Category: composition

This week the prompt was to frame your subject using only natural elements. I took my camera with me on my bike ride to school and found this spot (on the Steven’s Creek Trail) which was perfect! The way the graffiti was already framed by the plants and the sunlight…

This week’s prompt was to create an interesting effect using simple props. My “prop” was a puddle! I created this effect by using flash and reflecting it into ripples in the puddle. The light bounced off of the reflection of my hair, which is red, so it created a little…

For this prompt, we had to creatively stage a photo and use depth of field in the composition. I was pretty stuck at first since I had no idea what to do, but then I found my old My Little Pony figures, and decided to stage a photo with them!…

This week’s prompt was to take a photo showing the viewpoint of another person, and I thought my trip to the aquarium would be perfect to take a shot from the perspective of a scuba diver. I loved this photo I took of this fish swimming out from between the…

This week’s prompt was to use color grading to take a photo that looks like a still from a movie. I recently visited the Monterey Bay Aquarium with two of my friends, and I took this photo then. I made it more vibrant as it was initially a bit washed…

This week’s prompt was to compose a photo using low angles! I took this photo of my friend at Mercy Bush Park over the weekend. I used the low angle to frame him with the sky and centered him so that he better stood out as the main subject. I…

I wasn’t quite sure how to use the rule of thirds to show emotion, but I think I figured it out in the end. The warmth and lighting in this photo make it feel very calm and safe, and while the rule of thirds doesn’t create that, I think the…

For this week, the prompt was to fill the frame with one color. I went to Maker Faire Mare Island last weekend (first bigger Maker Faire since the bay area one shut down!!) and it was so much fun! There were a lot of really cool abandoned-looking buildings that people…

This week’s prompt was facial symmetry. We took a portrait and mirrored the face in Photoshop. This is a photo of my sibling, Sunday. It was really interesting how this looked since the lighting on his face was uneven. The left photo looked a lot more natural, while the right…

This week the prompt was geometry! This is another photo I took for the photo blogs on my trip to Japan. I thought this building had super interesting geometry in its architecture. the windows have a lot of sharp edges and repeating lines, and the lanterns have a very distinct…