{"id":796,"date":"2022-03-28T01:25:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T01:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~NicoleL\/?p=796"},"modified":"2022-03-27T00:13:46","modified_gmt":"2022-03-27T00:13:46","slug":"photo-blog-21-serenity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~NicoleL\/photo-blog-21-serenity\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo Blog 21: Serenity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~NicoleL\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/hakone-gardens-01-edited-700x467.png\" alt=\"The glow of a bridge at Hakone Gardens\" class=\"wp-image-797\" width=\"813\" height=\"545\"\/><figcaption>The glow of a bridge at Hakone Gardens in Saratoga, California<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When given the topic of serenity, my mind immediately thinks of nature, an environment almost completely void of modern technology and its somewhat hazardous consequences. I chose to capture the beauty and calmness of Hakone Gardens, a place filled with koi ponds, blooming flowers, and Asian architecture. In my opinion, this garden symbolizes serenity to me, as whenever I&#8217;m here, I forget about all my worries and stresses of life outside of the garden. There is little to remind me of my problems, and the small, illuminated garden feels like a safe bubble. In order to truly capture the tranquil vibe of this garden, I used the &#8220;Daylight&#8221; White Balance setting and used Adobe Photoshop to bring out its golden hues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When given the topic of serenity, my mind immediately thinks of nature, an environment almost completely void of modern technology and its somewhat hazardous consequences. I chose to capture the<span class=\"more-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~NicoleL\/photo-blog-21-serenity\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Photo Blog 21: Serenity<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inspiration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~NicoleL\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~NicoleL\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~NicoleL\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~NicoleL\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~NicoleL\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=796"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~NicoleL\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":819,"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~NicoleL\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796\/revisions\/819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~NicoleL\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~NicoleL\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~NicoleL\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}