For this project, I roamed around Embarcadero in San Francisco, as well as Angle Island, to find some interesting captures. All the photos were captured without manipulating any of my subjects or directing them in any certain way. The first photo I caught while my brother and his girlfriend clasped hands out of endearment. The second photo was taken right after the couple let go of each other, and I found the girlfriend trying to keep her hands busy while watching my brother walk away. The third photo was trying to capture three friends hiking up a stairway at Angel Island. And finally, the last photo was when I was walking around near Ghiradelli Square in San Francisco, and found a little girl sitting on some stairs, her mouth and nose covered with chocolate. After asking her mom if I may take a picture of her, she tightened the teddy bear to her chest and gave me this photo of her.
I wanted to keep these photos looking as organic as possible, so I made very minor changes to shadows, the clarity of the image, its highlights, and manipulated the amount of in the photos.
