Hadley

So a while back I said I was going to do another photo shoot with my friend Hadley with softer lighting and outside of the studio. These are the photos from that shoot. I actually had no idea where I was going to photograph her up until hours before the shoot, but I knew exactly what feel I wanted. A few hours before our meet-up time I remembered a place I found on campus that had beautiful natural lighting. It was an all wooden stairwell with huge windows, perfect for the effect I wanted, so without haste I grabbed everything I needed and headed there. The shoot couldn't have gone better, it was a great space, and she was, once again, a great model, who I will most likely be working with more this coming semester. This was actually one of my best photo shoots to date and I'm very proud of what photos came out of this, it really boosted my confidence and helped me realize that I really could get a good portrait that was about the person and not solely technical. So here they are, then.

Springtime Catch Up

Alrighty, soooo I've slacked. A lot. lol. This is basically a little catch up on what I got up to after spring break. Honestly... there wasn't much going on in terms of photography. I was really involved with a huge show that our school puts on every year called International Gala and photography kind of took a backseat. Or rather, I should say my portraiture took a backseat... there was a lot of photography involved in the show haha. Anywho, back to what this blog is all about. I think I'll post these photos on separate posts since I think each category at least deserves that much considering it is now the middle of summer.

I ended the year learning a lot about what I like and don't like about portraiture. Even though I went through one of the biggest artists blocks I've seen in a while I ended up with some good material, one photo shoot in particular was the best I'd had the entire year. I also realized that I suck at photographing guys. That's something I really want to work on this coming year because I won't be able to grow as a photographer staying within my comfort zone and just photographing girls, even though I find them way more photogenic. That is another thing I want to work on next year, getting out of my comfort zone. I have a lot of ideas about how to go about doing that, but I also need a lot of guidance because I find it's a very thin line between portraits that I think are unique and genuine and portraits that are cliche and over the top. I've been constantly looking at photographers online and doing research, filing photos away for inspiration. I haven't really been doing much this summer in terms of photography and it's hard to explain why not. I guess it's mostly because I don't like where I live and it's hard to photograph my friends here since they don't see me as a studio photographer. That's not much of an excuse though, soooo I worked on it a bit this past weekend and got some good photos. I will post those when I get the chance.

So without further ado: the spring