I started off this week by researching other artists’ photos, who’s work was similar to the style of photography that I like. This style, which I have mentioned in other blog posts, is focused on capturing the raw emotion, psychology, feel and candidness to a moment. In doing so, I have also learned a variety on color and how it can either contribute or distract the observer from the true point and grit of a photo. Over the week I have been learning the functions in the editing program “Light Room,” which is used by many photographers to edit and manipulate photos.
I have thoroughly enjoyed working on my project this week. I’m so fortunate that I’m allotted these three weeks to do what I love; photographing the weight of the moment. I’m one who prefers candid photography and trying to expose and bring focus to something in a photo that others might not see otherwise. This style allows me to go on adventures with my camera to record moments of beauty in my life that I can then share with others in a picture.
Over this week I have surprised myself by how outgoing I have become with strangers in trying to hear their stories and educate myself on their lives. I have startled myself in my recent discovery of how attached I have become to each of my photos. Everyone of my photos contains a person who holds a story or a moment that they have shared with me. I’m reminded of these moments every time I look at the memories expressed in my photographs.
I learned quite a bit and have grown significantly in my first week on senior project. This knowledge I have gained will benefit me in the weeks to come. I have become more focused and aware of the path I want to pursue in photography over the next two weeks and into my life. My comprehension in “Light Room” is growing as is my understanding in camera theory. With two weeks to continue my project I’m looking forward to assisting and taking pictures in an organized photo shoot, meeting and learning the stories about people I photograph, and beginning the process of finishing up photos to be printed and matted.
Tomorrow I will be attending my first photo shoot!
Until tomorrow,
-jax
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