Frame Within the Frame
One thing consumed my life from January to March of senior year: the senior narrative. Not just creating my own film, but crewing on other films. One benefit of going to so many shoots was taking some really cool behind the scenes photos on set. I love how you can see the artistic set up…
Using Props
I love spending my summers working with kids! I took this photo last summer of one of my swimming students during craft time. Although it’s not the most creative use of props, the mask this kid created was so cute!
Creative Staged + Depth of Field
Yet another photo from my Coney Island photo essay, this photo shows how to use staging and depth of field to create an interesting and engaging image.
Viewpoint
Pictured here is Felicia filming for our ASB Battle of the Classes promotional video. Recently, with this project and of course my senior narrative both being in production, I have been taking many production shots. Showing both the camera and the action in a photo creates a really cool viewpoint for the audience.
Color Theory
This photograph of my friend Eleanor (“Twigs” as her friends from camp call her, myself included) was taken on 35mm film. I just got a film camera for Christmas, so Twigs and I set out to take some pictures over the weekend. I love the colors in this image, specifically her hat and shirt, and…
Rule of Odds
Float night: my favorite night of the year. It is MVHS tradition for each class to assemble their Homecoming float from start to finish in 4.5 hours the night before Homecoming. I captured the three subjects of this photo building the senior class float, a rocket ship. This photo symbolizes the spirit of float night.…
Rule of Thirds Emotion
I love this photo because Dylan didn’t tell me he was planning on crowdsurfing. It was his turn to introduce himself for Homecoming court and as soon as I realized what he was doing I grabbed my camera and tried to snap a picture from the sound booth where I was working. This photo utilizes…
Fill the Frame
This week we were challenged to fill the frame with only one color in order to isolate our subject and create interest in our photo. I took this photo when I visited the Beyond Van Gogh exhibit in San Jose, California with my family. This exhibit takes Van Gogh’s work and creates an immersive, walk-through…
Facial Symmetry
This week’s challenge was to experiment with facial symmetry in Photoshop. I took a portrait of my mom and edited it to have three versions shown: the original photo, left facial symmetry, and right facial symmetry. Although it was interesting to learn how to create facial symmetry like this in Photoshop, I will probably stick…
Geometry
During the summer of 2020 the only time I was able to see my friends was when we would socially distance at our elementary school. We would often bring chalk with us and leave cute, colorful doodles to brighten people’s day during the pandemic. This picture shows our workspace and how we used many different…