My Photos

I took this photo while walking around my neighborhood back home in Houston.

Even though this photo is taken under the shades of many trees, there is still a lot of natural light. My favorite part of the whole photo is the dappling pattern made of the ground by the sun filtering through the branches and leaves. I like how the background of the photo looks overexposed; it makes me feel like the distance between me and the stop sign is even greater.

I took this photo while walking around my neighborhood here in San Antonio.

I like how the sunset in the sky backlights all the trees, so they look like paper silhouettes against a watercolor sky. However, there is still enough natural light to see some detail in the house along the bottom. The colors are more muted, though, because they are still somewhat in shadow. The clouds provide and interesting pattern scattered across the sky.

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I took this photo on a foggy night/morning a few weeks ago. I was honestly stunned when I walked out of the building and saw basically 4 sources of light just pointed directed at me. I didn't frame this photo as nicely as I could have, but I was also just using a phone camera, c'est la vie. I also just think that this one was more of an interesting thing to have seen in person than how it ended up turning out in photo.

I took this photo summer 2015 on the Staten Island ferry. The lighting isn't all to interesting in this photo. The most significant aspect of the lighting is that the entire sky is lit up quite brightly, despite the sun being nowhere in the photo. I think the varying shading between the sky, city, and the water give the photo s nice palette and really just gives off a beautiful shot. I also just really like this photo because there is a bit of a surreal look to it. The city doesn't look like it's as large as it should be. (Also there is a tiny Statue of Liberty in the mid left of the photo) 

This is a picture of my chihuahua looking out the window. The car shadow covers some of his head, making the face and ears the focus of the picture.


I took this picture during Christmas time in the Riverwalk. It is nighttime, so there's obviously no natural light,but the lights hanging from the trees make the space look very full and chaotic, while the candle lights on the floor by the river provide order to the space. My favorite part is the red lights reflecting the water increases the amount of light shining to me.

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This photo is on campus over by the pool. It must have been at noon or close to it because the sun was directly above the panels of the "roof" over this patch of cement. I really like this picture because of the lines made by the shadows and the contrast between the light on the cement with the dark lines above. 

This picture was taken down at the Pearl! I like it because of the light coming through the windows draws attention to them but the light under the door bleeds through that little crack which makes a cool effect on the ground as well. 

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I took this photo around Christmas time while driving around nearby neighborhoods looking at Christmas lights. I think my favorite thing about this picture is the spectrum of colors lights can produce.

I'm in this photo (pictured on the right), but I like this photo a lot because the lights closer to the camera look so different from the ones further away. Additionally, I like how the light surrounds my friend and I in this picture. These lights also made for super cute pictures at a rush event. 

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This photo I took at Mi Tierra in San Antonio. They had a bunch of lights and lamps hanging from the ceiling, so they stood out from the dimness of the restaurant. I like how the lights in the front are focused while the ones in the back are more blurry. It almost looks like a starry night.

I took this at the San Antonio Botanical Gardens. It was a really overcast day, but the sun was still really bright. I like how the light shines on the top of the statue's hand, and how the bottoms of the fingers are in the shade. I think it helps create more depth on the statue, and makes it stand out from the mostly lit background.

This is a photo I took at a restaurant by complete accident. I want moving to take a picture of my cousins, but I guess my finger slipped before I got pointed in the right direction. However, it's a fantastically non-blurry photo, and, in terms of lighting, is dynamic and interesting. On the right, there is the warm, yellow glow of a candle centered on the table, creating a dynamically bent shadow of the knife on my plate. On the left, the cool blue light of the windows creates interesting patterns the plate, giving my fork almost a double shadow.

This is a picture of one of the hallways in my high school. I had to arrive by 6:30AM every day for choir, and was always one of the first people in the building. When I took the picture, I just thought it was cool to show my friends how early I had to be at school. Looking back, this is a fantastic perspective shot, and features the creepy, artificial light of one distant fluorescent. The reflections off the polished floor are distinct, but at the same time, blurry and unfocused. Overall, just a really interesting photo!

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Both pictures are from a recent trip to Destin, Florida. This first one was taken from a balcony. I think that the sunlight works with the sky, water, and grass to make a bright, summery scene. There is also a little bit of directional lighting as someone can tell by the direction of the trees' shadows where the sunlight is coming from.

I took this photo of one of my best friends while a group of us were in a strip mall. This is one of my favorites because of how the sunlight brightens all of the colors from the entire scene. It provides a happy, youthful tone for the whole scene.

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This is a photo I took of some friends in Austin. I really like how the light seems like it may be coming from multiple sources but it's actually just the sun. The light also brings out the orange colors in Julia's hair and Abbi's hat. The high contrast that is created by the light makes this photo very nice to look at, in my humble opinion.

This is my little sister looking out of the back door. I chose this photo because of the warm color of the light and the intensity of it. The dark colors make the light more interesting and bring your attention to the face.