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In this photograph, we see my subject sitting on the field of grass, consuming their nature; here we see man in nature. This was a candid shot that I caught whilst my friend Ayana decided to sit and take a break from all the walking we were doing. Using my 70-300mm lens, I zoomed in close enough to see her clearly whilst still displaying her environment. For the post production process, I did have to crop the photo a bit, erase a few objects that were distracting, and apply other subtle edits.

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This is a photograph of several leaves. Though they are simply just leaves, together they create a repeating patter throughout the photo. Using my 70-300mm lens with a low aperture, I created a close up photo of leaves with a dynamic field of depth; it made the leaves look larger than they really were. When it came to the post production, simply added more contrast to support the field of depth, and created more vibrance and added a green hue to really exaggerate the green in this photo. Though some leaves had specs or rips, I decided to keep that in to really keep the authentic that nature does have patterns, however nature is not a perfect pattern; every leaf is unique in its own way.

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This is a photo of Darlyn Torres, a photography student. I decided to photograph her whilst in the act of her art, and so this is a candid photo of her capturing photos of her unique environment. Applying the rule of thirds, I created a unique contrast between her and her scenery. Though I would typically decrease the aperture to create a stronger field of depth, I felt as though the scenery with the painted-over graffiti was too unique to dismiss. For the post editing process, I cropped the photo a bit to assure that there was no dead space and increased the contrast and vibrancy to make everything more dynamic. The shot itself was pretty perfect as is, and so not much editing was needed; mainly small touches.

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This is a photograph of the cap of my sister, who had just graduated, with the "23" representing the year. Though graduating is the end of your education, it's just the beginning of the real world; the beginning of real life. This was taken with my 18-70mm lens and had me zoom in on her cap while she was talking to a relative. I made sure to use a low aperture due to the very busy and distracting scene we were in, making sure to keep only my subjects in focus. The post production of this shot had me using masking effects to enhance the focus of my subject, and I decided to change the color scheme of the photo to monochrome to create less distraction from the scenery.

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When I envision an awakening, I often imagine someones eyes being in focus; as if something has come into realization for them. In this shot, I had my model stare directly into the camera, with a mask over their face to focus on just their eyes. Though I would have had them widen their eyes, I saw that concept as a little tacky; I wanted it to feel natural. To me, he looks as if he has discovered something that has created him anew, however he still remains intact and controlled. For the post production of this shot, I decided to exaggerate the blacks of the photo to create a stronger contrast and to bring less attention to the background.

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When I envision an extreme contrast, I typically think absolute opposites; red and green, orange and blue, yellow and purple, and notoriously, black and white. For this shot, I prepared a white backdrop with two light sources (one to the models left, one to the models right) to provide the perfect lighting condition. I had my subject wear an all black outfit opposed to editing the photograph into monochrome to avoid any grey; I wanted black and white- extreme contrast, no in between. For the post production, I decided to increase the white and blacks of the photo, along with the contrast. I also decreased the vibrance in the photo to soften the color of my subject.

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In this photo, we see my subject swinging up and down on a swing; I captured the exact moment that they went up, filling the background with the sky to really exaggerate how high they are. I shot this photo with my 18-55mm lens and with settings a bit too dark to give a little bit of a silhouette to my subject; I wanted to focus more on the sky opposed to the clarity of the subject. For the post production, I wanted to really give the sky a strong blue coloring and increase the contrast between the sky and my subject.

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When I think of a rush, I typically think of something going fast; I think of speed. For this photograph, I had my subject running the track. I wanted to capture them in motion whilst applying leading lines and the rule of thirds to give the viewer an idea of what they're running for. Due to the quite distracting background, I had decided to use a low aperture increase focus on my subject and decrease focus on the scenery, whilst still allowing for the viewer to understand it. For the post production, I simply made simple corrections.

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When it comes to athleticism, I believe that teamwork is one of the most important things. In this photograph, I have one subject lifting a weight while the other subject is "spotting" them (the act of supporting another person during a particular exercise). For this shot, I used a 18-55mm lens with a low shutter speed to insure that I could capture my subjects movement as successfully as possibly. For the post production of this photo, I simply used the masking too to balance out the lighting in the photo and bring more focus to my subjects opposed to the slightly distracting background.

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When I think of something old and something new, I think of a refill; when we run out of an essential, we simply buy a new one. This photograph displays two bottles of a fragrance, one finished, with a little trace of the orange fluid, whilst the other is filled with said orange fluid. The new bottle is in focus, however the old bottle is still visible, displaying a more "in with the new, out with the old" dynamic. For the post production of this photo, I really wanted to create a darker background and properly display the color of the fragrance; I accomplished this by increasing the contrast and vibrance up significantly. I also used the erase tool to remove the logo of the fragrance bottle, as I found it a bit too distracting.

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In this photo we see my subject looking at a reflection in the water. Opposed to taking a photo of someone looking at their reflection, I captured a photo of someone looking at a reflection of their environment. I added depth to my photo by shooting with a low aperture, and applying the rule of thirds to turn such a simple shot into something more. When it came to the post production, I wanted to give the reflection a bit of a sinister look whilst making my subject more light-shined. Using the masking tool in light room and increasing the contrast and shadows of the background whilst increase the highlights of my subject helped create the perfect photograph.

