Wild Thing

So, I have realized that I have been really motivated to reshoot a lot of our projects. Therefore, I decided to reshoot my fantasy for advanced portraiture. My theme was “Where the Wild Things Are“. I thank Amy for being my model once again and helping me out. She’s been quite helpful and aaaawesome! So here’s a peek at the new “Wild Thing.” Let me know what you think!

Amy Blues, Part II

So, Amy is completely awesome. Mrs. Harkins, our advanced portraiture teacher, as well for helping me as much as she did with my photo shoot. So, I decided to attempt my low key photo shoot a second time. I thank Amy for posing me again. I thought I would experiment with lights this time. I think I was a bit more successful. You be the judge!

Jerry Uelsmann

Another major inspiration to me is (has been for almost five years) is Jerry Uelsmann. His work is breath-taking. None the less, his creations of intriguing and unique compositions is mainly done in the a darkroom. I've have tried to do something like his work with digital. It is much harder than it seems. His method is just wow. Therefore, if you enjoy composition with fantasy, you should check out Jerry Uelsmann.

Small Woods Where I Met Myself
1967

David Bailey

So, I thank Amanda for this piece of inspiration. While browsing her blog, I found a pretty awesome film-based photographer. His name is David Bailey. I find his black and white film photography beautiful in the most simplistic form. Not to mention, he has taken some awesome images of really great people, including Brassai and Salvador Dali. Just awesome. You guys should check him out!

Salvador Dali
Paris, 1972

Double-0 Ink, Part II

So, I decided to re-shoot my idea for my environmental. Therefore, Amy and I went back to Double-0 Ink. I found that singling out Jimmy and playing with some angles would make it pretty interesting. However, I do wish that I could have played with a gel on the background, but Amy and I were having some difficulty with our light kit. I did get something I liked. I will be going back to play with the gels. I'd like to thank Amy for helping and her patience. I would also like to thank Jimmy for being my subject and being patient with all the technical difficulties. Any who, wish me luck.

Joey Lawrence

Thanks to Amy, I just checked out Joey Lawrence (No, not Joey Lawrence the actor). I really enjoy music photography and items related to that. I also find that the lighting used in music photography is quite awesome. Therefore, I decided to blog about Joey Lawrence. His work is pretty awesome. I mainly like how he uses contrast and lighting in his photographs. He's also done a few music videos and promotional photographs (Twilight). I suggest you guys should check Joey Lawrence out.

Double-0 Ink

Amy and I also worked on my environmental. I've always loved monster make up. So, I originally wanted to do a monster make-up artist, but I was unable to find one. Therefore, I decided to something else that I really liked. I decided to do a tattoo artist. Twitty took me to Double-0 Ink in Winder and introduced me to Jimmy Valderaz, the owner. This guy is really nice and an awesome artist. He's also down to help out a student. So, I'm helping him get his name out. So check him and his shop out.