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Final project (last photo of the week)
Sometimes time passes so fast it doesn't feel real. This class and Professor Alysia have taught me so much. I still remember my first day, unsure if I even wanted to take this class, but now I can't imagine not having been part of it. For my final project, I decided to focus on my heritage and family to tell a story—a story about our most well-known food, Phở. At first, I struggled to figure out what I wanted to do, like I always do. But after talking with my mom, the idea started to take shape. Photography, for me, has always been challenging when it comes to creating a final product. I have so many ideas I want to explore, but in the end, I can only choose one. That’s always been a bit frustrating.
This final project became a reflection of my process and progress. I presented the images almost like a cookbook, with captions under each photo, and made it clear that everything was cooked and shot in the dorm. It was personal, a little chaotic, but very real—and that’s what I wanted. Through this project, I learned to embrace the limitations and turn them into part of the story. More than just a series of photos, it became a way to connect with my roots, honor my family, and appreciate how far I’ve come.
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Photo of the week (Completed contact sheets)
Final project's contact sheets!
I still can't believe its this close to the end of the year, my first year here has been a blast, with all the interesting classes, especially photography, though not the easiest. I think it will be one of the reason I pick up photography or videography, the contact sheets may be repeated here and there and its unfortunate I couldn't spend more time during finals week for it. But sometimes I gotta work with what I have.
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Contact Sheets (Photo of the week)
I feel like I'm getting a hang of this photography thing, it was always a little confusing and challenging for me at first, but I feel like behind all that is just a way for me to grow my creative side and getting to know more about my perspectives/how I'd express myself through photography. I like how the 2nd contact sheet came out, it looks like a sequence of my cooking the dish in itself.
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Photo of the week
Made fried rice this week. Fried rice wasn't always my favorite dish, but it was always a good way to get rid of a lot of left over rice, which I just had lying around. I think the motion in this picture is really cool as well; it definitely wasn't easy to capture and required a lot of rice to spill outside of the pan. But the shot was a 8/10 the meal was a 7/10, would do again, it was fun!
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Photo of the week
Today I learned masking in Photoshop! Turns out it was more confusing but more interesting than I thought. The last time I even remotely touched Photoshop was in 8th grade, where my teacher only taught me the basics, not the more advanced stuff like masking or layers. Back then, I just used it to crop pictures or add fun filters. And I found out that masking lets you hide parts of a picture without really erasing them. It’s like using an invisible cover—you can take it off or move it around whenever you want. It was a bit tricky at first, but once I got the hang of it, it felt pretty cool. I’m excited to try it out more and maybe play around with some old photos!
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Photo of the week
Still pondering(me in the last picture) for an idea for this project, I'm leaning towards just taking pictures of people, moving, sitting down and just being people. It's always been something I'm not good at, taking pictures or people, and one of my fears, as if it turns out bad they might think low of me as a photographer or just thinks I'm horrible at taking pictures. Its also one of the reasons I started photography in the first place, out of interest and to take better pictures of people that matter to me. Or just people (the pictures are me and my friends playing frisbee).
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Artist Statement
This project was fun! I got to use a camera and learned how to take photos seriously for the first time. Before, I was just using my phone and experimenting with angles, but now—with so many settings and the possibility of ruining a roll of film—it felt like there was a lot more at stake. For my first roll, I messed up during the rolling process. It was delicate and required a lot of patience, something I’ve always struggled with. Although the pictures turned out fine, I felt like they lacked depth. Using my test strips, I found that the best exposure time for one of my final prints was at F11 for 8 to 10 seconds. For my second set of prints, F11 at 9 seconds produced the best image quality. For my final works, I chose the spiral staircase, a picture of an art gallery, the athletic center, and an image of an art piece in Chicago. Another aspect of this project that stood out to me was the magic of capturing these fleeting moments on film—moments I could never relive, now lost in time. But that’s what makes it so special to have these photographs and films: I’ll be able to look back on them in the future and remember how much time and effort a younger version of myself poured into this project.
