For this shot, I decided to do an up-close shot of my subject, on a table. Rather than shooting it from above, I put the camera at the same level as the phone and pencil, to give my shot more depth, with more background visible, compared with just a table. Then in photoshop, I tweaked …
This is a photo of a 3200m race during a track meet. The quality is compressed by the website. To get this photo, I turned the shutter speed to be really fast, 1/3200, so that I could capture a clean image of these three runners.
This is a photo of Ivan Tse running the 1600 at a quad track meet. I used negative space, and did it over the shoulder of someone to emphasize his desperation, and build the distance between him and the next runners. This is another photo of Ivan with even more negative space. In this image …
This is a photo of Josh Hannan running the 1600m at a dual meet of Mountain View vs Los Gatos. To get him separated from the background, I used a lower f-stop, and turned up the shutter speed to make the subject less blurry. This is another center-frame portrait, of my dog fast asleep. To …
For my holiday tradition photo, I decided to take a picture of the lights outside our house during a cool foggy night. Unfortunately, this was the widest shot I could get, while including the Christmas tree, however, I think that this snapshot encapsulates our tradition of setting up lights before Christmas. Because it was so …
For this leading lines photo, I sat at the bottom of the stairs to capture my youngest sister in a hoodie. I wanted an ominous look, so I didn’t black out the window to give a backlight. The stair railings and stairs themselves create leading lines that give a tunnel sort of effect, drawing you …
This is a photo taken in the hills surrounding the Crystal Springs Reservoir. I liked how through the clouds, a beam of light was shining down on the hill, and I instantly went to take a photo. I used my wide lens to get a closer up view, as the hill is about a mile …
This photo of my dog has her eyes centered between the top right intersection of the rule of thirds. While she sat on the sofa, I saw this as a perfect opportunity to get a nicely framed and composed shot of her, when usually she moves before I can get a good photo!