Author: stellab

Trash

Telephone poles lining a street.
Telephone Poles

Although this isn’t traditional “trash”, I took inspiration from the idea of trash; something unwanted or overlooked. Telephone poles and wires have always ruined landscapes and views in my opinion, but for this photo, I chose to take a picture highlighting the interesting patterns and repetition of telephone poles that I rarely take the time to notice.

Hometown

A view of a street in Los Altos with a rainbow visible in the sky.
View of Street

This week’s prompt was to take a picture telling a story of our hometown. I’ve lived in Los Altos most of my life, so I’ve walked up and down my street countless times. This picture was taken on my way home from school one day. As I was walking, I was looking around and saw this rainbow. This picture shows something special in an otherwise mundane place.

Black and White

A picture of rocks by water.
Rocks

This week’s prompt was to take a black and white photograph. For this picture, I thought that the black and white really brought out the texture in the rocks and in the water by placing emphasis on highlights and shadows. I also feel like the black and white adds to the quality of the photograph being cold and wet.

Leading Lines

A picture of a telephone pole.
Telephone Pole

This week’s prompt was to use leading lines to show the concept of infinity. When I think of infinity, I think of the sky. I used the telephone wires as leading lines to leave the viewer’s eye off of the page, suggesting that the wires could go on forever.

Love Story

A picture of the sky.
Sky

This week’s prompt was to tell a love story through a photograph. I’ve always loved the time of day when you can see the moon; even though it’s still light out. Although this photograph doesn’t represent a traditional love story, I feel like so many love stories start with the sky.

Weight

Three rocks are stacked among other rocks.
Stacked Rocks

This week’s prompt was to take a picture inspired by the idea of weight or mass. For this picture, I stacked and photographed three rocks. I struggled to come up with an idea for this prompt, so I went with a twist on my first thought: “Rocks are heavy”. It was definitely a battle against the idea of weight to take this picture since the weight of the rocks would not balance. After many tries, I was able to balance the weight of the rocks to get them to stack as seen in the picture.

Symmetry Landscape

View down a street leading to the ocean.
Road leading to the ocean

This week’s task was to take a picture of a symmetrical landscape. Although I couldn’t find a perfectly symmetrical landscape, I think this photograph encompasses symmetry with the cars, buildings, and trees on each side. This symmetry adds balance to the photograph and leads the viewer’s eye down the street and to the ocean.