For the past two months I've been trying to get all my friends to agree to a photo shoot so I can practice. It feels like I'm in middle school again trying to get my older sister to make a music video with me! However, I did get a friend of mine (Vanessa) to agree to a photo shoot the other day. It was actually an impromptu decision to bring a camera on one of our walks on the trail behind my apartment. So, it wasn't exactly what I planned on (themed, organized with intention) but it was a good start.
Here are the two pictures from that day that I liked the most out of the (ooohh-say) 50 or 55 shots we took:
(Shot 1)
BEFORE:
This one was more or less posed. I told her to look at the flower. But I suppose no pose is ever really JUST a pose. The way one person decides to look at a flower will look different than how another chooses to. The shot itself isn't the best. The top of her head and feet is missing but I decided to photoshop it anyway because, as it turns out, I like the unusual framing of the shot. It adds an element of carelessness and the idea that something's missing... which is similar to the feeling I get from looking at it.AFTER:
(Shot 2)
BEFORE:
I immediately liked this photo because it was one of the few photos that felt completely genuine and free-felt. No posing or acting. It was literally a captured moment.
AFTER:
See that's the thing I'm learning about photography... I must have taken 50 shots that day, but I only chose two of them to work with. Even though you may not realize it at the time, there are so many aspects of the environment and the model and framing, lighting, colors, that contribute to the overall look. It truly is an art to get it juuuust right!
Anyway, on top of the magazine, I'll be working on a personal photography project now as well. Vanessa handed me the idea the other day out of the blue! She decided she wanted a compilation of photos from different photo shoots to represent all of the different sides of her identity. She called it something like "all the 'hats' of ______ person." Something along those lines.... I don't like the word "hat" though. There is something else to be said about this project: taking different photos from separate photo shoots of one person, picking one from each shoot, and then placing them together like a timeline or collage of their different selves. Love it!!!
Cheers everyone! Hope your thursdays are magical!
Kelly
Anika
I can imagine a great photoshoot proceeding like this... http://www.pixboomba.com/notice/viewvideo/9/
ReplyDeleteHaha I kid, I kid. Wonderful site though with great advice and I love their sense of humor.
As you've stated, the possibilities are truly limitless. There is nothing in this world that naturally cannot be photographed (The only limitation is the permission of other people). There is also something powerful about it when the possibility of a picture can travel the world and literally cause a worldwide social impact that could potentially change a society's view on life all without the use of a weapon.
I'd say keep practicing; you'll be amazing at it in no time. The location you chose for your shots look breathtaking whether that's an understatement in reality or not.