Photography

Photos
I kept.

A selection of my photographs, including work recognized by the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.

Light Trail.
Light Trail
Gold KeyScholastic · 2025
Close view of a weathered tree trunk curving across a wooded Yosemite landscape.
The Trunk
Honorable MentionScholastic · 2025
A person viewed through dense vertical strands of metallic beads.
Melancholy
Gold KeyScholastic · 2025
Deep Mourning.
Deep Mourning
Honorable MentionScholastic · 2026
Couple's Resemblance.
Couple's Resemblance
Honorable MentionScholastic · 2026
What I notice

Lines and light.

I often photograph roads, trees, and buildings. I'm drawn to their shapes and shadows.

How I shoot

Taking my time.

I like experimenting with long exposures, especially for light trails.

Choosing photos

What I keep.

I look through a set again a few weeks later to see which photos I still like.

San Francisco · 2026

Four photos from Chinatown.

Music, storefronts, and daily life in Chinatown.

Two street musicians playing Chinese instruments in front of a colorful Chinatown mural.
Music at the CornerStreet musicians in Chinatown.
A busy Chinatown intersection with a Chinese American mural, lanterns, storefronts, and pedestrians.
At the CornerA Chinatown street corner.
Red lanterns crossing a turquoise Chinatown facade painted with figures and horses.
Lantern LineArt across a storefront.
A narrow Chinatown street with delivery trucks, shops, apartments, lanterns, and decorative roofs.
Working StreetShops beneath the lanterns.
Built form · La Jolla, Shanxi

Buildings and their details.

Concrete in La Jolla and timber buildings in Shanxi.

Birds passing a tall concrete-and-wood facade at the Salk Institute.
Concrete and FlightLa Jolla
Symmetrical concrete buildings and water feature at the Salk Institute.
Measured SymmetryLa Jolla
Upward view between the concrete walls of the Salk Institute.
Gazing SkywardLa Jolla
Interlocking red and green painted rafters inside a historic Shanxi building.
Painted RaftersShanxi
Historic Shanxi street aligned with a tower under a break in the clouds.
Ancient AxisShanxi
Land & light · Yosemite, California

Valleys and ridgelines.

A few wider views from California.

Wide view of Yosemite Valley with granite walls and forest below.
Valley ViewYosemite
Mountain ridges in afternoon light.
Mountain RidgeCalifornia
Close observations · California

Color, pattern, and texture.

A flower, a weathered seed pattern, and three small birds.

Orange bird-of-paradise flowers in directional light.
PlumageCalifornia
Weathered seed cone resting on the cracked surface of a burned log.
After the FirePalm Springs
Three small birds perched at different heights on pale branches against a textured earth wall.
Three PerchesSan Diego