Learning To Fly

For our second assignment we got to do portrait shots, which I was especially excited about because I got to do hair and makeup. We also had to play with the ISO and light, but we were not allowed to use a flash. My first model was my high school neighbor who I dressed up as a fairy and sent her trudging through the muddy woods. Models are more difficult than objects because you have to explain your vision to them in a way that they can understand and portray it. As an artist, it is always important to keep an open mind. "Spread your wings and let the fairy in you fly! (Author Unknown)" My second model was my boyfriend who I made look a sadist. I handed him a machete and took him into my creepy basement. However, I had a little trouble shooting inside without a flash. I set the ISO to 500 or 1000 like I was told to, but my shaky hands kept making the pictures blurry, so i set the camera on a sturdy surface. After that, the pictures were awesome! Kinda scary that my boyfriend made such a good sadist model. "Sadism is not an infectious disease that strikes a person all of a sudden. It has a long prehistory in childhood and always originates in the desperate fantasies of a child who is searching for a way out of a hopeless situation (Alice Miller)."

The Start of a New Road

Where to start. . . Well, I just finished beauty school, and now it is time to continue forward. I decided that I wanted to take a photography class because I want to do hair and make up for avant garde photo shoots. I figured the best way to understand how to please my photographer is to play in their shoes. Our first assignment had to do with focusing on white balance. We had to take one shot with each white balance setting on our camera. I chose a baby as my first subject because "A baby is like the beginning of all things- wonder, hope, and a dream of possibilities (Eda J. Le Shan)."