An engineering marvel takes off from Santa Rosa’s airport on a beautiful evening.

It is a fern i saw at the front of my school and i edited to fit my mood that day and how felt about the picture.

I took this photo in a stairwell of a historic building at Brown University. I went there to visit the school but didn't expect to fall in love with the architecture as well. I tried many different angles (I even laid on the staircase) working without a tripod in this darkly lit room until I got the perfect shot through the staircase of "choir" and "loft". This is one of my favorite photos I’ve taken to this day and it’s definitely inspired me to shoot more architecturally and grow into the photographer I’ve always dreamed of being with an eye to bring out the beauty in good architecture.

I love taking photos with my sister and spending time with her. This photo was taken on an ice cream run together.

This photo was taken on a Jeep tour at Safari West, a nearby wildlife and safari conservation park. The waterbuck immediately captured my attention, and I loved how it was posed, looking out the doorway down to the valley below. I waited until the light was perfect, composed the photo, and captured the image you see in front of you. The photo was not edited, as I felt it was meaningful to keep it natural and an accurate representation of the wildlife to have a better impact.

I saw the moment while I was walking around the golden gate, and found the perfect shot. There is was. The most beautiful bridge I'd ever seen. Then I seized the moment.

This is a very special piece to me because of the meaning it has. It was taken on the last day of summer, when I had gone to the beach with my friends to celebrate the summer. I wen't with no intention of doing photography, but during sunset, I decided to take out my camera, and I took this picture. It was a very spur of the moment thing, and it will forever remind me of the end of summer 2023.

This was taken at a car event, I am very interested in cars and got the chance to go to this event in Monterey and take photos of some of the most beautiful cars ever made.

After a few minutes of walking through windy streets of Chicago for the first time, I reach the sight of the Chicago River and catch a glimpse of the sunset. It is very crowded so I was in a hurry, but I quickly took out my phone and captured a picture of the sunset reflecting off the buildings along the river. The time was 8:13PM and although I spent another 7 days there, I was unable to capture that same scenery. My timing was perfect and the adrenaline rush of the busy allowed me to snap a flick at the perfect without overthinking the lighting exposure and all the other camera features.

Angle Island for friends Birthday! We walked all the way up to the peak of the island and happened to meet this beautiful sunset, at the top.

I love film photography for the reason that, at a distance, it reduces everyone to small specks of grain. Set that grain against an expansive background and it's like they never mattered. I started taking pictures because I thought I needed to be more interested in people. Ironically, photography detaches you from that. It makes you an observer of all the beautiful disgusting things that humans do. And it makes the world bigger than it was before.

I tried to capture this beautiful scene as best as I could.

During my time at First Exposers, I’ve expanded my interest in photography. I’ve made some great memories there and took many photos to capture my moments. During our time we were given the assignment to capture motion blur using our cameras. We started to look at oncoming bikers and cars and snap; I took my masterpiece.

The idea of being trapped is an idea that is familiar to many. Oftentimes when we think about this idea of being trapped we think of it in a literal sense. You may think of criminals as being trapped or dogs in a shelter, so how could a non-criminal lawful human being be trapped? The idea of being trapped isn’t nearly as powerful as the emotion of being trapped because a legal and lawful individual may feel more trapped than a criminal in solitary. The emotion and the literal idea of being trapped are two completely different things. To convey the feeling of being trapped it requires deep reflection about why people feel trapped. People can feel trapped because of a multitude of reasons. Maybe they don’t like their job, their marriage, their current emotional state, or how their life is unfolding. To convey this feeling I chose to use a black and white filter in order to limit the image. By limiting the image I hope to convey this feeling of being trapped because I’m not allowing it to have color. Instead, I can be more in control of the image because I won't have colors adding extra meaning that I can’t necessarily control. The black-and-white filter also allows me to play with lighting in a way that I haven’t been able to before since it leaves a more dramatic contrast between the whites and blacks in the colors. The dramatic contrast adds a more timeless and dramatic feeling.

I took this photo in Twin Lakes beach, Santa Cruz,Ca. I took it because I thought the birds looked beautiful.