Thursday, May 30, 2013

Becoming Portfolio Final Photographs

















For my final project, I shot pictures with my film camera and returned to the darkroom. My original intention was to take abstract photographs of different textures. I wanted my photographs to have high contrast and varying depths of field to show variance within my series. I shot my pictures with different compositions and lighting, while still unifying my series with contrast and a darkroom quality. 

When looking at all my photographs holistically, I feel there are a few series that have developed within my larger series. One series potentially is the close up abstract pictures, where you cannot necessarily tell what they are (such as the shirt, ties and cracked surface). Another series could be the isolated objects such as the dream catcher, nails, buttons or belts. Overall, the photographs seem to work well in my eye and I'm happy with how they turned out. 

Friday, May 3, 2013

Becoming Portfolio Inspiration

For my final product of the year, I am taking photos with my film camera and returning to the darkroom. I plan to take abstract photographs of texture to continue my style of photography, while exploring composition, lighting and different materials. Both of these photographs inspire me to focus my intentions around contrast and depth of field, in addition to composition, lighting and textures. I am very excited to do my last project in the darkroom to close out my Branson photography career.