Textpost Image

I took this image and chose this quote because I have a passion for tea. It calms me down and puts me in a peaceful place, and I feel like the atmosphere where you drink tea also helps to relax the body and mind, which is why I lit candles and placed them all around the tea pot to give it a calm/dreamy affect.

Least Favorite Place on Campus

My least favorite place is the hallways at school. The first picture is oddly vacant, which gives me a serene feeling. However, most of the time it is busy, crowded, and is usually very irritating to navigate through. The second picture describes how I feel about the hallway. I found a "No Parking" sign on a nearby fence, and the "No" was perfect because I feel so impatient and anxious in the hallways that all I am really thinking is "No, I don't want to be here".

Gratitude

For this project, I originally had completely different captures and was planning on taking this on a completely different direction. However, my vacation to NYC changed all that. This vacation would be the last one I'd take with my family, and I wanted to capture moments I will never forget. I made only minor edits to each of these pictures because I didn't want to "tamper" with my moment. The edits I made were essentially just on contrast and highlights. 

Favorite Place on Campus

For this project, I took a picture of where my friends and I hang out the most. Through all the years we've been in high school together, we formed a little family. And the bench may seem pretty insignificant, but it is where we have made memories- both the good and the bad. To sit at that spot makes me feel safe and happy. 

Warm up to AJA project

 Each photo I have taken represents a memory or favorite place of mine that has made me into the person I am today. Not all of them may make sense, but they hold a special place in my heart, for the symbolize my past.

Hands and Feet

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. 

Historical Houses

I took my photos at the Catholic Cemetery and Amtrak Station in Martinez, as well as Rogers Ranch in Pleasant Hill. My first photo was a double exposure as well as an appropriate indoor exposure in an indoor setting, which meets both of the asked requirements for the project. The rest of the photos I took in a late afternoon lighting and followed a family of deer for the majority of my shoot in the cemetery.