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Serenity

Serenity

In this photo blog, we had to take a photo of something that showed Serenity. To take this photo I went to the same place where I took the photo for my New Beginnings photo blog. while I was taking the photo for the New Beginnings photo blog I was looking for a peaceful landscape to take photo of. To make it look more peaceful I put a black and white adjustment layer on top of the photo in Adobe…

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Aging

Aging

For this photo blog, we were challenged to take photo of something that shows Aging. To take this photo I went in my backyard and tried to find some plants that were starting to look a little bit shriveled or something that looks like its starting to die. I found some purple flowers in a large blue pot that were slowly starting to die and looked a little shriveled so I took a photo of those. While I was editing…

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Negative Space

Negative Space

In this photo blog, take a photo of something that shows a lot of negative space. To take this photo I went to a place that is near Deer Hollow Farm. Me and my dad were taking a walk there in the morning with my camera. While we walking along the trail we saw some animals like turkeys and deers so we thought that we could take some photos of them walking around in the grass. At this time I…

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Shadow

Shadow

For this photo blog we were challenged to take a photo of a shadow. While taking photos for this prompt I struggled with arranging certain objects around my house on a table to get a cool shadow scene. I was trying to find small objects around my house to put in the sun and make to make the shadow but after taking some photos it didn’t turn out the way I was picturing it. Then my dad came up with…

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Center Frame Portrait

Center Frame Portrait

For this photo blog we had to take a photo of something using Center Frame composition. I started taking photos of some of the flowers that are in our front lawn using the 50mm lens but the photos I took didn’t look very centered to me so I changed the lens to the 75 mm lens to make it look like I’m very close to the flower. Then I went to the backyard to try and take photos of the…

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New Beginnings

New Beginnings

For this photo blog, we were challenged to take of photo of something that represented New Beginnings. The day before taking this photo I was talking with my dad about what I could take represents New Beginnings and I thought of taking a photo of a sunrise because it symbolizes a new day starting. So the next day I woke up earlier than I usually do so that me and my dad could drive to the Rancho San Antonio Preserve…

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Water

Water

For this photo blog we have to take a photo of water. To take this photo I went to Shoreline again. I we to a pond with lots birds there and tried to take a picture of them splashing in the water. I also tried to get my dad to throw something in the water to make a splash but it didn’t work out very well since he wasn’t throwing the object in the spot where my camera was pointing…

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Balance in Holiday Traditions

Balance in Holiday Traditions

In this weeks photo blog, we had to take a photo of a holiday tradition using balance. For this photo I went to Downtown Mountain View with my dad. We were walking around and we saw this tree covered in colorful lights. The photos turned out to be really dark when I opened them so I opened it in Photoshop and put the Screen Bland Mode on it twice to make the photo look brighter.

Leading Lines

Leading Lines

In this photo blog, we had to take a photo using Leading Lines. For this photo I turned my camera to the left so that it was in portrait mode. When I got home I uploaded the photo to my computer and edited it in Photoshop. In photoshop I put the Multiply blend mode on a duplicate layer then put a mask on it and used the brush tool to erase the parts that I didn’t want to be dark.

Sunsets

Sunsets

For this weeks photo blog, we had to take a picture of a sunset. This photo was also taken at the Stanford Shopping Center. To take the photo I used the 24mm lens and I had to wait until it was almost dark or until I could see some orange light in the sky. I Had a hard time trying to get a good photo of the sunset because I was sitting in a spot where the sunset wasn’t very…

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