APRIL 1, 2020
presenting others using photography
COLOR PORTRAITS
Jenelle – biology major, pastel blues
Ziye – orange-brown
PORTRAITS OF A CLOSE FRIEND
Early Evening {set 1}
Kiss of Summer
Lost in Thought
Dreaming at Dusk
Ready to Leave…
Bonus:
Pre-Social Distancing
Neighborhood {set 2}
Rose Gold
Cotton Candy Skies {set 3}
Pensive
Hope/Flight
Escape
On the Beach {set 4}
Untitled 1
Untitled 2
Untitled 3
Dusk {set 5}
Hold My Gaze
Kerry
Nostalgia {set 6}
Late Night Drive
Blood Orange Night {set 7}
10 p.m.
Focus
Alone
Empress
Bonus:
Sourire
SELF PORTRAITS
Violin
Vibration
Peg Box
f-hole
Despiau
Me
Quarantine
Once upon a Dream
Hidden
Bonus:
Blue (Berries)
Reflection: This project has been my favorite so far in this course. I have been interested in portrait photography for a long time and this was the perfect opportunity to explore it further. My experience overall was both informative and enjoyable. I worked on this project with one of my favorite people (who also happens to be stunning), and she was extremely patient as I directed her and drove her around to shoot in different locations. That being said, there was a lot more to the process of photography than what you can see in the final products. The background of a photo, for example, can change your entire piece. I am more aware of this in my compositions now, and I intend to develop my eye so that I can create complex and visually pleasing shots by incorporating different backgrounds and framing my subject(s) more thoughtfully. Directing can also be a challenge, but it is essential to translating your artistic vision onto the photograph. For these shots, I was guiding my model with directions, such as asking her to lean her head/look one way, stand elsewhere, set her feet in a certain manner, etc. I noticed that the more I joked around, the more comfortable and natural she became in front of the camera. Even so, the photos did not always come out as cleanly or precisely as I intended them to be, so it often took multiple shots to get close to “perfect”. However, there was definitely improvement between photoshoots, and I was happy to see this progress as I continued practicing. The conditions were not always ideal – the beach was very cloudy on the day of set 4, for example – but this helped me understand how to adapt to circumstances and work with what I had. It also encouraged me to experiment more. In the future, I am interested in creating art that is more abstract in its representation of the individual and/or reveals something about him or her through the photograph.