Kye W – The First Cry

 This image was taken in my living room during the evening, shortly after my newborn sibling was brought home from the hospital. I captured it on my iPhone, using the built-in camera app, as they let out one of their first loud cries. I edited the photo by slightly increasing the warmth, lowering the clarity for a soft focus effect, and adding a vignette to bring attention to the center. The blurred edges create a dreamy, almost surreal feeling, emphasizing the raw emotion in the baby’s face. To improve it, I could have adjusted the lighting to reduce shadows and used a faster shutter speed to make the details sharper. This image is meaningful to me because it freezes a pure, unfiltered moment of new life, something that only happens once and can never be recreated.