This photograph shows a math teacher explaining a theorem to a student. The composition consists of rule of thirds to arrange the subjects and framing to create a triangle between the subjects and their hands. Retouching was later applied for vignetting, dodging and burning, reducing and applying noise, minor exposure correction, and removing distractions.

I signed up for a black and white film photography class. During the week long class, I was challenged to take three photos each day. It was a different theme each day, one being architecture. As I was walking in downtown San Francisco with my parents, I noticed this warped looking building and thought it would be an interesting shot. I couldn't understand how they built this building to look so twisted, almost like an intense game of Jenga. To get the perfect shot though, I had to stand on a bench and tilt my head back enough where I could get the full building in the shot. I'm so proud of how the final image turned out.

Billowing clouds after a storm turned pink by a sunset

I was going to the Tilden golf course and I just decided to take this picture when I told my dad to stop the car for a minute because it seemed cool with the lighting and moody.

I took this photograph with my camera while camping with my family in Salt Point State Park, located off the coastline in Northern California. One day, me and my parents went on a hike early in the morning and it was probably the most beautiful hike I've ever been on. The mist from the water was blowing in my face and the brightness of the flowers stunned my vision. When I took this photograph, I had ran through a path in the middle of a field of flowers with my brother. I was showing him how to take a good photograph and in the process I ended up taking the picture I'm submitting today. I'm really happy how it turned out, especially because of the image's tonality and contrast between the flowers and the grass and between the clouds and the sky.

This is one of the best photos I have ever taken. The photo consists of me standing in the shade of the tree leaves while the top half of my head is unshaded. I saw this tree while going for a hike and thought the shadow it created was beautiful. The picture itself felt a little distracting with the greens browns and yellows so I decided to make it black and white to put enfaces on the light and the shadows. I felt that the emotion of the photo really shines through how I wanted it too. The top of my head being lit while the bottom half is dark adds a lot of detail, but the dots going along my shirt really puts it above all of my other photos.

I took this picture in the process of making self portraits for my school project and it came out pretty well, having good contrast and being exactly what I wanted. I tried many different poses and faces, but this one was the best one to me as it seemed unique. I taped my fingers, because I thought it would represent pain or hurt, maybe to match with my expression, and I was also coming out of rowing practice, so I was trying to prevent calluses. I chose to put my hands over my eyes because I thought it would be an interesting expression and I chose to take this photo in the car, because I thought the the dim light of dusk in front of me mixed with the flash of the camera would create great light in a black and white photo, as the background of the car would dark, but I light be bright which would make a contrasty photo.

I made this image for a self portrait assignment in the photography class. As first really struggled to make an interesting image for this assignment, but after some self reflection, I was able to push myself pass surface level thinking. I began to think about what message I wanted to convey to the viewer in addition to thinking about composition, light, and color. At first I thought that this image didn’t qualify as a self portrait becuase my face was not in the image. But I then realized that my face not being in the image actually made the message more powerful. The main concept of this image is that your perception of yourself is often cloudy and not representative of how others see you. It was interesting being both the subject and artist because I had to focus on the composition of the image and also how my hand looked. My finger is positioned pointing accusatorially which shows the ineer turmoil that is represented in this image.

This photo was taken utilizing a splash screen and the unique patterns created by the water trapped within it. My father is the man in the center and his expression is fake smile clearly hiding his discontent with our splash filled dinner. The patterns of the water and the capturing of my fathers fake expression are what made this photo one of my favorites. Thank you, and I hope you find this photo as interesting as me!

I took this image in Vienna, Austria at a restaurant. I saw this woman smoking a cigarette out of the corner of my eye and decided to take a photo. I was using my zoom lens and had my camera in black and white. Everything came together for me with this photo as her hand came up in the perfect way and she smiled a little at the same time the person in between her and I moved slightly, perfectly framing the photo.

For this photography I was inspired by creating a surrealist essence for my photo. I distorted some shapes in the background as well as the flower vase to achieve this.

When I noticed this scene, my mind immediately went to the ideas of mother-daughter relationships, passage of time, and the innocence of childhood. The black and white edit illuminates the powerful light shining on the child’s face. As a child myself, I see another young person looking in wonder at what comes next, symbolizing an idea of innocence and the unknown. As a mother, one might see another mom reflecting on how quickly time goes by while moving into adulthood and attempting to find innocence through an “inner-child exploration.” The image could also be an appreciation, sense of pride, or tinge of sadness or jealousy that the mother is experiencing as she watches her child. This image serves as a reminder to cherish our time and live life with wonder as it speeds by. However, the most unique aspect of this image is the many interpretations that lie within the viewer.

It is a beautiful photo taken by my drone above Hog Island in Inverness, California, a small town close to Tomales Bay. Thank you for your consideration.

I am trying to portray how someone sees a stranger. One might feel fear, confusion, or anxiety when in this situation.

It was a great photo I took and edited with a friend while visiting our old elementary school in which we met each other, we have been friends for over 10 years now so it was cool to go back.

As I deeply enjoy experimentation, I wanted to try a creative painting with light style image. My teacher had previously given us examples of cool, creative images and the one with steel wool caught my eye. Determined to build off of what I had been exposed to, I found an open space and set out to make a conceptual image. I knew I wanted a silhouette in the middle of the flying sparks, so I attempted to stand relatively still while I swung the whisk I was using around. After capturing the image, I turned down the saturation of the person in order to give it a more ghostly appearance which gives the peace that question mark that fuels curiosity and intrigues the viewer. Despite a few sintered hairs here and there, my curiosity and experimentation produced this successful image!

This art piece as for a self portrait project at school, and I made this piece thinking about representing myself. I really love this piece and took me a lot of time to experiment and think about composition and lighting in the picture and I'm personally very proud of it.

I decided to take this self portrait photo because i feel like it really represents a part of me. My photo shows how I love to try new hobbies, and that im always doing something whether its cooking, like in this photo, sports, and other small hobbies. I decided to take the photo in long exposure because I think that it really shows the movement I was trying to portray. I also decided to invert the colors because it made the photo have more activity, and it brought the focus of the photo to myself, instead of the background.

I was celebrating my friend's birthday and as it got darker I saw a beautiful ray of light form on the stairs. When we had a moment I took her portrait sitting there, not just as a piece of art, but as a present.