Artist Statement:
The person that I am choosing to write about is my friend Zoe, who is in the two pictures directly above this. I met Zoe in 6th grade at Honey Creek, the middle school that I went to before coming to Skyline. She is one of the most kind, caring people that I know, and always has time to help or comfort anyone in need. Before really getting to know Zoe, you might think that she is a very shy person, but once you get to know her, she is one of the funniest and most creative people you will ever meet. Zoe means a lot to me, because as I transferred schools after 4th grade, she always knew how to make me feel comfortable and accepted no matter the time or the place. When I asked her to do this photoshoot, she was her usual self and was willing to help me, and added her usual humor in saying that I was going to help her be a model. Now that I think about this, I find it kind of interesting, because I also did a photoshoot with her in 7th grade for another photography class that we took together.
I took a lot of consideration when I was deciding where we were going to take these photos. The one on the left is in the Diag downtown, and I positioned it so that it was just off from formal balance. The reason for this, was so that the line of the divider did not look strict through the photo and the natural lighting hitting her face gave it more of a calm and collected feeling as well. The picture of the right was taken next to a black gate inside Nichol's Arcade also downtown. I wanted to have her more in the middle of the photo, with the gate acting as the leading lines, leading the viewer's eyes to her face and her body. The reason that I kept such a solid background as well as making it black and white, was the fact that I wanted it to feel very simple, and for the viewer to get the main message of the photo not out of the background, but out of her facial expression and her posture.
I would have to say overall I think that these photos turned out pretty well. I like and am proud of the creativity that I was able to put into the composition of these, and I think that overall, they can show different messages depending how you look at it. The main challenge of these photos was that I had to try very hard to get the lighting right, making sure that there were no unnecessary figures or shadows that took away from the meaning.
The person that I am choosing to write about is my friend Zoe, who is in the two pictures directly above this. I met Zoe in 6th grade at Honey Creek, the middle school that I went to before coming to Skyline. She is one of the most kind, caring people that I know, and always has time to help or comfort anyone in need. Before really getting to know Zoe, you might think that she is a very shy person, but once you get to know her, she is one of the funniest and most creative people you will ever meet. Zoe means a lot to me, because as I transferred schools after 4th grade, she always knew how to make me feel comfortable and accepted no matter the time or the place. When I asked her to do this photoshoot, she was her usual self and was willing to help me, and added her usual humor in saying that I was going to help her be a model. Now that I think about this, I find it kind of interesting, because I also did a photoshoot with her in 7th grade for another photography class that we took together.
I took a lot of consideration when I was deciding where we were going to take these photos. The one on the left is in the Diag downtown, and I positioned it so that it was just off from formal balance. The reason for this, was so that the line of the divider did not look strict through the photo and the natural lighting hitting her face gave it more of a calm and collected feeling as well. The picture of the right was taken next to a black gate inside Nichol's Arcade also downtown. I wanted to have her more in the middle of the photo, with the gate acting as the leading lines, leading the viewer's eyes to her face and her body. The reason that I kept such a solid background as well as making it black and white, was the fact that I wanted it to feel very simple, and for the viewer to get the main message of the photo not out of the background, but out of her facial expression and her posture.
I would have to say overall I think that these photos turned out pretty well. I like and am proud of the creativity that I was able to put into the composition of these, and I think that overall, they can show different messages depending how you look at it. The main challenge of these photos was that I had to try very hard to get the lighting right, making sure that there were no unnecessary figures or shadows that took away from the meaning.