Assignment #7 - Diptych

I am not good at diptychs!  I think part of the reason might be that it takes twice as much creativity and forethought.  Also, I had a hard time thinking about telling a story with two images.  I can do that more easily with one image or five+, but 2 siamese photos sort of freaked me out.  I did appreciate learning how to put them together in Photoshop though.  I started out with so many ideas, but it was difficult getting my exhausted roommates to model for me at night, and I didn't feel comfortable doing self-portraits because I would have to leave my camera unattended...also, although it is Provo, I felt like I needed a buddy at night...and there were no volunteers.  So I ended up shooting at home, and I didn't quite get the results I wanted for this project!  Diptychs are something I really want to work on.

Assignment #6 - B&W Portraiture

My sister Sophie:

Alexis:

Dani:

Dani is a friend I made last semester...it was my first day and I asked a slightly frightening looking girl if she knew where my class was.   She said she didn't, and told me "good luck."  I found my class, and she (Dani) walked in five minutes later.  Partners in physical science for the rest of the semester.  She is such an individual...she wears smudgy eyeliner and loves dressing goth.  She wears a cross (but is still super LDS and spiritual) and spiky dog collar on a regular basis.  She defies the conformity most students at BYU expect.  For this shot, I asked her to express her frustration with the cookie-cutter conformity we see a lot of at BYU.

Self-Portrait (I am NOT currently praying/looking for romance):

I love black and white, so I really enjoyed taking and editing these photos.  I loved learning more about color adjustments in B&W, because it really improved the photo and tailored the picture to how YOU like it.  It was also super important to go back and redo the lighting adjustments or even save them for the end.

Assignment #5 - Portraiture

Someone I did not know:

Someone I do know:

I love portraiture, so this assignment was really fun.  Except for the self-portrait because I found it really difficult to get the right angles and focus I wanted when I was not behind the camera...I had to use my roommates to have them sit where I would be sitting, to focus and compose the photo, but they were not the exact same height, etc, so it was difficult to get a good shot.  I thought it was a great experience to photograph someone I did not know.  She is my roommate's friend from home, and it was good practice to tell someone I wasn't necessarily comfortable with how to model.