My love and passion for the sport of water polo through the splashing of the water and the quick strike of the ball inspired me to photograph this picture.

My friends and I went on a day trip to San Francisco, we ended up by the Battery Boutelle/Golden Gate Lookout. It was in the middle of the day and still quite cloudy so the light was quite uninteresting. We were trying to get down to the beach below but ended up walking through the bunkers on the way. While going through the bunkers we found this hallway and on the other side, there was a wall of graffiti. I figured this was my chance to get the best out of the light since the inside of the hallway was in the shadows and the graffiti was in the sun. This let me get a great deal of contrast in the photo. This showed me how you shouldn't wait for the perfect lighting conditions to go shoot as you will miss out on so many moments but try to adapt to it and become a better photographer.

I wanted to show the mess of life simplistically and thought a smart way to do this was with water droplets. The amount of them is distorting and that is the point. It has no focal point, but still the detail of being water droplets. I also made it black and white to highlight how simple but confusing the photo is. It shows my life and how distorted it can be. Photography has always shown how I am feeling and I believe that this photo shows my life through and through.

While watching a motorbiker performing outrageously risky stunts at my local county fair, I shot this photo on an iPhone 10. I was awed at how the man, unflinchingly launching himself and his motorcycle 30-some feet into the air, performing all manners of tricks, was unphased by the danger. Did he have that pit in his stomach? While we, as spectators, stared on, unable to tear our eyes away from him, he very much appeared to be soaring, free in his own way. But, I wondered, when he contorted to be upside down, staring straight at the hard ground below, how could he feel anything but like he was falling? I saw the worst-case scenarios in my mind’s eye. But as I watched him soar into the air time and time again, landing each time eager for more, I considered his bone-deep self-faith and trust in himself - his courage. It was admirable; he had the guts. It inspired me to find that sort of bravery in myself: yes, maybe he did feel like he was falling, but he reframed the moment to feel like he was soaring. After all, courage is a state of mind. I pushed the colors to a saturated point to mirror the biker’s boldness. The shot places the subject in the center of the frame before an uninteresting background, forcing the viewer to look only at the biker and consider the inherent risk, and evident courage, showcased in his position.

"Grandeur" is a photograph of a Bas relief in a building of my school, I took the photo with my camera, and then I developed it into the darkroom of the highschool. The composition of the photograph was using a low angle and focusing on shadows caused by the relief. Also, the photo was shot in a sunny day. With my composition I want to show the majesty of the reliefs who also stand other arts; drama, dance and music.

My personal belief and philosophy surrounding photography is that through observation, I am fully participating in my environment. Once you take the time to acknowledge plains and everyday occurrences, you start to see the world differently. Suddenly, you will start to notice how everyday objects can look very fascinating when aligned together in a certain way. Most of my work does focus on geometric shapes and lines. When I see these geometric shapes in a spontaneous moment, it feels very jarring.

This artwork was taken outside a hotel in Los Gatos. I saw it, and went "that would be a great photo". I I then imputed it into lightroom, and played with the lighting to make it clearer. I also added a few lighting to the background, to make sure that the flower is the main focus.

This piece comes from a collection of works I did centered around the theme of identity and how it connects to self expression. Photography has been a large part of my life since the beginning of my high school career; It became a large part of how I expressed myself and put my ideas out into the world. For these reasons, this piece specifically means a lot to me as it is meant to convey how artists become a reflection of their own subjects. By putting my model on both sides of the camera I conveyed the theme of being both an artist and an artistic subject.

A rose, a symbol of love and passion, hangs heavy with rain. The background is out of focus, in dark shades of green. I found this photo on a walk past a community garden.I have always been a fan of symbolism, and saw the way that water clung to the petals of the rose as a sobering symbol of a bittersweet loss.

I’m drawn to black and white photos. They allow for a more abstract depiction of my surroundings. I am deeply intrigued by portraits. In my experience capturing a person's essence in one photo is one of the hardest things you can do as an artist. I find that one of the best ways to show who a person is is to place them in the environment they feel the most comfortable and allow them to behave naturally. I’m excited by the narrative power of photography. I also love how photos allow for many different understandings. This photo was taken at the Albany Bulb, a common destination for my mother and I, and was shot on an analog camera with black and white film.

