Explorative Portraits 2nd Draft

For this draft i tried to focus on lighting alot more. some of my previous pictures were off and blurry because i was not in the right lighting. I also payed attention to my angle and how the shadows were incorporated into them.  many of these picture became stronger when i was editing them and black and white made them even stronger 

Explorative Portraits

Best of Texture Series

I chose these as my best of because each picture focuses solely on the textures. i did not include any picture that had a background or distracting qualities to it, i wanted to viewer to only pay attention to the nature of the texture. these photos are also out of context and have a mysterious and distorting facet to them, which i think it important. without context or knowing right away what the texture is apart of/suppose to be, the viewer can come to their own conclusion about it various aspects. 

Texture Series 3rd draft

 

For this series I tried to be sensitive to harsh lighting and shadows that were separate and/or distracting from the texture. I learned that it is hard to get a satisfying picture of a smooth surface, and almost every texture in this series is either raised or embossed and has a distinctive feel when you touch it. I tried to not edit these pictures too much so the viewer could get a sense of the natural state and appearance of the texture. I like this series better then the last, but i want to make a compilation of my best pictures.

Texture Series 2nd Draft

For my second draft i tried to only focus on the texture and have no background. I wanted to remove the context of the texture so it would not be automatically evident to the viewer what the origins of the texture are. I also wanted to have a focal focus point of the textures so it was clear but also blurry and fading. I did not intentionally do this, but the colors of my second draft are cohesive and i like the way they relate to one another. 

Texture Series

I originally wanted to do portraits for my series but when i went out to shoot i decided i wanted to take pictures of different textures. feeling is a sense that i think we take for granted and there are so many strange and interesting textures all around us, which is why im excited to do this project. my camera is especially good at close ups and focus so i think it helped me alot when doing my first draft. 

series topics

1. black and white portraits
2.  dogs on the street. i wanna photograph people and their dogs on the streets of san francisco
3. minimalism. i usually never shoot this idea so i would be interested in experimenting with it