Shooting to Illustrate

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Initially when shooting this, I started with two ideas in mind, Depression and Kill them with kindness. Looking at the photo after the fact, what I see is, someone who is contemplating the idea of suicide but viewing it as a positive thing. Hence the flower coming out of the barrel.

If I were to shoot this same photo again or re-edit it, I would leave the photo as a black and white but make the flower red. Visually it would be far more striking using red selectively.

Natural Light (Revisited)

 So here are the side by side comparisons

For the photo on the right, first I made the color a bit more punchy, (just to play around.) Having the red and the greens in the image really work well together. I don't care much for the green behind her as much as the green in her eyes. Then I took the photo into photoshop, where after laboriously researching how to turn a single photo into an HDR (aka the first tutorial I found), I turned it into an HDR image. 

For this photo all I did was crop in where requested and I think it adds tremendously to what the photo is saying. Being a tighter shot and also the content of the shot, it adds a sort of power and confidence, that you don't get with the original photo.

I'd like to go back and revisit the Coke-Cola Girl and tweak it just a bit more to my liking but I am lazy so I will save that project for another day...

p.s. I am working on my, Shoot to illustrate, not to worry!!!

Soul Capture

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For me this was the hardest of the assignments we've had in class. After looking at this photo for a few days I believe I understand why I like it. Initially I didn't feel like this really portrayed what I was wanting to portray. I had my own vision/concept of what I wanted for my subject and I felt like this didn't do it justice. However, there is something with this image that connects me to the subject. I feel like I am actually looking at a living, breathing, person; not just a screen with pixels populating it. And that right there is why this image works for me.

Natural Light

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I really like how the light wraps around the subjects. It creates a very inviting image with soft colors. Thats the perk of shooting in overcast or this case the holland building.

Studio 1

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Glamour Shot
This is my favorite photo taken from class. I initially framed this shot with her shoulders still in view and then with Eric's direction got a lot closer and I think it pays off well.

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Rembrandt

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I took more shots of Matt without the light fixture behind is head but I liked his expression in this one. Learned for next time to be mindful of whats going on around the subject.

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I like the way the light isolates Erin in this photo.

Shoot Tight

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pushed one stop in post

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Wanted to get different looking images all from the same scene.

Shoot Wide

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Shoot Wide
Bouldering with some friends at Pioneer Park.