It’s amazing to me how the past and future are connected. This coming fall, I am starting at the University of Washington in Seattle. I used to live very close to there, so moving back is a weird homecoming. I took this photo when I went to visit the campus recently for my decision. It …
It was fun playing with the lighting for this photo, because phone screens are so bright. It was hard staying stable enough in the dark while holding two cameras. I think the photo says something about how limited the view is through a phone.
April had Passover, which my family celebrates every year. An easy to feel part of the tradition is having this plate of food in the middle for everyone as we go through the book and work towards the part where we can bring more food to the table. I’m glad I could pick a selection …
I can live without these (and probably should, given how much plastic they have), but I could not pass up the opportunity to lay these out in a flower shape. These are floss picks, which were useful when I had braces and are also nice to have in the car for if you’re out and …
Something that’s been happening lately is an unpredictability to the maple syrup season, making it harder for producers to tap the trees. There is evidence to suggest that this is mostly related to climate change, and while adaptations are being made, I still found inspiration seeing a finished bottle of maple syrup.
I tried to capture one of the deadly sins in this photo, and I chose greed. I had the crown lying around so I found a perspective where I could frame this shot while still taking the photo myself. I used depth of field to embody the narrow view of greed. In post, I desaturated …
I took this photo during a band competition. My former bandmates were playing here, but I was locked out and could only take a photo through the door. It still sounded great from outside, though! I’m proud of their performance (they won!) and of how I still snuck a shot with a centered frame.
For my film noir photo, I was drawn to an image of Mr. Florendo the Digital Media teacher in the recording studio because this photo style is usually known for being clearer-cut, but I thought the reflections in the glass could add interesting noise and framing. Surely there must be a lot on his mind …
To make the photo I chose more cinematic, I opted for a colder and bleaker look. I made the colors overall more blue, and followed the reading material to desaturate the green significantly. I also adjusted reds to be more yellow. One challenge was dealing with the brightness of the bare branches, as I was …
My sister and I went out to the beach for this photo, and used our phone flashlights to try and make shapes with long exposure. Not all of them were as successful as this one, but it was fun to try and get a ton of different shapes and images and the fails brought more …