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Sunday, August 29, 2021

Cherishing special moments by taking fewer photos

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Eliana Marcu/Senior Staff

If you know me, you know that I take photos of everything. But is having too many memories a good thing? Does the amount of memories blur out the best ones?
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College Life

Friday, July 30, 2021
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Tips on taking photos of your friends

With the help of two of The Daily Californian’s very own photographers, I’ve come up with some tips on how my friends can take better pictures of me and vice-versa! 
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College Life

Wednesday, April 7, 2021
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The painfully awkward Zoom moments we all still hate

From unintentionally turning on your camera to dealing with shoddy Wi-Fi, here’s a list of uncomfortable Zoom moments we all share in our continued agony. 
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Portfolio

Friday, April 2, 2021
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Reflections from my camera roll: A personal essay

The real beauty of my camera roll is that it is, in fact, very mundane.
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College Life

Sunday, March 14, 2021
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Pros and cons of keeping your camera on for Zoom classes

Video off or on? Here is a comprehensive guide to the benefits and detriments of pressing that little “on” button for your computer camera.
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College Life

Sunday, January 31, 2021
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4 reasons why you should ditch disposable cameras for film cameras

Using disposable cameras has been a popular trend, but here’s why you should ditch the disposable camera and get yourself a film camera.
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Culture Shot

Friday, May 19, 2017

The power of film in music: A breakdown of Francis and the Lights and Chance the Rapper’s ‘May I Have This Dance (Remix)’ video

This video has no story structure, but it has characters, and it absolutely has an emotional narrative, conveyed exquisitely, precisely and at times frustratingly through the most subtle applications of motion, through the most sudden applications of lighting shifts, through distance, through color, through dance.
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