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…
Category: story telling
shadow
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…
new beginnings
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…
gift stories
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…
love story
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…
warmth
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…
self-portrait
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…