Week 4 BOC: You, Incredible

For the weekly photo challenge, I had a picture taken of me being "one with nature." I went to one the parks that I live close by to take this photo. I was able to use all natural light to have this photo taken. It was taken sometime around 1 in the afternoon. Allowing the sunlight to practically hit everything in sight. This made all of the trees and my eyes really pop out.

The reason why I chose this specific photo to use for my assignment is because of how intense my stare is. The picture is overexposed, but I actually like that it came out that way. My eyes were able to have really nice detail added to them because of the exposure. The plants came out over exposed also, but I feel as if it goes perfectly with the picture. My face also came out framed just right, not too much, not too little. As I said before, I just fell in love with the focus on my eyes.

There could be different interpretations of this picture if they was no description given. Some could say it gives off a sad emotion from the eyes. Some could also argue that if gives off a series gaze, one that is hard to look away from. Either way, I am very happy how this weekly photo challenge turned out.

Week 3 BOC - Paparazzi

For this Weekly Photo Challenge, I took on the challenge of trying to recreate a paparazzi shot. I had the help of my friend to act as if she was a big time celebrity out on a nice sunny day. I staged the photo to look as if this “celebrity” was out at Starbucks, enjoying some ice-cold water. She is sporting a black and white top, which goes along with her studded black jeans and her fabulous black boots. She is caught off guard getting ready to leave the Starbucks, showing her enjoy her ice cold water even more. Afterwards, she leaves the area to head to the parking lot and proceeded to drive of, blocking the cameras from taking any more pictures.

I used a Canon 7d camera with a 70-200 lens for this shot. I asked my model to act as if she a celebrity out on a nice sunny day at Starbucks. But, she is abruptly interrupted due to the never-ending paparazzi that follow her around. I had a variety of different shots and angles that I could have chosen for this assignment, but I figured this one represented “paparazzi” the most to me. There were quite a lot of people around her, so I did my best to cut them off completely, making the “celebrity” the focus of the picture. There was no use of any artificial lighting; natural light was all that was used for this shot also. The time the shot was taken at 12:30 p.m. at one of the local Starbucks located on Green Valley. I decided to shoot outside of the Starbucks building instead of in the interior area since it seemed too busy in there to ask a manager to be able to shoot inside. Bringing my model outside, I was able to make it look as if she was alone, trying to relax and drink her ice cold water.

Week 2 BOC - Constructed Self Portrait

I chose to do this type of photography, because at first glance David Talley's photography caught my interest right away. I am a new fan of his, and his work makes me want to dive into my creative side and try my hand more at self-portraits.