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When I envision someone looking through something, instead if trying to come up with something so complex, I decided to think about something a lot of us look through everyday; our glasses. I wanted to display Zuriel looking through his glasses, but opposed to him being the focused subject, I wanted it to be the glasses he looks through. I used a 18-55mm lens for this shot with a low aperture to create a field of depth that enhances the glasses. For the post production of this photo, I decided to darken the background and enhance the part of Zuriel's face thats seen through his glasses to direct the focus of the photo.

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When I envision something turned inside out, I typically think of clothing; specifically denim due to its interesting contrasting sides. I turned the denim jacket that I own inside out and photographed random parts of its body. I shot this photo with allow aperture to focus on a specific stitch of the jacket to compose an interesting composition. For the post production of this photo, I decided to utilize the masking effect to create more focus on the focused area of the photo.

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When I envision buoyancy, I often think about leaves and how they float on water, typically at ponds or lakes. For this shot, I captured these leaves as they were buoyantly on water. Though it would have been cool to just see the leaves, I thought it would be even cooler to see their shadows as well. Using the focus of my camera, I created an interesting composition by focusing on the leaf farther away, opposed to the leaf closer to the camera. For the post production, I gave the photo a more blue hue and enhanced the greens.

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To me, home is wherever family is. This is a photo of my Mother & Sister, celebrating her graduation. I shot this photo with my 18-70mm lens with a mid ranged aperture to focus on my subjects and their accessories. For the post production, I had to turn down the contrast and highlights of the background significantly due to the sky being so bright.

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This is a photograph of my sister hugging my brother. She's so happy that she couldn't help but hug him tightly. For this shot, I used my 18-70mm Lens and utilized the natural light of the beaming sun to capture this quick candid shot. For the post production, I mainly did some slight modifications to favor the lighting in the photo.

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When I think of a way out of a place, I typically just think of a door, more specifically, its handle. For this shot, I wanted to photograph my ugly door handle and make it appear as creepy as possible; I wanted it to feel like it was the only way out of this scary building. This shot reminds me a lot of this video game I used to play a lot when I was younger (Luigi's Mansion. It was sort of a horror game? it was Nintendo so it wasn't that scary per say but my 7 year old self was quite terrified). For the post production of this shot, I increased the contrast significantly and decreased the whites and gave the photo a warmer hue.

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Connectors are things that are in our everyday lives. When I envision a connector, I often think cables; USB's, chargers, HDMI, etc. Though I was initially planning to photograph several cables connecting into other devices, I decided to focus on one cable connecting to one device. For the post production of this shot, I decided to utilize the light source by enhancing the darkness of the unlit section and increase the highlight of the lighted section. I wanted to bring a cool tone to the photo, and so I increased the blue hue slightly.

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This is a photograph of this plant, infested with these black specs. When I first saw this, I was taken aback. It appears as though these little specs are destroying the plant. For this shot, I used my 70-300mm lens with a low aperture to really zoom in and enhance on this small infected plant, and only the plant. For the post production I decided to increase the contrast to really show the contrast between the plant and its poison. I also increased the green hue on the photo and created a masking effect to bring less attention to the background.

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This is a photo of a beer can caught in between rocks. I was simply being one with nature, when I noticed the liter that was left in front of me, and decided to photograph it. For the shot, I decided to photograph more of the rocks opposed to making the can in the middle to create a more interesting composition. For the post production, I decided to enhance the shadows and the contrast to really exaggerate of different these things are from each other. Why is this can caught in between rocks ? It's entirely out of place.

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For this photo, I used the peaking light to create this concept of the bushes emerging from out of the darkness. Since I wanted to include the wide array of scenery, I shot this using a mid ranged aperture. For the post production of this photo, I used masking effects to really differentiate the darkness from the light that a few of the leaves were blessed with. I also decided to crop the photo a bit to avoid dead space.

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The phrase "the end of it all" to me signifies death; it's truly the end of everything. Since I don't have any dead animals of any sort, I decided to photograph these unfortunate flowers that were dying in my living room. For the shot, I really wanted to display the detail of the crumbling roses; I wanted to exaggerate its decaying state, I needed the viewer to understand that this is really the end. To achieve this fully, I also edited the photo to have low vibrance. Pulling the color away from the greens really helped play into the lifelessness of the plant. I had a high contrast and a slightly under exposed edit to show how tragic this sight is; I wanted to capture the sorrow sight in the most tragic way possible.

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In this photo, my subject is stepping forward, climbing up this rocky pathway, representing that this is the first step in this adventure. For this shot, I used my 18-70mm lens at a low angel to manipulate the viewer into making this action look more grand. For the post production, I did slight modifications such as utilizing the masking tool to bring more attention to my subjects legs opposed to the background.

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This is a photograph of a bunch of tree branches, "tangled" together. For this shot, I used my 70-300mm lens with a low aperture to blur out the distracting environment. For the post production of this photo, I used masking tools to focus on the branches as much as possible. I also cropped the photo a bit but made sure not to move the tree stub to the middle of the photograph to follow with the rule of thirds.

