Fall Series #1

For my fall series, I chose to take levitation photos based off of inspiration by Natsumi Hayashi. For these photos, I wanted to focus my photos in school so I could get familiar with the whole process of taking these photos. I chose to both photograph other people and myself levitating. The very first photo I took I struggled with because it came out pixelated and I didn't get the lighting right. As I took more photos, I began to become more comfortable with what I wanted to get out of each photo and that led to them having better quality. I generally wanted to exhibit everyday actions in school.

Portraits

This week's assignment was a focus on portraits. We looked at photographer Richard Avedon's photographs as our inspiration. When he photographed his models, he would give them prompts and take pictures based on the emotions he received. He often pretended to take photos of the models until they took off their "mask". When the models got ride of "mask" that is when he would be able to capture a photo in their most vulnerable state. We took our photos a similar way. I chose to photograph 3 models using 5 photos for each. The three Drew students I chose to photograph were: Adrienne, Casey and Maria. I told them to think about certain things and I was able to get their reactions and expressions from those prompts. All of the photos are in black and white and square shaped so that the main focus is on their facial expression.