Category: Story Telling

I snapped this photo of this graffiti I saw near my grandma’s house. I thought the character the artist graffitied showed a lot of pride which is one of the deadly sins. This photo was taken with ISO of 500, Aperture of 3.2, and Shutter Speed of 1/200.

I took this photo at the Isabella Stewart Museum when I was in Boston. I really liked the pattern lighting that reflected onto the statue and floor so lowered the exposure. This photo was taken with ISO of 80, Aperture of 1.6, and Shutter Speed of 1/60.

I took this picture with long shutter speed at the beach during a cloudy sunrise. I thought it depicted the pass of time as the new year came and the past year ended. This photo was taken with ISO of 200, Aperture of 3.2, and Shutter Speed of 1.

I took this picture as I placed a tungsten light behind my mom’s left side. This created a silhouette effect on her hair as well as the shape of her face. This photo was taken with ISO of 50, Aperture of 7.2, and Shutter Speed of 1/50.

I snapped this photo when lighting up a candle for a friend’s birthday. The two subjects in the photo were trying to not let the flame go out from the wind while someone was trying to take a picture. This photo was taken with ISO of 100, Aperture of 2.5, and Shutter Speed of 1/50.

I took this picture of my friends when they were all sitting on a branch of a tree. I liked the concept of how each branch is connected to form one tree. This photo was taken with ISO of 100, Aperture of 6, and Shutter Speed of 1/50.

Although my family and I moved from Tokyo, Japan 10 years ago, we still carry on with our culture of eating rice and miso soup everyday. I took a photo of the two bowls we eat from- miso soup is placed in the left bowl, and sticky Japanese rice in the right bowl. 1/50 f9 …

I picked out this flower on my walk around the garden in my home. It caught my attention because of how bright it was – I decided to take a close up picture to see what was inside. This photo was taken with ISO of 800, Aperture of 6.3, and Shutter Speed of 1/256.

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 …

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 …