Honestly, was walking through a Denmark airport, when I thought this skylight was interesting, so I snapped a photo. :)

When I was younger, I always wanted to be the first person to greet my parents whenever they got home from work. I figured that in order to do that, I had to wait on the balcony and watch the cars zoom by, on lookout for my parents’ car driving from the busy street and up towards the hill. As I’ve grown up, I haven't had as much time to be on the balcony and admire the cars. I took this photograph as an opportunity to be my younger self again and capture the busy streets.

This sign is located on the backroads of Novato. Whenever my family and I went on an outing, seeing this sing was a way to know you are close to being home. We would always stop at this sign to enjoy the view and pick the grain, throwing it at each other. This sign is more than a sign. It is a childhood memory that I will never forget.

My sister was about to leave for homecoming when I took this picture. The sun was setting which had this really nice soft lighting which made this picture more magical than I was expecting. This was my first portraiture assignment and a day earlier I had gone to the fair to practice my portrait compositions. This was one of the first photos where I really started to move the head in the upper third of the image and it executed really well.

I took this picture on Market Street in San Francisco—street photography in a metropolitan setting has always been my favorite way to shoot. The intricacies of the surroundings mixed with the hustle and bustle of human activity provides a complex environment with many interesting shots waiting to be taken. I love this picture because it perfectly sums up the urban street environment: capturing the unemotional face of a man on his way through the crowd, framed in between another man walking in front and yet another waiting to get on the bus. The color balance of the photo immediately jumps out as well, providing a compelling overall composition.

I took this picture for my first portraiture assignment in my photography class at the Civic Center Farmer's Market in Marin. I remember my hands shaking on the shutter, feeling like an impostor, a nervous high school student dressed up as a photographer. The mirth and warmth emanating from the band as they chatted and tuned their instruments was palpable. I made my move, walking up to the two leading ladies adjusting their microphones and asking if they minded a picture. "Oh, do we!" The women fell into pose immediately, contagious laughter floating through the air and lifting a weight from my shoulders. It doesn't take much to make someone's day. Whether or not they would remember me was irrelevant; I thought of those two kind strangers long after I took their picture. There are a multitude of reasons modern photographers choose to make black-and-white images, but for me, the decision was as simple as seeing that these women didn't need to be depicted in color for it to shine through anyway. I think there is something so beautiful in the simplicity of the interactions between friends, and so I called it "Amity" for how they shared it with me.

Out of the Boredom of The Pandemic

this is sophia

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This picture is of little bay waves hitting the sand and mostly rocks. I waited about 30 minutes in order for there to be big enough waves that caused the white splashes. Then with a long shutter speed photo and the right camera settings, it was transformed to a lingering wavy fog. I added my final touches through photoshop by lightening areas, putting an s-curve on the wave, and adding some saturation to the rocks.

This was an assigment in school about lighting and I decided to wait until night time to take a picture on my router because I thought about how cool and how sci-fi-like it looked in the dark. I put it up close, lined up the settings, and took the shot.

As a photographer, I'm always interested in making connections in the world around me. For this particular piece, I focused on the lines and movement of both compositions. It fascinates me how many similarities there are across the natural world and it's visually appealing to see them together. I chose to present these two images as a diptych because I wanted to inspire my viewers to challenge themselves to find similarities between seemingly very different objects.

"Look! Davin is cheering for Dylan too!" It was Summer Far Westerns 2022, the championship meet of the season. Dylan Tambuwun was swimming his 200 breast finals, hoping to achieve a personal best. Feeling the weight of the camera body against my hands, I adjusted the lens to focus on Coach David Tambuwun in the background, cheering for his son Dylan. In a split second, I envisioned a picture in my mind where they were both in frame: Dylan swimming past Coach David. I anticipated that moment. A little boy appeared next to Coach David and began cheering enthusiastically for Dylan. The boy was Coach David’s younger son, Davin, cheering for his older brother in the pool. I positioned the camera and pressed the shutter button, hearing a familiar and satisfying click. I breathed a sigh of relief. The moment was captured! Looking back on the image, although taken a year ago, the depiction of Coach David and Davin cheering for Dylan as one, evokes a sense of fondness in the viewer; seeing the passion of swimming radiate off of Dylan, Coach David, and Davin, as the 8-year-old follows in his father’s footsteps of cheering. This image illustrates not only the enjoyment of a sport, but also the importance of support from one’s family. In this case, a representation of the sacrifices a coach–and parent–makes for their athlete–and son’s–success. A story of progress and accomplishment, drawing the viewer into the exhilarating moment of a timeless capture.

I came across the chance to photograph my favorite animal one day when I was hiking with friends. It was truly a great moment and Im so glad I was able to capture it.

This sunset, lake photo was taken near Stinson Beach, CA when I was on a a mini vacation.

This is a landscape sunset photo taken at Bay Club. Sunsets are a great way of portraying the beauty of the outdoors.

I was in the woods and I took this picture trying to get a perspective on how an insect sees a tree from that angle.

To achieve this image, I noticed something that had both depth and uniqueness - that was in the bark of a tree.

While walking around Sacramento on a Sunday afternoon, I couldn't help but notice the unusually calm street. I was drawn to it, and luckily had my camera with me. To me, it represents beauty in both a busy, urban life which many people are now used to, as well as the calm, peacefulness of a quiet street in a loud town. Using this, I began editing and trying to recreate the peaceful sensation of calm I felt.

This photograph was taken late at night, using a tripod and long exposure. It embraces the slowing down of our busy lives. In artwork, you don't want it to be cluttered, so you include negative space to give the eye a rest and not overwhelm the observer. This photograph is a celebration of that aspect in real life. The old phone is situated right between a shopping center, a busy street, a parking lot, and even more heavy traffic areas. It looked out of place, surrounded by cracked concrete with a nicely paved road just a couple hundred feet away. Even in the constant motion of modern life, empty spaces can be found if you look for them. However, it’s impossible to know this just by looking at the photo, which is exactly the point. For the casual observer, it’s not busy and loaded with information. It is a picture of an empty space, totally removed from people and life. However, on further examination, it is thought-provoking; an abandoned space, clearly in an urban area. The photograph invites us to think about what lies beyond the bounds of the image, in the grander composition of life in which this negative space is only a small part.