My grandma loves her garden so I decided to take aperture photos of a variety of flowers and succulents in her garden.

The dancers are using their body languages to tell the story of the life a dandelions. From this dance we can see the courage of dandelions. The dandelions are carried by the wind to embark on to a journey filled with rain, storm and other challenges.

A song about a woman who goes to church before her death, and the events leading up to it.

I went out to Sonoma Raceway to capture some of the race cars that would be there. But quickly someone asked me if they could "hop in the shot." Since I was already taking a picture of their car I couldn't say no. And quickly he invited his friend over, and I spent the rest of the day capturing the car community working on their cars rather than just the emotionless cars themselves.

When I heard the music Interbloom, I thought it's the perfect music for me to choreograph a piece that could represent the internal struggle I went through growing up into the teenage years in high school. As I fearlessly explore my feelings and dreams, I was finally able to find myself and my passion.

This is a masterpiece of the Sequoia San Francisco Transportation Ferry riding in to the horizon. This photograph was taken at the Berkeley Marina, My Grandma Loved to spend time here with me when I was a kid.

This piece, Mister Magic, was an exploration into my artistic process. I have been creating pieces for myself and others for the past three years. Mister Magic however, is the most genuine work that I have ever created, barring my improvisation. Mister Magic allowed for me to freely create within the odd new age form without any feelings of doubt.

I had this wonderful ballgown in my closet and wanted to see what I could do with it.

This is a photo I took when I encountered a pride of lions in South Africa. Both the matriarchal female and the dominant male of this pride had contracted wasting disease from consuming contaminated wildebeest. The disease was brought to South Africa by cattle ranchers who introduced infected cattle. The disease soon spread to the native wildebeest population and has since then become a destructive force to lion populations. With the leaders of the pride slowly dying a painful death, the younger generation must step up to hunt and feed the rest of the pride in order to prevent collapse. The photo centers on the young main lion of the pride, in that moment he stared right through the brush and into my eyes. His eyes expressed so much emotion it seemed to tell his story.

Admiring the passion that represents the heart and soul of San Francisco as a city

This photograph is of a sandbag wall in front of my house that had a mix of white and orange sandbags. I had attempted to use other subjects but I wasn't happy with the results I had been getting. I had spent some time just strolling around my house with my camera when I noticed the sandbag wall. I am a big fan of high contrast and black and white photography since there is something so timeless about it. I figured that this contrast between the orange sandbags and the other white sandbags would make a really nice subject. I took this picture in as neutral light as I could get since I didn't want any strong light to take away from the natural contrast of colors. After I took the photo I edited it in Lightroom. I had taken a community collage class over the summer on photography and it had taught me to use Lightroom and other useful photographic knowledge. After putting this and a few other images in lightroom I made the image black and white except for the orange sandbag. I not only did this to maximize the contrast between the sandbag and its background, but also to allow the image to pop out from the crowd. The orange is eye catching since it isn't surround by other colors to distract you. After all my editing I decided this was the best image and I hope you do too.

This image was taken in a cactus garden. It captures the intricate design network of cactus spines, an adaptation for survival. The cactus spines serve as a focal point highlighting the stunning symmetrical pattern in nature.

I found that people are naturally attracted toward sunsets—generally viewing them as something out of a dream. I aimed to try and find a sunset that personifies this dream like view or ethereal idea people have of sunsets. I believe the sunset over Berkeley was my best attempt at capturing that.

I got the inspiration to take this photo from another photographer named Todd Hido. I really like his photos of Bay Area houses at night, and this was my attempt at trying to recreate that. The photo has added grain because I really like how it adds to the texture and sort of eeriness of the photo. When first taking the photo of this house, I actually did it on film. I asked my mom for her old film camera and went to our local camera store and bought a roll of film. I had shot on film previously but never at night, so it was really fun and challenging for me not to know what the photo was going to turn out looking like. However, the photos I captured of this house on film were all very over or under exposed, which was a disappointment to me, but it's also part of the learning process, and I appreciate the fact that when taking photos on film, you don't know what the picture is going to look like until its been developed. Even though my film photos didn't come out the best, I still liked them and wanted to see what they could have looked like, so I went back to the same house with my digital camera and took a photo, and I am very pleased with how it came out.

My whole life I’ve been trying to find a passion. I’ve always put myself into a proverbial box by doing things I thought would make the people around me happy. Photography to me was always an afterthought. Something I did mindlessly, without thinking just by clicking a button on a phone screen. Photography was not art, it was an action. It took a teacher of mine to show me what more it could be, to show me that photography takes control, creativity, and an ever thinking mind. He showed me the way to my true passion, the one that makes me happy, not anyone else. The umbrella series originates from a singular photo I took when I was just beginning photography, less than a year ago. The series focused on vintage photos, and I felt umbrellas added a kind of mysterious vintage look. Through this project I learned that umbrellas are much more than what I thought before. Umbrellas are masks, they hide us. You will see that many of the photos in this collection involve people facing away from the camera, and holding the umbrella either above or behind them. I believe this pose illustrates both umbrellas ability to mask our identities and hide us from things we are not yet ready to see.

The pursuit of capturing the essence of solitude against the misty backdrop of the ocean becomes an artful endeavor. The artistic process of staging a photo begins with a conceptual foundation rooted in emotion and symbolism. The grey expanse of the ocean, shrouded in the ethereal embrace of fog, sets the atmospheric stage for an introspective narrative. Choosing the perfect location is paramount - a desolate stretch of coastline where the rhythmic whispers of the waves echo the quiet recesses of the soul. The girl, a poignant protagonist, is carefully positioned, her silhouette a study in contemplation against the muted canvas of the mist-laden seascape. The subdued lighting, courtesy of the fog, envelops her in an almost mystical aura, intensifying the feeling of isolation. The girls gaze, fixed upon the horizon, becomes the focal point of emotional gravity, It is a gaze that transcends the physical boundaries of the photograph, inviting viewers to step into the solitude portrayed. The choice of a foggy day adds an extra layer of metaphorical weight, as if the girl is navigating the uncertainties of life obscured by a haze. The vast, seemingly endless ocean mirrors the expanses of one's internal landscape when left alone with thoughts. This staged photograph is not merely an image; it is a visual poem that invites contemplation of the human experience of solitude, beautifully captured in the union of a lone figure and the misty grey ocean.

it means the beauty of someone work is demonstrated in their artwork or photo.

This long exposure photograph of the Golden Gate Bridge captures the vibrant energy of San Francisco at night. The city’s iconic bridge stretches across the darkness, its orange glow reflected in the still waters of the bay. Streaks of white and yellow light from passing cars paint the bridge’s underbelly, transforming it into a luminous artery pulsing with life. In this image, I see a gateway not just to a physical location, but to a world of possibility. The Golden Gate Bridge has long been a symbol of innovation and progress, and the city it connects is a hub of creativity and diversity. The constant flow of traffic across the bridge represents the endless movement of people and ideas that define San Francisco. I hope this image evokes a sense of wonder and excitement in the viewer. It is a reminder that even in the darkest of nights, there is always a spark of light, a path forward, and a vibrant energy waiting to be discovered.

When I went camping near Willow Creek, I made this stack of rocks, which is shown in the photo. This photograph shows shallow depths.

this is a picture of the beautiful tree in the front yard of my lovely house in amazing El Sobrante