A Day in the life
This week our goal was to shoot photos in class that were inspired by the work of Andy Goldsworthy. Goldsworthy use natural sculptures that he creates (flower fields, etc.) as the subjects of his photos. In the first day of in-class shooting, it was raining pretty hard and I started my creation late. I ended up arranging woodchips into the word "Hello" out front of the school. It seemed doable enough in the time period I had, but I wish I was able to be more thoughtful in how I chose the woodchips I used/the color in my photo. The next day I used stick again and created a little wood cabin. As I was photographing it I realized the structure didn't have much color and that was one of Goldsworthy's main points, so I added a dandelion on top to create a good focal point. I experimented a lot with the angles and focus when it came time to actually take the pictures of my creations. Again, I have posted one photo from each session since they both have different compositions and intriguing points.
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This week our prompt was self portraits. I decided to take two different angles here: one where I used running shoes as my main prop, and one where I combined self-timed images of myself with blurred images of nature. Both have pretty significant meaning to me: I tried to convey the pain of running in my first shoot, while the blurred one was more an abstract representation of things not always being as they appear to be. My methods for taking the pictures of myself were similar for both ideas: I used a tripod with a self-timer. Finding the perfect focus became somewhat of an issue, but after a lot of trial and error I figured it out. I experimented a little with the lighting of the photos too - since I was outside, I didn't have as much control as I would have liked and had to play around with different aperture settings. In the end, I chose an image from each shoot to show on my blog because I think they highlight different aspects of who I am and what I wish to show through my photography.
This week, our challenge prompt was "Bad Photos" - we had to go around the school and, with a little editing, create a "bad photo". I experimented with a bunch of different things on different days: On day 1 I experimented with framing the subjects of my photos badly, on day 2 I experimented with bad lighting, and on day 3 I experimented with the focus of my photos. When I came together at the end of day 3 though, I realized I had taken a bunch of moderately bad photos but not one "good" bad photo. With some editing, I created this mumbo jumbo in which I overlayed about 10 different photos with different opacity ranges. What's left is a photo that has no real subject, lacks interesting color, and is generally confusing. What makes it "good" is the fact that it makes you think a little, and every time you look at it you notice something new.
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