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Photo of the week!
The three enlarged pictures (including one more) are gonna be the ones I will be using to present on Tuesday for my final project. With the project closing in and as I get to move on to using digital cameras, I am able to look back and have something to be proud of. It may be the times I stayed till midnight to enlarge my film, or just taking the photos, I didn't think of much at first, but turned out pretty good.
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Best day for processing film!
Today was great, I didn't have much difficulty processing my 5th roll of film, and I enlarged the ones I took in Chicago, which turned out really well. Overall, I like how the pictures themselves turn out differently, but I can still tell what my intentions were when I took them. Can't wait to finish my last roll
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Same place different days (Photo of the week)
I've always liked taking photos of the sky, as you can't really mess up, and was one of my driving factors to start photography in the first place. I've always been fascinated by cameras as a kid, I used to have a crappy old Sony one my parents passed down to me, and I used it to film my favorite tv shows. It was from that moment I knew photography would stick with me, after project 2, I hope to experiment and develop my photography skills more.
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Third roll of film after break!
For this one, I was really happy about how one of my pictures turned out(the spiral staircase), which I took from the top floor of a building in Chicago, it really captured it well, with detail. And for my first time enlarging film I got lucky with how good it turned out, I will definitely have to shoot more moving forward.
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First film enlarged
This was my first and second roll of film, in which I mainly captured places around school and of one of my friends. It is also the one I messed up the most, not knowing how my camera works at first and not being clear on instructions on how to enlarge film. It also made me realize how much of a challenge this assignment could be, and how hard it was to shoot in film back when DSLRs weren't made yet.
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Concept for new assignment
After experimenting and messing up a film roll, I’ve found a concept that truly resonates with me. Photography is a soothing and creative escape, and I’m drawn to capturing the essence of architecture—the way buildings and statues stand in different lights, the angles that reveal new perspectives, and the quiet presence they hold in a moment.
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Response to Flusser
Flusser’s philosophy on photography makes us question whether we are truly in control of the images we create or are just functionaries of a programmed apparatus. He argues that photographs do not simply capture reality but instead transform it into coded information, shaping how we see and interpret the world. The camera, rather than being a neutral tool, predefines the possibilities of what can be captured, limiting our choices to what its program allows. Every decision a photographer makes, from framing to exposure, operates within a set of rules dictated by the camera’s design. This means that rather than expressing personal vision, photographers may just be executing the camera’s built-in logic.
This argument extends beyond photography into all digital imaging and media. In the age of smartphones and social media, where algorithms determine what images are seen and shared, our perception of reality is further filtered and programmed. Are we really in control of the images we produce, or are we just participants in a larger system that guides our visual culture? And if photography has become a tool for programming thought, is there a way to break free from these constraints and reclaim creative agency?
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Photograms of the week.
I finally get to hang my work at Sage's gallery. After hanging it, I realized how much work and time I put into something I consider more of a hobby than schoolwork. It's really a chance for me to show my creative side. And the endless possibilities of my imagination(even though these r mostly prints). At the end of the day, seeing my work get appreciated by well myself, I feel more encouraged to work and develop my artistic side more.
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Photo of the week!
Another Vietnamese classic, Beef Phở, the broth alone took 18 hours to make! Although it was my first time making it, I was pretty happy about how it turned out, and my friends loved it. I feel like the longer I stay in an environment where I'd have to satisfy my taste buds by cooking something myself, the more I really get to work, and that's when my skills get honed the most. Even though I see this as a hobby at most, it is one of my best ones yet.
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Presentation day of the project
Overall, I was really happy about how these photograms came out. The one I put the most effort in was the One Punch Man photogram, as it required the most cutting, and the details are also very pronounced in that one. I think even though these aren't related to each other, they tell my story, of how when I'm not satisfied with something, I'll keep doing it and retrying it over and over again until I get it right.(It was very fun doing all of this, though!)
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