faces, personal
21 Sep 2009 | 1 comment »
Creatively, I’m certainly at my best when, emotionally, I’m at my worst. Typically, I don’t create anything when I’m down.. I use the time to put the influx of ideas in my head to paper, but then, almost certainly never act them out. It’s a vicious cycle that feeds itself on my creative energy, and devours all that could have been. I’m assuming this is what makes me an artist as opposed to a photographer, though I often don’t feel like either. While everything else seems to indicate my life is falling apart, I decided against going with my usual decision to just write shit down, and actually create. Medicine for the evening, a photo-shoot with a friend.. I often wonder as to what level my mood effects what I capture. How much of the model is seen in my photographs; how much of it is what I project onto them? What, if either, is detected by the viewer? How much does a beautiful appearance, or a good show, hide pain?
faces, personal
15 Sep 2009 | no comments »
While I prefer to keep faces from being focal points in my work, sometimes the people I work with make it impossible for me to do so.. Kathryn is a beautiful friend of mine, and this photo hopefully indicates my ability to capture something other than a nude figure. I’ve gotten some shit over her Monroe piercing being a distraction, but it’s part of who she is, and I like it. The image shows a softer side of Kathryn that I’m not sure many people get to see.. But then, I’m really only concerned with the idea of showing others what I see..
faces, personal
09 Sep 2009 | no comments »
There’s something about shooting someone for the first time that allows you so much more freedom than you’ll ever have with them again. Having no preconceived notions of what this person is like, excuses you from not capturing who they are in the image. Instead, the model becomes nothing more than an objectification of beauty, sensuality, erotica, or whatever else it is you decide to capture during the shoot. I’m disconnected, but inspired.. The negatives; they often don’t share the excitement of producing an image that doesn’t feel like them. And, worse, the first time I shoot someone, I’m exploring who they are and where we can go with the images. The shoots thereafter are much more productive. I need to work on that.
faces
09 Feb 2009 | 1 comment »
I was sending some photos off to the printer last night, and asked a friend if there were any she’d like.. I ended up printing a different version of this shot, that I don’t like as much. Tonight, I cropped a little closer, and came up with this. Now, I’m kicking myself in the ass for printing the other one. The more I shoot and edit, the more I realize how many different print possibilities there really are. During my initial phase into photography, I would naturally crop my images in the camera.. Thankfully, I’ve learned enough to now shoot wide, crop later.
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