Warmth

To represent warmth for this week’s photo challenge, I photographed some lights that I have hanging up in my house. The color of the lights was a soft yellowish color that I felt represented warmth fairly well. I used a high shutter speed and a low ISO to make the background appear darker. When editing, …

Mood

The mood I tried to demonstrate through this photo was feeling stress while trying to act fine all the time. The main subject of the photo is this little cat with a happy smile on its face. However, it’s surrounded by open textbooks and homework assignments. This really resonates with me, because as much as …

Rule of Thirds – Motion

This week’s photo challenge was to use the rule of thirds to capture motion. I did this by photographing my sister shooting a basketball in our backyard. Her position in the photo as well as the wall and fence behind her, fall along the gridlines and intersections of the Rule of Thirds. She is in …

Self Portrait

The prompt this week was to take a self-portrait without showing my face. To do this, I photographed a tree in my backyard. This photo acts as a “self-portrait” because I really enjoy spending time in nature and outside. The leaves are also a very soothing shade of green that I like a lot. I …