Author: stellac
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39 | Film Noir
“Tell us a story using film noir.” Just recently, I was in Pittsburgh to tour Carnegie Mellon University and have an interview with their music school, which is currently one of my top choices for higher education. I took this picture atop a hill overlooking the river delta, where the Ohio splits into the Allegheny…
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38 | Viewpoint
“Shoot this from a viewpoint of another person.” Wait, what the heck? We’re upside down?! Not only is this shot from the viewpoint of another person, but the room is upside down! And no, this is not photoshopped– this is what the room actually looks like!
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37 | Color Theory
“Use color grading to create an image that looks like it is a still from a movie.” To be honest, I haven’t ever really done color grading, but I imagine that a still like this in a garden would probably be from some kind of romantic scene, full of warm colors and long shadows. To…
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36 | Small vs. Large
“Juxtapose the small and the large.” I was torn over whether I wanted to use this photo for the silhouette prompt or this prompt, but I like the juxtaposition of my younger brother, almost a blip in the frame, looking over the vast ocean. Each one of us makes up 0.0000000125% of the world’s population,…
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35 | Low Angles
“Compose from a low angle.” I took this photo at the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables, Florida, while I was on winter break for this exact prompt. From below, this hotel has literally no bad angles. From my low angle, the over-100-year-old building looks like it reaches into the sky, almost as if to touch…
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34 | The Elements
“Earth, Fire, Wind, Rain, and Spirit. Take an inspirational photo of an element of our world.” Earth. Our home, our world, our big ball floating in space. Traditionally, when we think of the element of Earth, we think of the ground that we stand on. Yet, to me, the element of the Earth is the…
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33 | Color Without Color
“Take a photo that shows a colorful story, but without color.” Even through the black and white filter, the rays of sunlight bursting through the clouds are as clear as day (pun intended). Behind it, the sky is as blue as it can be. This photo is a familiar sight for many– gas stations, rolling…
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32 | Rule of Thirds Emotion
“Use the Rule of Thirds to show emotion.” A great oak, perched atop a hill. It stands alone, in solitude, with no company. It sees everything and yet it has nobody to share its view with. It sways in the wind– not in unison, but to its own tune. Loneliness is an emotion that has…
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31 | Fill the Frame
“Fill the frame with just one color.” Based on the examples I researched for filling the frame, I’m not sure if this fits perfectly– but, it does fill the frame with just one color: Green. This is a photo I took at Hakone Gardens, a Japanese zen garden collection in Saratoga. I love how this…
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30 | Friends & Family
“Telling the story of someone you know well is sometimes the hardest story to tell.” I would agree, if I was talking about my family, but unfortunately I only really have depressing stories to tell about them (from the recent past, which is sadly as far back as my memory goes). Instead, I want to…