Student Website Review

Period 2: Mustafa Ahmed
I liked his picture of the Deanza Hotel (bottom left). Your eyes are drawn to the intricate sign above the building. In addition, the trees to the left create a balance with the hotel and seem to frame the picture well.

Period 3: Lucas Williams
I decided to look at the photos on my friend's website from Period 3. In Lucas's gallery, he displayed his Spring Expo project, titled "Changing Your Perspective". Going through these five photos, I believe that the last one is his best. His idea of pouring out water from a different angle greatly represents the title of his project.

Period 4: Tulika Mohanti
I liked the second picture in her gallery, of a friend holding up a leaf to cover  one of her eyes. The photo showed a nice use of colors, as the bright colors of the leaf seemed to match the color of the model's hair. With duller colors in the background as well as the jacket, the colors really stand out well.

Final Project - Shot List

1. I plan to take a picture of a slide or a swing.

2. I also to take a picture on top of a playground looking out, because as kids we thought we were almost invincible standing on top of that playground.

3. Another photo would be of one of the many murals around my elementary school.

4. One photo will be of a chalk hopscotch on the concrete.

5. One photo will be of the curved "yellow brick road" path leading up to our library. Many of us liked to walk along this path whenever we went to the library, even though it would have been easier to just walk straight up to the door.

I have not figured out the order of these photos yet. I think it would be best to decide after I have taken these photos.

My three rules of composition are lines, viewpoint, and background.
The pictures of the hopscotch and especially of the "yellow brick road" will show a good use of lines. The picture of the top of the playground, angling down towards the rest of the school, gives a good use of viewpoint. This would also be a picture that focuses on the background. In addition, one would notice the rest of the play structures in the background of the slide/swing photo.  

Presentation Project

These photos are also on my Weebly website

Presentation Project - Shot List

1. My first picture is of a safety guard in bright orange getting ready to blow her whistle. I see her or another safety guard almost every day when I get dropped off to school.
2. My second picture shows the front of my first period classroom, Digital Photography. The teacher is at the back of the picture and in front of him, the project screen is lit up.
3. My third picture is the area where I eat lunch. It includes both the square bench my friends and I leave our backpacks on, the tree with growing flowers, and the heart shaped mark on the tree.
4. My fourth picture is of the creek path, where I walk along after school. The picture shows movement of the winding path downwards, and a small hint of the creek itself.
5. My fifth picture is of my front door, where I end up every day after a tiring day at school. Seeing this door lets me know that I can finally lie down and rest a little or eat a small snack at the end of the school day.

First Commercial Shoot

Taken by me.

Taken by Vina Kong

(photo ready)

Taken by Vina Kong

Taken by Deborah Chen

Taken by Amandi Kwok