Category: story telling

This week’s prompt was stranger! This was another photo I took in Japan. At an intersection, we were practicing taking photos of moving subjects with blurred backgrounds, and I’m very proud of this one! It came out pretty clear, and while it’s a photo of a stranger, I feel like…

This week’s prompt was aging. I chose to photograph this old mural I found. The happy animals with bright colors remind me of childhood, but it’s very chipped and warn down. You can tell it’s been there for a long time, and the people who were children when it was…

For this week’s photo, we were told to tell a compelling story using shadow. I was not quite sure how to do this – partly because I’m used to working with light. Light draws attention, and I was unsure how to make the shadows draw attention instead. I found this…

For this week’s photo, we were told to tell the story of a new beginning. This building was very old and run-down, but from that lots of plants were able to grow. Through this I wanted to show that new beginnings aren’t always bright and shiny. Sometimes they’re messy and…

For this week’s photo blog, we were meant to tell the story of a gift. I saw this toy lying in the street and it reminded me of this prompt. The toy looks very loved, perhaps a gift to a child, but it’s dirty and lost. I loved the way…

This week’s prompt was “love story”! I had a lot of fun trying to come up with a concept that could symbolize a love story without actually finding any people to photograph. I ultimately chose to photograph two flowers together in a vase, as flowers often symbolize love. These two…

The theme for this week was “warmth”! My goal was to convey a feeling of comfort through this photo. To do this, I wanted to include a lot of oranges since it’s a very warm color. I also used rule of thirds and contrast in values to make this photo…

The goal of this photo was to portray part of who I am without showing my face. There was a lot of trial and error with this photo, since I had to use a tripod and timer to take it. Finding the focus was kind of hard too, since the…