Multicultural Week -So Far

Dear anyone who may or already knows about Multicultural week,

     Multicultural week is the week of the year to be immersed in different cultures and buy delicious ( a little pricey) food from the Bay Area. I remembered in Freshmen year I heard about buying food near the Horseshoe and watching amazing performances done by the student body. And to be honest, Multicultural Week is one of my favorite school-wide activities and the closing assembly for it is always the best.
   
      What makes this year different from last year is that I'm in charge of selling my club Youth Alive's pho (pronounced phuh like "f" and "the" combined) with my fellow officers. I must say from this perspective of being the seller, it is different from being the buyer. And it is hard to be the seller because usually consumers are more picky. But it's fun to serve others their food and interact with different people. When I'm not doing club stuff I then would buy food with my money, staying within twenty dollars for the whole week, and hang out with my friends as they attempt to finish what they have bought. Meanwhile I take wonderful pictures of my friends and just enjoy the lunch hour.

P.S. My club Youth Alive is offering free candy too with purchase. Buy some!
P.S.S If there are churros I will buy them like crazy. Where are the churros?
 

Shutter Speed and Everything After

From this Lens photo, we see the picture of the trucks, especially the one on the side of the road.

   This picture demonstrates a fast shutter speed because the trucks on the left side of the road are still moving pretty quickly but not as fast as the drivers would when they learned a truck fell down the road on the right. In addition, the picture showed no blurred images of the truck, which indicate the picture was taken with a fast shutter speed.

   The background of the picture emphasizes the trucks on the road, which are the subjects. The details of the background also leads to the the subject like the highway rail leading to the trucks on the road.

   Lines, an Element of Art topic, is clearly shown in this picture with straight lines made from the trucks, road, horizon and the road lane. It creates a dynamic view of geometric shapes and perspective.

   Movement is one of the Principle of Design topic because the picture has leading lines that lead to the center of the picture and the trucks.

P.S. My buddy Michael Shen and Samuel Sze helped me.

And this picture of Mason Farley and Michael Shen running shows movement to.

F-stop f/4.8

Aperture Speed 1/250 sec

ISO-450

Automobile Blackhawk Museum!

Hello everyone,
especially to my friends and students of Mission San Jose High School!

For those who are interested about the Automobile Blackhawk Museum and the MSJHS junior prom last Saturday, here are few of the pictures I have taken there. For personal reasons, I'm only including architecture-type pictures, including the cars. I hope you enjoy them!

In front of the fountains with Stanley's hand pointing to it.

The Blackhawk Automobile  musuem.

Inside the museum at the entrance during the night

The fountain with our shadows

Original Pictures
Actually I didn't really crop any of these images.

F-stop: f/3.9

Exposure Speed: 1/3 seconds

ISO speed: ISO-200

F-stop: f/4

                                Exposure time: 1/500 sec
                                ISO speed: ISO-125        


F-stop: f/3.9
Exposure time: 1/640 sec
ISO speed: 1SO-125

F-stop: f/3.9
Exposure time: 1/800 sec
ISO speed: 1SO-125

And for anyone who is wondering how did my prom go, I really like it. :D 

It is definitely a night to remember, and I have a pretty good memory too.

Mason and Emily (Mr. Farley's two adorable kids)

Hello people of the Internet!
        Yesterday at school, we have a surprise: Emily and Mason. They are Mr. Farley's adorable, energetic children who visit their father at school since their school-off day. So our assignment was to have fun and take pictures of Mason and Emily moving around. And to practice taking pictures of movement and using the right shutter speed. I really enjoy seeing them goof around and the whole class participating in the fun. Plus they're really good at doing cartwheels, bridge, and handstands. And Mason even beat Michael Shen at a sprint race, which was funny. I hope you enjoy the following pictures.

Emily and Mason

Mason Farley beating Michael Shen in a sprint race

M&M

Original Pictures with details

 F-stop f/4.5
Aperture Speed 1/125 sec
ISO-160

F-stop f/4.8

Aperture Speed 1/50 sec

ISO-180

F-stop f/4.8
Aperture Speed 1/250 sec
ISO-450

Principles of Design -Unity (Buildings)

Hey everyone! 

        This is the last topic of Principles of Design! Unity is when the elements of the work of art all contributed to a sense of harmony and completeness. 

I hope you enjoy this blog post of unity with pictures around the school.

A Square from Above

Wheel in a beam

Original Pictures

Principles of Design -Variety (Diversity)

Hello people of the internet!

    We are on Variety the second to last topic of the Principles of Design. Variety is a combination of different subjects that complements each other and guide the viewer's eyes through out the work of art. 

Pipes on the roof

Under the Stairs

                                                            Water pipes in janitor's room

Original Pictures

Documenting the Blues in the Mississippi Delta

Hello guys!
   Today we looked at the gallery at Lens and found a picture that represents unity, which is our last Principal of Design topic. This picture T Model Ford and Gentle taken by Margo Cooper shows unity between the grandfather, baby and the old family car in the back. This picture represents unity within the family and  happiness as they hang outside on the yard. Even though there is a generational gap between the grandfather and grandson, their smiles make everything in that moment feel complete and in harmony.

Shout out to Samuel Sze for helping me find the URL of the picture with his computer science skills.