Ever since I took this photo, it has quickly become my favorite photograph i've taken. It wasn't a whole set up moment, I was just walking around with my friend, and I thought that it would make for an interesting photo. Doing portraits of Grey(the person in the photo) are always fun, he wears outfits like in this photograph daily, and it's very easy to just feel when a good photo with him would appear. He is the main reason why I fell in love with portraiture.

This is a shot of my friend climbing up s beautiful cave. I tried multiple vantage points and took pictures of multiple people, and this one really stood out to me. I was able to capture the pure focus the subject felt, he was absolutely determined to get to the next hold.

I love this photo because of how it happened and because of how in the moment it was, even with a heavy 35mm camera. I decided to bring my camera on a trail up in the mountain, needing to quickly get some photos for an upcoming class assignment. I got lucky with some really beautiful fall lighting through the trees. One of the family friends I was hiking with stopped to admire the sunlight and stood directly in this natural spotlight. I noticed and rushed to take a photo. The sunlight streams through the trees, providing beautiful contrast and shadow and making the subject stand out from the busy natural background. I wouldn't change a thing about this shot.

The photo I chose is not what it appears to be. It may look like the sun or the moon in the sky, but it is actually the camera pointed at my phone lens with the flashlight on. This keeps the light as the center with a reflection of my house and the trees. I think this one of my best photos because of its indecipherability and appealing appearance.

My big sister is one of the most important people in my life and she means a lot to me. I chose to take photos of her for a school assignment using a DSLR camera. This is my favorite of the ones i took and she surprisingly loved it too.

This picture might just seem like a normal picture for you but for me I see so much more. I see a small boat in a gigantic sea on a lonely voyage drifting through the sea. I see myself going through the waves of life in a big world. I took this picture because it spoke to me in so many ways even though it looks so simple. For me pictures could speak a million words depending on the way you see it. Many people won't see anything in this picture but with the right perspective you will see yourself as the boat in the picture going on a long lonely voyage in a Humongous world taking on the challenges of life.

This was my first time ever developing and printing color film myself. The assignment was named "Golden Hour", and we were asked to study how light affects our surroundings. I tried several different filter settings to experiment with the print colors, and the simplicity of the image helped me understand the adjustments I was making. Overall, I was happy with how regal and dignified the skeleton is depicted, and the contrast with the details that reveal that he's just a cheap plastic Halloween decoration. My analog photography class in school has become a massive part of my life, every new technique that we learn in class makes the work exponentially fun while also pushing me to progressively become a better photographer. In my opinion, this print represents how I am able to learn in this class. The trial and error aspect of this print shows the typical learning process that we experience in class. The reason that I managed to perfect this print is because I find this class so fun and engaging. My teachers assign very interesting and inspiring projects that push the students to find new ways to make better art in this specific medium. Thanks to my teachers, my confidence and creativity as an artist had been lifted.

I am very drawn to architecture, it can pull my eye easily and I would most of the time take a picture of a building. While taking pictures of buildings or the outside world sometimes I will change the hue of the picture I take which would either correlate to what's in the picture or just because the colors of the actual place of the picture isn't vivid or vibrant. This picture here was taken at Universal Studios and I think it is a building from the Harry Potter movies. Me having knowledge about the Harry Potter movies. I made the picture dark based to make it kind of more accurate to the movie. Even though the picture has more of a dark base that does not make it non vivid or vibrant in my opinion. I also like the architect of this building hence to why I took the picture

This photo was taken while I was city walk in the old town of Macau. I really like the unique architecture of this small city. At dusk, I found that the bustling figures on the streets also reflected the busyness and vitality of Macau. I think the contrast between the sunlight on the building and the traffic on the street is just right. So I picked up the camera. Stay in this moment.

Solid rock, walls, and other seeming barriers feel insurmountable. But from the right vantage point, we can peer through exterior layers. Then, the deeper we look, the greater the clarity we acquire. Through clear levels of progression and shadowing that emphasizes the depth of the viewer's gaze, the photo delivers crystal clear focus on the underlying growth taking place within a structure that, if the outer layers had not been penetrated, would have remained unseen and unappreciated.