![Doing this shoot was like looking at my own reflection through the lens. Scrolling through the thumbnail images, I couldn’t believe how much resemblence I could see in my sister and myself!
Anyway, it was totally an honor to get to shoot some portraits of her! Here’s a sample…still editing, more to come later. I’m so excited about these! I had a ton of fun…plus I got to play with my new flash :]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcmvwdOvmc1rqe9qjo1_400.jpg)
Doing this shoot was like looking at my own reflection through the lens. Scrolling through the thumbnail images, I couldn’t believe how much resemblence I could see in my sister and myself!
Anyway, it was totally an honor to get to shoot some portraits of her! Here’s a sample…still editing, more to come later. I’m so excited about these! I had a ton of fun…plus I got to play with my new flash :]
Finally. Here they are.
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So:
1. I’ve actually found some time to do some editing…hopefully more to come!
2. As you may be able to tell, I’ve a newfound obsession with both vignettes and cross-processing/toning editing. Many thanks, Lightroom :]
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Enjoy!
Martin Schoeller. Easily one of my favorite photographers. Indulge me, and look at his portraits…they are just fabulous.
It’s interesting to look back and evaluate, see how you’ve grown, where you’ve been. Exactly four years ago, I was taking some of my first pictures with a DSLR…at Lake Ellen. Here’s one of them that I like…reminds me of the serene beauty of that home away from home (and oh how I wish I could go back!!!). It’s not possible for me to describe all of the precious memories and adventures associated with this place, nor how life-changing my time there was. But…technically speaking, I am now noticing that this particular image should have been shot with a smaller aperture to better capture the sun, which is an overexposed ugly hot-spot on the image.
Finally, a successful attempt at slow-shutter-speed photography!! I’m really pleased with the results of these photos, and am excited to have finally had success in this area. For a while now, I’ve been quite interested in using slow shutters at night…but rarely come out with something I like! So, I just wanted to share these all with you…and enjoy this triumph!
![Can I please:
a] go here someday (to the ocean!)
b] photograph this?!](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4yi5htrV81rqe9qjo1_400.jpg)
Can I please:
a] go here someday (to the ocean!)
b] photograph this?!
Bought myself a new lens today, and I’m so excited about it! It’s got an amazing 1.8 f-stop, which is a nice new experience for me! Anyway, I’m excited to continue building my repertoire of lenses and equipment :]
While I had more fun on this shoot than most other shoots, it’s not my favorite…but I still thought I would share.
This work is inspired from Martin Schoeller’s collection of close-up portraits. I have recently found his work to be incredibly inspiring and motivating for me, which is what drove me to create my own series based off his work. I decided to use actors, performers, and artists as my models. I was curious as to what range of expression I might find within the faces of the subjects, while telling them all to give me a very serious and focused facial expression. Susan Sontag, in her book titled “Regarding the Pain of Others”, she says this: “The viewers…will marvel at the subtlety and range of the actor’s expressions” in reference to a series of photographs. This idea of a wide range of subtle details was a part of my inspiration behind the series. It’s fascinating to examine the photographs, and find the varying details in expression, gesture, and emotion.
