When I first took a photo of the setting sun, I felt stressed out and exhausted from school. I remember feeling peaceful, and a sense of rest. When the sunrise it typically means the start of the day. The day starts when you wake up to the sound of the alarm, you get up, get ready, and leave for work and try to survive the traffic, the amounts of work to do, and fighting off the drowsiness with caffeine. However when the sunset it's the opposite you come back home from work,eat, watch some sort of entertainment, and then sleep. I believe that's what makes the sunset so peaceful. At the end of the day we rest and recuperate so we can be ready for tomorrow. “It is this element which rises from the scene, shoots out of it like an arrow, and pierces me.” (Barthes, 26) Barthes explains how photographs are more than moments captured by the person taking it but it actually does more. It captures a moment that the person who took the picture found the scene profound enough where it completely captures their attention. And When I was walking in the park, and saw the sunset I remember feeling transed as if the sunset was more the sun. To me the sun was more of my dreams of a better tomorrow that can be obtained in the future. For now the day is over but tomorrow will soon be today.

At the forest is a trail people love to walk through with its trees reaching for the sky and its well maintained vegetation has always had a mystic feeling that made the forest feel alive. When I walk through the forest I always find it's a great place to hit the pause button on life and simply reflect on my progress on life, school, and overall myself. While I'm walking deeper in the forest I always ask myself, am I working hard enough in school? How do I know when I'm working hard enough? What is the most challenging part of school? I also like to think about who I am as a person, and what does it mean to be me? I often ask myself am I really the person who I think I am? Depending on who I am with, and where I am, I can act differently. At home I can be more relaxed and calm. While in public I am more serious and on edge. Sometimes I wonder if there is such a thing as a real self since mostly yourself is mostly made of reactions to the environment and rarely anything is an inborn reaction. The forest in a way affects me because it allows me to think about myself as well to make changes to my life. If I were to chose a symbol that represents myself I would choose a tree; because, like a tree I'm constantly growing as a person and continuing to try to reach possibilities.

The wing of the plane sticking out of the photo was obviously taken inside of an airplane. As for why I like this photo was because looking at the clouds reminds me of future possibilities. When I think about the future I often think about what the world will be like in ten or maybe fifty years from now. My imagination then takes over, and I then start thinking about where and what I will be doing in ten years. I imagine having a stable career working for a good company that will offer great benefits, and will compensate me for a fair price. I also imagine moving out of my parents house and living in a decent size house where I have a backyard to relax in and have a garage to park my car in. Living in an appart won't really suit me at all. Its close living quarters will make me feel claustrophobic. When I think about the future possibilities I feel motivated to do whatever it takes to make the future I invision to come true. Overall looking at the clouds or just being in the sky makes feel free to imagine anything I want without having to be realistic about it for the time. When looking at these pictures and wondering why I took these photos really enlightened me to why exactly I took these photos in the first place. I also had no idea at the time I took them how much influence it had on me throughout my life.