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In this photo we see someone either opening or closing their computer. For this shot I used a 18-55mm lens with high settings due to this shot being indoors with only outdoor light. For the post production, I made the photo monochrome and made some simple lighting modifications.

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To me, paper is notorious for being thin. For this shot, I took a book and singled out a single page to display that it's a "thin line". I took this shot using my 18-70mm lens and used a low aperture as I really wanted to focus on that singular page and how thin it is. For the post production, I simply made simply modifications to fix lighting issues.

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This photo was so suddenly taken, when someone suddenly dropped their phone by the rocks and branches and bugs. When I saw it, it made me feel uncomfortable, the tension between the dirty rocks with the expensive cellphone was not it. For the post production of this shot, I decided to first crop the photo to avoid dead space, then I decided to use masking effects to turn down the highlights of the reflection of the phone. I wanted to create a stronger contrast between the nature and then phone to really exaggerate the difference. I needed the viewer to know how uncomfortable it is to see the phone where it was.

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When I think of the word bounce, I think of a ball. For this shot, I had someone bounce this ball on a net. I used an 18-55mm lens with a low shutter speed to really capture the motion and take as many quick shots as possible. For the post production, I simply made some small modifications, along with reducing the color of the super yellow ball.

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When I read the word cyclical, I often think of a bicycle; its wheels function in a cycle. For this shot, I wanted to exclusively photograph the wheels of a bicycle, and so using a 70-300mm lens, I captured the center of the bicycles wheel to show the unique manufacturing of it. For the post production of the shot, I made simple modifications to perfect the image.

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Though the end may have a negative connotation to it, I often see it as completion. For this shot, I had my subject standing at the edge of a pathway, as it ends as it collides with the river that bestows it. I wanted the photo to give the perception that the subject had finally reached the end of the trail that they had been venturing, and I believed that can be perceived through my subjects positioning and the composition of the photograph. For the post production, I decided to using masking effects to darken the end of the trail to create dramatic effect to make it seem more grand than it truly was.

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When I think of joining together, I often think of people holding hands (like that one design of people holding hands around the earth). For this shot, I had two subjects hold hands, but in an angle where the hand jewelry can be shown off. I shot this shot with a low aperture to really focus on the subjects hands as the scenery was not the most idea. For the post production of this shot I decided to using masking effects  to bring more focus onto the subjects and less onto the background by reducing the exposure levels and such.  I also increased the hue of the teal to help bring more focus onto the teal ring.

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For balancing act, I photographed my subject balancing weights on their back. Though one may not see this as very balancing, it is far more difficult than it appears. Though the scenery may seem distracting, I wanted to showcase the environment to provide a little more context to the photograph; this is the gym, where balance is important. For the post production, I decided to change the photo to monochromatic to reduce distractions and to add as serious tone to the photograph. I heavily reduced the exposure levels of the background due to the shining light from the window. I wanted to guarantee that the subject still had the viewers attention.

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When I think of something going over or under, I think of a basketball, as it goes over and then under the hoop. For this shot, I used a 55-200mm lens to be able to zoom in all the way for when a shot is being made, which is exactly what is being done in this photo. I also made sure to set my shutter to be very fast in order to capture all the sudden movements of the ball. For the post production of this shot, I had simply made modifications to perfect the image.

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"The way" is a phrase often said whilst pointing to "the way". For this shot, I had my subject point in a direct while they were out in nature. I wanted to capture my subject as this explorer who had found the path they must venture. I used my 70-300mm lens with a low aperture to focus immensely on my subject. For the post production, I had turned up the hue of all the greens to really bring a more immersive scenery to the photo.

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The first thing that came to mind when hearing the word looping was "loop-the-loop" (Loopty-Loop). When growing up, learning how to tie my shoes was difficult but I remember constantly struggling with looping the bunny ears around. This picture displays that exact moment in the process. For this shot, I used my 18-70mm lens with quite the high ISO due to my inconvenient lighting conditions. For the post productions, I decided to just use simple modifications as the shot turned out pretty well (Aside from it being a bit grainy).

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When I envision the word caught, I think of someone being spotted whilst doing something they shouldn't, such as eavesdropping or stalking. For this shot, I had my subject appear to be immersed in something whilst trying to be secretive, however by their eyes the viewer can tell that they were caught. For the post production of this shot, I had increased the contrast and the shadows to bring a sinister feeling to the photo. I added a vignette (I know you hate those... hear me out) to bring perception that the viewer caught the subject with a flashlight, having a specific region of light whilst the rest is darkened.

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When I imagine something being enough, I think of something being served just right. For this shot, I captured a glass of milk being not too close to the limit, but at just the right level. I kept the spoon in the glass to create a more interesting opportunity for the composition without allowing for deadspace. For the post production of this photo, I made simple lighting edits to perfect the image.

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When I envision something untouchable, I often think of it as out of reach. For this shot, I had my subject reach out to this branch, attempting to grab it, but just so close (but not close enough). For the post production of this shot, I used the masking tool to calm the distracting background.