This week I mostly worked on ideas, concepts, and expirimentation. I'm still trying to work with personification and expression of emotion.
In this image I layered two pictures that I took last week that were similar (still trying to express a human point of view in a small area) to create a more surreal and fantasy-like feel.
In this image I layered three photos from an earlier shoot in hopes of expressing the emotion of happiness and freeness, keeping the feel of surreality and intangibility.
I really want to get my concentration idea finalized and clear. I might work more with portraits of people, of their faces, and more layering to show emotion. Maybe layering a blank face with an intense inanimate object to show an emotion the person could be feeling but not showing physically, or layering a strongly emotional face with an ordinary inanimate object to show a deeper meaning behind the object or connection between the human and the object.
I'm not sure the layering really adds anything to the nature photo. The emotion in the figure is coming across, but I'm not sure the image works as a whole. It feels a little chaotic and unfinished. I think last week's photos were a strong start. Maybe you could start placing odd objects into your miniature landscapes. I would keep exploring miniature spaces with the lovely light you've been using being careful not to let the images get too overexposed.
ReplyDeleteI feel like I can either go in the direction of the idea of miniature spaces (which I LOVE and could turn out really well really quickly) or in the direction of expression of emotion through inanimate objects (which I feel more personally connected with but might be harder to accurately accomplish). I don't think I can inject as much obvious emotion into the miniature worlds. Do you have any thoughts on this? I also really liked the first few pictures but do you think they lack depth?
ReplyDeleteI like the layered picture of your friend. The layering creates depth and emotion that would be hard to accomplish as a static picture. I also enjoy your lighting in the nature picture.
ReplyDeleteThe layered photo of your model is really good, very expressive and neatly designed.
ReplyDeleteI really like how you made three layers for the person and how she seems to be moving. I also like your picture of the grass with frost on it and how its close up. That picture has a cool atmosphere and very naturely in a way. I also like how the sun ray in the back lights it up giving it a sense of morning and how nature is beautiful.
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