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This video is really nice at showing the differences between the prime lenses. I think I’m going to continue street photography so I’ll most likely invest in a good prime lens. After watching this video I think I’m gonna go with the 50mm. This guy is pretty funny and knows his stuff so I recommend watching some of his other photography videos :)

These are a couple of closeup shots I took of the kind musicians. It was actually pretty difficult for me to get good crisp quality images because we were in a low lit room so I needed to use a slow shutter speed. So many of my photos of them came out blurry because they were moving and I had to keep my camera super still. But I still managed to get a few good images out of the dozen or so that I took.

I photographed some amazing Aztec dancers. It was nice seeing so many people being memorized by the dancers.

These are some photos I took at the Avila Adobe house, the oldest house in Los Angeles.

Decided to go to one of the most touristic places in San Francisco- Pier 39- and shot some photos

I hate how photogenic my cat is

The Union Station in LA was like out of the movies

#phonepic

Caught two guys play fighting while at a red light haha

Took this on my phone while exploring Hollywood

I’m learning to not care if I get caught taking their photo

I loved how old this setting looked

My best friend wanted a “basic tumblr girl” photo.

Another piece I loved from the Pueblo Gallery was Raquel Natalicchio’s photograph of the Women’s March in Downtown LA 2017. It really captures a historic moment.

2nd/Cancelled Project

For this project I focused on my parents. I wanted to show how their lives changed after immigrating to the United States from Mexico. I chose to do 5 photos for each of them with the first two photos being about their lives in Mexico and the other three from their present lives in the U.S. Their first photo is of their primary school certificates. My mom wasn’t able to finish primary school until she was seventeen because unlike my dad she was from a poorer town that only had school available when there was a teacher available, which wasn’t very often. The second photo for my dad is of his student ID. He went to an academy in Mexico to study accounting. My mom wasn’t able to get any education past primary school so her second photo is of her in her early 20s. To show their present lives in the U.S. I took photos of what they generally do. My dad has been an iron welder for decades now because the certificate he got for accounting isn’t valid in the U.S. Since his education from Mexico isn’t valid here,he has had to do many hard labor jobs in order to support our family. My mom, never having a proper education, has never been able to have a proper job. She has been a housewife most of her life and now that her children are old enough to take care of themselves she occupies herself by doing things like gardening, sowing, and cleaning up after my dad. I’m grateful for having them as parents because I know they struggled and gave up a lot to give their children a better life.

Cute coffee date in LA

The book Nicaragua by Susan Meiselas is about the turmoil of Nicaragua during the 1970s. The book is full of uneasy photographs that really capture the troubling time period. Susan organized the book by placing the images first and having the captions and other facts towards the end of book. For my book I would like to keep the captions to a minimum or none at all. I might use the same layout as Susan and put all the text towards the end of the book.

Just a generic pretty flower pic.

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