Mar 17, 2018 @ Cancun

Camera: Nikon D750

Lens: AF-S NIKKOR 24-120mm

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Self Portraits

 

 

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Portraits of Friends

 

 

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Portraits of Strangers

 

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Reflection

I enjoyed this project way more than any other previous projects. I started photography with portraits and fell in love with it. In the beginning, I did portraits in order to capture the moment that the subjects didn’t even know it existed. And I did portraits for strangers since this semester as a traveler. For me, the local people represented the place more than tourist spots. Every time I shared those photos with others, I had a story to go with the image. This gradually became how I live my gap semester in Stony Brook. And I really like it.

Lina

   

Lina didn’t have a strong conviction on color. She appreciated the vibrancy brought by color. She admired the simplicity of black and white. She was like a blank page in the notebook, waiting for any color to ignite her world. Yet she wore all blue on the day we talked. I guessed she still liked a little more. So if she were a notebook, it must be the one with blue lines.

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Jason

There is an interesting contradiction in Jason. He didn’t like red because that made him prominent in the crowd. He preferred grayscale or low-key color. He didn’t want to be famous, either. However, he was also a track and field athlete. He would eventually stand out from people if he won the race. I imagined the moment of he being the star on the playground, he would shine in his own way, like a piece of grey in the middle of red.