Tell a Lie

From this concept of telling a lie, I was really inspired to take a picture and make it look like a certain feeling. I took this picture of a singular seagull at the beach looking to the view on the right. I tried to make this scenery look more angelic and heavenly – the seagull …

Leading Lines

I grabbed a bowl and placed some lemon snacks next to a silver spoon. The silver spoon acted as the leading line – leading us to the snacks. I wanted to try not to show the bowl too much, and instead focus on the snacks shown in detail on the screen. This photo was taken …

Stranger

A couple weeks ago, I went to the beach at Half Moon Bay. I was eating at an outdoor table by Barbara’s Fishtrap and snapped this picture of this family playing with their dog. I observed from a distance – as the mother stayed back in her cozy jacket, her kids were running and laughing …

Serenity

To me, serenity means being in a place that makes you feel safe and protected. Whether that is mentally or physically, I snapped this photo when I was back in Tokyo at my grandparents’ home. This was a moment in my life where there was a feeling of serenity – calm, safe, protected. Green is …

Rule of Odds

I snapped this photo while my friends are I were walking along a deserted area. One of my friends were trying to take a picture of me while my other three friends continued walking along the hill. This shot was perfect because it separated one of my subjects as the other three positioned themselves according …

Aging

This is an old CRT TV that I bought for one of my films during the summer. Although I didn’t always have it and I wasn’t the one who purchased it when it first came out on the market, I see it aging through my eyes. I feel like people often think about living things …

#NoFilter

I snapped this photo because of how the colors of this neighborhood blends well with each other. I really love how the colors from the yellow house goes with the colors of the surroundings – the green plants, brown fences, yellow light, grey chimneys, orange moon. This photo was taken with ISO of 800, Aperture …

Negative Space

I snapped this picture on a beach day when my sister was walking ahead of me. I saw beautiful large clouds above her in the sky and realized this would be a very good extreme long shot. I centered her in frame along with the tents in the background. This picture worked very well because …

Shadow

I snapped a picture of this lamp in my house that my family got at Grand Canyon many years back. It was a long summer road trip in 2014 where we visited many National Parks – Yellow Stone, Yosemite, Bryce Canyon, Death Valley… I remember seeing many Buffalos crossing the street and broken pieces of …

Anonymous

When I think of Anonymous, I think of a shadow figure with no face. Because of this interpretation, I shot this picture placing my lighting against my subject. This created a shadow on the wall from the light shining on the subject’s right side. It was perfect the way my subject covered the elements of …