Thursday, February 4, 2010

Portfolio

It was really hard getting the light right for this photo, but i really ended up liking it.
I don't like the shadow in this photo.
He was really hard to work with!!
I wish i would of used more light. Olivia was fun to work with.
I really liked my model, he was easy to work with.

I don't like this picture, i feel like she's too washed out. 
I like this photo but i don't think it goes with my Richard Avedon attempt. I shoot this with out strobe.
I really like Shooting Arturo, he listens to everything that i say. I  think his face works good for my Richard Avedon attempt.
I didn't have any issues shooting my man Tre'von haha. 
This is my favorite picture, everything worked out really good. Ashley Reed is a great model.


Shooting my portfolio was fun and stressful at the same time. I tried to take photos showing the youth of San Diego with a little bit of a Richard Avedon inspiration. I had more than enough time to shoot all my photos, but when i wanted to re-shot the ones i didn't like i ran out of time. So i started shooting models that i would usually shoot like Ashley and Viviana, this is my comfort zone so i needed to do something else. The photo of Ashley is my favorite because i really like the way she looks, i also really like the shoot of Andrew the younger African American boy because of his features, i think they are very beautiful. When i shoot Alexis i only used the hot lamps so the background didn't come out white, which doesn't really work for Avedon style photo shoot. The photo of Viviana and Jasmine were the two that i liked the least, they look washed out and i feel like they are just to sweet looking which is fine but not what i wanted. The picture of Andrew(third) i don't really know if i like it, he was really hard to shoot! He was really awkward and didn't take direction very well. I loved shooting Arturo, he was a really good model and gave me exactly what i asked for, i really don't like his shirt. I like the photo of Tre'von because the lighting worked really well and i learned that shooting people with different skin colors is very difficult but something i want to get better at. I 'am really appreciative that we were giving the opportunity to practice shooting a portfolio before we dive into doing our senior ex. I learned a lot of what i should do and what i shouldn't and i 'am definitely going to add all my knowledge when i' am shooting my final portfolio.