my rejection letter any less bitter. In spite of this, this rejection was …

Food I decided to take a photo of my friend’s almond croissant, theres not much more to it than that.

Current Events In light of everything that’s been happening at Los Altos and Mountain View lately, I think it’s important for people to take a second and relax… so I took this photo of my backyard.

Musical I decided to keep this simple. I took a photo of me listening to one of my favorite songs from my favorite band on my phone. I made sure to get the earbuds in the shot to help put the viewer in my perspective.

Small vs Large I took a very literal approach here… just observing some items on the table and felt like they fit this prompt well.

The Elements For this assignment, I wanted to represent the element of earth, so I took a photo of a sprouting plant between stepping stones.

Gratitude I chose to photograph these objects on my desk because they’re things I associate with a few close friends, and I wanted to express gratitude toward them.

Who Inspires You We had to show someone who inspired us, and I chose my cat, Ollie. He doesn’t rally do much but he is very inspirational

Habits We had to take a photo representing good or bad habits. I impulsively bake on occasion, this is a photo of me melting butter for impulse cookies.

The prompt for this photo was “Exit”. I’m entering a new chapter of my life as I end my junior year, but I’m still surrounded by familiar environments and memories. The representation is a bit literal, but I tried to make sure the outside was …