This photo I took was inspired by one of the photography exercises I did in 8th grade called “Forced Perspective.” This is essentially creating an optical illusion through photography to trick the viewer into thinking what is happening in the photo whereas what is actually happening in the photo is different. Here, I had my…
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Rule of Odds
When I was taking photos of my swim school for my documentary project, one of the photos I got was three yellow caution signs lined up next to the pool, evenly spaced out. This perfectly matched this photo blog prompt as there are three signs, an odd number. The original photo was slightly dark, so…
Serenity
The definition of Serenity according to the dictionary is the state of being calm, peaceful and untroubled. My interpretation of Serenity in this photo is having the tools to feel secure and be able to use them to help yourself. Originally, I wanted to take a photo of the building of the 700s wing in…
Negative Space
Negative space means leaving a blank area surrounding the main area of focus to give the viewer a place to “rest.” Negative space is important because it also tells the viewer where to pay attention to, as there is only emphasis to a certain part of an image. For this negative space photo, I wanted…
Shadow
Shadows appear everywhere, but I wanted to experiment with many different photos involving shadows. I walked around Mountain View High School where I took a pictures of different areas, like different hallways and trees. After taking many photos, I felt like this one was the best one, as there was a lot of contrast between…
Center-Frame Portrait
Our goal with this photo blog was to portray the feeling of loneliness through center frame composition. When I was doing the photoshoot for my Narrative Mise-En Scene Project, this was one of the photos that I took but never actually used. I felt like this was a perfect example because I had my classmate…
New Beginnings
This photo blog is about a new beginning, as we have approached the new year of 2025. For this photo blog, I found a small flower that was planted to the ground, signifying that it is beginning its journey to grow taller and taller to reach new heights. I edited this photo in Adobe Photoshop…
Holiday Traditions
Here comes my favorite part: Getting to have a nice Chinese dumpling meal with my entire family. This Photo Blog of mine is about my favorite holiday: Chinese New Year. Every Chinese New Year, we get to eat a lot of food, and get red envelopes that wish us good luck. Since this Photo Blog…
Water
“I’m so glad it rained today, so that I could photograph water,” I sent in my group chat. This morning, I was greeted with a harsh weather outside: a thunderstorm followed by some really strong winds. Because everything outside would be wet during and after a rainstorm, I figured this would be a perfect chance…
Sunset
What’s your favorite part of a sunset? My favorite part of every sunset are when the clouds in the sky become pink. Today after I ate lunch, I saw that there were some clouds in the sky. Then went to take a nap, hoping that the clouds would remain when I wake up. Fortunately, I…