California for the weekend :)

I am in San Diego this weekend. I have a race tomorrow; one mile swim in the ocean. So during my free time today, I created art! :)

 I found this lifeguard tower extremely interesting, it seems so out of place with the rest of the beach. However, the view behind the tower is amazing! I was also fascinate by how the tower was set off to the right between the benches and trashcans, instead of being centered.

I loved how the palm trees for a line down the beach. They are, to me, a signal that you are almost at the water.

  I loved the positioning of the bird on the rock. :)

Jumping photo+sunset photo=pretty awesome shot :) 

 I upped the contrast on this  photo because I really wanted to emphasis the outline of my sister.

The bark of this treeing had so many layers peeling off I wanted to capture this, as well as the different colors on the tree.

Weekly Challenge #1

For this weekly challenge, I chose "Depict Your Day: With a Multiple Panel Comic!" For this I focused on the things I define my day with. I wanted something to tie all my photos together, instead of just having 8 random photos of places I am during the day. I used the dragon, Puff, to symbolize me and where I go on any given day. So puff goes from my bed, to the bathroom, to a walk with my dog, to the car, to Speech and Debate practice, to my locker, to class, to homework, and then back to bed. I wanted it to be sort of a cycle. The photos go clockwise and then once you get to the bottom right, you can start of going in a circle.

"Puff!"

Summer Work

For my summer artwork, I chose two photos that have drastically different tones. My first photo is more of a dark, haunting photo. Whereas the second photo is more light and cheery. The first photo, "Swing Among the Flowers", was created when I was at the Iris Farm in Boulder. I saw this swing alone in the midst of the flowers and found it kind of haunting. The second photo, "Bee", I took while on a photo adventure. This photo was taken at just the right moment before the bee took off seconds later. I think the rule of thirds, makes this photo stronger than just having the flower and bee in the middle of the photo.

"Swing Among the Flowers"

"Bee"