Text Photograph

This picture was taken in the mansion at Mercy High School where they had a set-up for an assembly that they were having later in the day. I took this photo to represent the limitless options for one to live by when they are living freely. I also aimed to convey the simplicity that one's life the comes with this choice of lifestyle. I chose to include the podium in the picture because it shows authority in one's life to rule his/her own life. When one is free, he/she controls his/her own life.

My Second Choice Zoo Image

This photo is of a peacock at the San Francisco Zoo. I really like the color of the peacock and how the blues in its feathers stand out from the rest of the background. I also like the proportion of the peacock to the trees. The background helps the peacock stand out even more. Also, I like how the peacock is on a third line, and its tail spans across the rest of the photo.

My Choice Zoo Image

This photo is of a penguin who has been tagged by the zoo to keep track of where it is. I wanted to emphasize that this penguin, along with many other animals, are captive and not free. They are watched after and are not able to roam freely and live freely if they want to. I turned the photo into black-and-white to add a somber feeling and highlight the tag placed on the animal.

Environmental Zoo Photograph

This photo was also taken on our field trip to the San Francisco Zoo. This picture is of the Silver-back Gorilla that is probably the most famous ape in the San Francisco Zoo. I aimed at capturing the gorilla on a third line and get as much of the background in the back as possible. I really like the lighting in this photo. When we were shooting, the sky was overcast, and did not let too much light through. It was the perfect conditions for shooting.

Zoo Pop Art

This is a picture of a kangaroo that I took at the zoo when I went on my class field trip. I focused on making sure I captured the kangaroo up close to get as much detail as possible. With a little editing in Photoshop, I was able to mute out the background and focus on the kangaroo, which is what I was aiming for. I then put the four photos, which I edited differently, together and came out with this.

Polar Bear

This photo was taken at the San Francisco Zoo. Out of my series of photos, this is probably one of my favorite pictures. The lighting when I shot was really soft, and I felt that it was optimal for the conditions we were shooting in. I really like the closeness of the photo and how I captured the detail of the fur on the polar bear.

Photo Essay

For this assignment, we were told to compose a photo essay by taking a series of pictures of similar things, that were all related to one idea. I chose to do my photo essay on Valentine's Day. I noticed a bunch of Beanie Babies on my mantle above my fireplace. I focused on capturing strong values such as reds and pinks to show Valentine's Day and the spirit of it.











I took this photo in my living room. My mom put the decorations from Valentine's Day out and I noticed the heart, which is the epitome of Valentine's Day. I really like the composition of my photo. I like how the heart is in front in focus, with the picture of my mom and her boyfriend, symbolizing the love in action. I feel it offered a cool way to portray Valentine's Day indirectly and directly.

Street Photography

I took this photo at the campus of a local high school. When I first walked past this pathway, I did not think of it to take the photo this way. However, after a second pass, I noticed what this photo came out to be. I like how the photo is balanced with the path down the middle, acting like a line, and the plants on either side balancing it out.

Chapel Architecture

I took this photo in the chapel at Mercy High School. The lighting was really low, so i decided to turn it into a black and white photo. After I turned it black and white, I noticed there was a nice contrast between the light values and the dark values.

Panoramic

For this photo assignment, we were told to go out and take a series of photos of a building or landscape, moving the frame slightly in a certain directiono each time. After we took our photos, we headed back to class and edited them with Photoshop and turned the series into one large panoramic photo. The series I took was taken in the morning around 7:30 in a rose garden at a local high school. I was shooting on a low ISO and and lower shutter speed to add for the most detail.

Stop Motion Video

I took this sequence of a friend to try and capture a series of motion. I had my friend jump off from a bench and a captured his motion by shooting on continuous mode. I then edited the photos with photoshop and put them into a video sequence using Adobe Premiere.

Sports Photo

I took this photo at a volleyball tournament over the weekend. I was using my friends camera as we were having a competition to see who could take a better action shot. I felt this one was pretty cool. We were shooting with a 1/320 second shutter speed and a 1600 ISO. The lighting was perfect at the Oakland Convention Center where we were shooting, so we didn't really have to adjust the lighting on the camera other than to reduce the noise caused by the high shutter speed. I really like this picture because it captured the moment. You can see the net moving after the ball hit it which is pretty cool.