This week, we were simply inspired by food. I took this picture of a delicious Buddha bowl that I had made and thought looked pretty. There are a lot of fun colors and textures in the photo, from the pattern of the bowl to the different foods in the bowl. I also like how the …
This week, I tried out some new methods of using props for trick photography. I wanted to tell the story of a fun childhood toy, the cup phone with strings between each cup. The idea is that if you talk into one end, the person on the other end can hear you through the string. …
This week, we told a story of a modern convenience we can’t live without. I chose to represent electricity, since it’s one of the harder modern conveniences to live without. Without electricity, it would mean no lights, no heat, no microwave, no desktop computers, and worst of all, no WiFi! My neighborhood occasionally shuts off …
This week, we took a photo inspired by current events. I took this photo of my brother on the phone because screen addictions are a big issue lately. There is a teen mental health crisis right now, and a lot of it is being attributed to screen time, especially social media. Screen time also cuts …
For this prompt, I staged a simple scene with an apple on a rock while my friend splashed water on it from one side. I waited until golden hour and then used a very large aperture (the lowest f number on the camera) to make the background blurred, to create depth of field. I also …
I took this photo to illustrate the story of one of the “deadly sins:” Pride, Envy, Gluttony, Lust, Anger, Greed and Sloth. I chose gluttony and took this photo of a hand reaching for some red berries. The berries represent a “forbidden fruit” of sorts with their warning red color. They are so tempting, just …
This week we were inspired by music to take a photo. My family and I plays many different instruments among us, and I have dabbled in everything from the organ to the ukulele. I took this photo of the guitar that I took lessons with in fourth grade, learning songs like Baila Bamba and my …
For this prompt, we were supposed to take a picture that shows the viewpoint of another person. I took this closeup photo of a footprint I found in the mud next to a bike tire track. I think this is a visually interesting photo with some different textures, which also has some interesting parallels when …
Film noir is a generally darker style, and our prompt this week was to tell a story in this style. I took a photo of the Rengstorff House, which learned has a pretty dark but interesting history. A group of (slightly insane) friends decided they wanted to buy this house, but were short some money, …
This was an interesting prompt because we were supposed to show the contrast between something small and something large. We had the opportunity to use Photoshop to do this, which I thought would be fun to explore. I chose a photo of the view from the Oakland Temple and a cute house I saw while …