I love capturing unique expression and beauty in the world around me. Often beauty comes from unique and unexpected places, so I always have my camera ready and on hand. I appreciate the art of photography because it is how I express myself and how I show others what is important and beautiful to me. Usually, my artistic process is very spontaneous, unpredictable, and exciting. Photography has always been my passion, and my ultimate dream is to be a professional photographer.

The curved and angular look to the photo is complemented by the shadow shrouding both the character and the background but being shown on by light. I feel as the artist of this work that the fact that the top half of the face is not visible adds to the complexity of the image as it makes the character ambiguous. What do they look like, what do their eyes look like, why does their expression look so empty, and what are they doing with the clock. To me the image feels like a way to state: there is not enough time to do everything and we do not know how much time we have left which is why the clock casts a shadow on the eyes, we do not know what is ahead in our time here on earth so when we worry about time all we can do is push through it; in this case it is in a solemn mood, and though there is a light behind them they will not look back towards the light; the positives in life; this is why their face is in such a position and mood, overall this represents that: when we worry about how much time we have for something or how much time we have left to do things and live, we muddy and obscure all of the positives in life, no matter who you are.

I took this photo for my mood assignment in photography class. Something I really like about my photograph is how the window was allowing in light to the dark hall. The light entering my photo represents hope coming into our lives.

An engineering marvel takes off from Santa Rosa’s airport on a beautiful evening.

It is a fern i saw at the front of my school and i edited to fit my mood that day and how felt about the picture.

I took this photo in a stairwell of a historic building at Brown University. I went there to visit the school but didn't expect to fall in love with the architecture as well. I tried many different angles (I even laid on the staircase) working without a tripod in this darkly lit room until I got the perfect shot through the staircase of "choir" and "loft". This is one of my favorite photos I’ve taken to this day and it’s definitely inspired me to shoot more architecturally and grow into the photographer I’ve always dreamed of being with an eye to bring out the beauty in good architecture.

I love taking photos with my sister and spending time with her. This photo was taken on an ice cream run together.

This photo was taken on a Jeep tour at Safari West, a nearby wildlife and safari conservation park. The waterbuck immediately captured my attention, and I loved how it was posed, looking out the doorway down to the valley below. I waited until the light was perfect, composed the photo, and captured the image you see in front of you. The photo was not edited, as I felt it was meaningful to keep it natural and an accurate representation of the wildlife to have a better impact.

I saw the moment while I was walking around the golden gate, and found the perfect shot. There is was. The most beautiful bridge I'd ever seen. Then I seized the moment.

This is a very special piece to me because of the meaning it has. It was taken on the last day of summer, when I had gone to the beach with my friends to celebrate the summer. I wen't with no intention of doing photography, but during sunset, I decided to take out my camera, and I took this picture. It was a very spur of the moment thing, and it will forever remind me of the end of summer 2023.

This was taken at a car event, I am very interested in cars and got the chance to go to this event in Monterey and take photos of some of the most beautiful cars ever made.

After a few minutes of walking through windy streets of Chicago for the first time, I reach the sight of the Chicago River and catch a glimpse of the sunset. It is very crowded so I was in a hurry, but I quickly took out my phone and captured a picture of the sunset reflecting off the buildings along the river. The time was 8:13PM and although I spent another 7 days there, I was unable to capture that same scenery. My timing was perfect and the adrenaline rush of the busy allowed me to snap a flick at the perfect without overthinking the lighting exposure and all the other camera features.

Angle Island for friends Birthday! We walked all the way up to the peak of the island and happened to meet this beautiful sunset, at the top.

I love film photography for the reason that, at a distance, it reduces everyone to small specks of grain. Set that grain against an expansive background and it's like they never mattered. I started taking pictures because I thought I needed to be more interested in people. Ironically, photography detaches you from that. It makes you an observer of all the beautiful disgusting things that humans do. And it makes the world bigger than it was before.

I tried to capture this beautiful scene as best as I could.