Rebecca

Case 632

Think I was on acid when I thought of this idea...

My latest uni work. "Rebecca".
Thoughts?

Oops!

I think this is actually the oldest photo in my portfolio and one of my favourites.  It's probably the one photo I've never given up on and burned and dodged to the end of my core to get it perfect, think I ended up scratching my neg in my rage and haste. 

It's my mum's hand holding a photo of my Grandpa from back when he was in the War.

Grandpa

Bored of black and white yet? Sorry, it gets to this point in my portfolio when I start to worry that it's all I do but if you're good at soemthing why stop?
Your thoughts....

The H&M Boy

Dane is a friend of Calum's.  I mocked up this image with the H&M logo because of the style and showed him it, it was a good laugh doing this shoot and everyone loved this photo.  What I like msot about it is that he actually does come out of the background and it was something I had always struggled with in the studio.
Feedback?

Oh Bugger!

This photo will haunt me until I die because Charlie was a really hard guy to work with, gorgeous and naturally sexy but once you tell him that and put a camera infront of him you've lost him!  This was a test shot and I think, was originally in colour but the pose was working so well, I had to play with it and see what I could bring out of it.  Unluckily, it was the one photo that he got into character and I cast a big ugly shadow across his head and shoulder.  I used Photoshop levels and auto corrects as much as I could but I lost too much detail in his left arm in the end.
When it came to the final shoot - on 5x4 I might add, he retreated back into his shell again and I ended up using this as my final piece even though technically it's so bad.

Model Behaviour

I paused documentary photography for a while to do some studio shoots with male models back in September 2009.
This is Calum, just a friend studying animation, who offered to help me out and he ended up striking some quite good poses.  This was my favourite because it was an accident, he fell back onto the hard wall background and it was just so natural the way his hands and legs reacted yet his face remained composed.
Don't know if I like the shadows or not....

Auschwitz Again

This is the last image I have from my Auschwitz project that's in my portfolio.

These are the torture poles where prisoners would be hung if they misbehaved.  I actually don't have a lot more to say about this one, which is kinda bad isn't it? Questions?

Over Edited

I tried to edit this photo down in size for web but I think I pushed it too far....

This is Block Ten from Auschwitz which was a totally candid photo I took whilst over in Poland but I ended up handing it in for part of my final piece because Block 10 grew very important to me after researching it and this was the only photo I'd taken.

It's quite a good photo in terms of composition, the 2 windows either side of the door leaves the mind to wander over the emptiness.  The snow really adds to it I think.

Biting the Biscuit

This was the first piece I done that I felt proud of, not just because of the content but technically.

So here is where I talk about it?

This was part of my 'Final Negotiated Major' when I was studying for my National Diploma.
It's a self portrait depicting how the women in the Concentration Camps of Poland felt.  I done a few reels of [medium format] film and chose this particular image for my final piece to carry on my shoulder everywhere because the facial expression and lack of dignity.
I'm a large breasted one so anyone in that position can agree how undignifying it is trying to bunch all your bosom up under the cups of your hands.  I'm a natural poser but I don't feel entirely comfortable having my picture taken so using myself as the subject seemed right - not to mention the fact I was the only Jewish girl I could find...

Technically speaking, one of the few things I'd change would be the lighting on the background, used  abacklight to set me apart from it perhaps but then was that intentional of me to make myself blend in and 'fade away' slightly?

My First Blog

I've initially set up this blog for my work experience module to post my work, write about it and seek feedback.
I'll also use it to post up other ramblings, no doubt.

Si I'll start off by posting up my portfolio images I guess! "Watch this space"
Now I feel dumb coz i feel like I'm talking to nobody....