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This image emphasizes movement. I took multiple photos and merged them into one using Photoshop. This was taken at Ocean Beach in San Francisco. The model in the picture is my friend Tyrell. He is doing what is called "freerunning."

Fast Shutter: Frozen in Motion

This photo was taken at Ocean Beach in San Francisco. My friend, Tyrell Bernardo, was doing backflips in the sand and I thought it would look cool if I caught him in mid-air. I especially like how the sand near his feet is frozen as well.

Still life: Grouped Objects

This is a still life photo of the off-camera flash triggers that I own. I lined them up diagonally and used an aperture of f/1.8. Also, I used an external flash pointed toward the ceiling to achieve this lighting.

Portrait: Candid

This candid portrait was taken at the Benihana restaurant in Burlingame. My chef was very focused on his cooking. I took advantage of the situation and snapped a shot of him while he was concentrating on cooking. After taking the photo, however, I edited some of the lighting and sharpening of the photo.

Still life: Single Object

I took this still life photo of one of my little brother's action figures. In this case, a wrestler in a WWF wrestling ring. I was surprised at how many toys my brother had. I took advantage of this and created a scene of this wrestler getting ready to rumble.

Slow Shutter: Movement Blurred

I took this photo while I was driving my car. This photo emphasizes a blurred motion because the foreground/positive space of the image is in focus while the background is blurred due to motion.

Principle of Design: Symmetry (Radial)

This picture makes great use of radial symmetry. I not only used redvines, which have a radial shape, to emphasize this symmetry, but I also arranged the in a circle to produce a spiral/spinning look.

Principle of Design: Movement

This is a Photoshop altered image created through multiple shots and combined into one image. The movement created by the multiple figures is what catches the viewers' eyes. There is also symmetry created by the two walls and staircase. This image was taken at Ocean Beach, San Fracisco in the mid-afternoon. Model: Tyrell Bernardo

Micro Lens/Zoom: Texture emphasized

This photo was taken with my camera zoomed at 50mm. To emphasize the rough texture of each brick I used the harsh lighting of the sun. Also, to further this emphasis I sharpened the photo in Photoshop in order to bring more attention to the image's details.

Great Depth of Field

This is a picture of my brother holding his PSP and is was part of my photo essay earlier in the year. The topic of this "essay" was a day in the life of a 9 year old. I used my brother as my main subject and followed him throughout a period of time, capturing the essence of what it is to be a child of his age. I used an aperture of f/1.8 which created a very shallow depth of field.

Element of Art: Lines

The Element of Art represented by this picture is the 'line.' Lines are found throughout the whole picture: the windows the left, the railing to the right, and the pathway in the center. These lines create movement, which is a principle of design, which leads the eye to the center of the image. This photo was taken at Mercy Burlingame in the morning (7-8 am).

Landscape Photograph in Black and White

This picture emulates the style of photographer Ansel Adams. This was taken in Brisbane, California during the late afternoon. It was taken in color but changed to black and white and also post-processed/editted in Photoshop to create a very dramatic image, which is very common in most Ansel Adams photos. Also, an element of art found is the line created by the path and a principle of design found is the movement created by the path.

Mercy Street: Photojournalism

This photojournalistic image tells of Mercy as it used to only serve as one's beautiful dwelling place. The black and white emphasizes the building's age while the crispness and quality of the photo conveys the building's grandeur. This image of Mercy high school consists of three different pictures of the same scene, but at different exposures, merged into one (this technique is known as High Dynamic Range). By using this technique, nearly every detail in the picture, such as the blades of glass or reflections on the windows, can be seen in greater detail.

Element of Art: Space

This photo shows the element of art known as space. The flower is in the image's positive space while the rest of the leaves are in its negative space. I used a very large aperture to create this very slim depth of field to show distinction between positive and negative space.

Autobiographical Photo/Narrative

This still life photo represents a narrative of a day at the beach. This photo was taken at Ocean beach in San Francisco. I like this image not only because it shows what I like to do in my free time, but also because of how I implemented the Rule of Thirds.

Wildlife Photography

I got very low to the ground when I took this picture. I noticed how colorful the peacock was so, in Photoshop, I increased the saturation and also the image's sharpness. I like this picture because I use the peacock's surroundings (the bushes, plants, the tree trunk) as a frame to place around the animal.

Zoo: Portrait

After observing this picture for a while, I noticed how unique the eyes of flamingos were. In order to emphasize this unique aspect, I added saturation, brightness, and contrast to the eye. Also, this picture was originally taken as a body shot which I easily changed by cropping the image.

Zoo: Choice

I took this image of a lion behind glass that was tinted green. In order to overcome this color difference, I Photoshopped the image. I like how the lion is almost posing for the camera as it looks deep within the lens.

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In order to take this picture, I had to carefully sneak behind this peacock. However, right after my shutter clicked the bird quickly retreated and flew onto the grass seen in the background. After seeing the many peacocks in the zoo, I wanted to be able to capture their majestic feathers. This image, I think, displays not only the detail of the feathers' eyes, but also the range of colors found from the front to the end of the bird.

Photoshop Altered Image

This pop art image was created using an image of a flamingo which was Photoshopped four different times and then stitched together. We learned this Andy Warhol technique in class and were able to play around with it a lot. Originally, the picture captured the whole flamingo. Thus, I had to crop the image in order to zoom onto the flamingo's head, as if I took a portrait shot.

Detail

The detail photo I took was of the chapel which I also took a architectural picture of. I chose to capture the detail of the roof pointing to the sky because I got the feeling of a chapel as being one's way of being closer with God. This detail not only captures this theme, but also it emphasizes the chapel's symmetrical structure.

Chapel 2

This photo was taken at a chapel near my house. When I walked into the chapel, I really noticed how the whole room was symmetrical. Being interested by this, I tried to find the best way to capture this mirror-like image which I saw in my head.

Chapel

This is a picture of a light hanging in the Mater Dolorosa church in South San Francisco. This assignment was to take an architectural type picture of a chapel and I thought that this like exemplified this. Not only did the like reflect the chapel's design (wood-like design, stained glass) it also brought a warm feel to the mass that was going on (yellow light).

Color Landscape

This is a panoramic picture that I took of a few houses on my block. I merged about 5 or 6 pictures in Photoshop in order to create this image. This was my first panorama and therefore, I was not aware that my picture would have unwanted lines and also I was not so conscious during my photographing that I needed to be very careful about how the houses would line up when I edited them. In order to improve this shot, I would capture more of the sky and use a tripod.

Photo Essay

These pictures are a collection of pictures which makes up my photo essay. The topic of this "essay" was a day in the life of a 9 year old. I used my brother as my main subject and followed him throughout a period of time, capturing the essence of what it is to be a child of his age.

Run!

This is a series of pictures that I took of my little brother running in my driveway. Our assignment was to create a stop-motion sequence using several pictures. These photos were taken with an f-stop of f/4 and an ISO of 200. I added a title using Photoshop Premiere Elements 3.0.

Sports/Action shot

This photo was taken on 01/19/10 during the Serra vs. Sacred Heart Cathedral Varsity Basketball game. As we have been studying action photography, it was appropriate that we took sports photography. I went to this basketball game not only to support my team but also gain experience with this type of photography. The ISO in this picture was 1250, the shutter speed was 1/800, and at the 50mm focal length. Serra killed...