First adventure of the summer

To celebrate the beginning of summer and essentially the only week I don't have to work or have classes, my friend and I went on a photo adventure. Woo! We went to a greenhouse in East Liverpool, OH... making a minor detour in West Virginia. Here's what I shot. Don't mind the grain in some of the images. I didn't realize my ISO was turned up to 1600 [since I rarely change it but did the day before during some test shots for a wedding]. I liked them regardless, so hopefully the grain isn't too distracting.

Landscape/Created image

I own a lot of vintage things, I love thrifting and utilizing old items in a way to give them a new life. When I started this project, I knew I wanted to use these items, but wondered how to incorporate them into a landscape. So I thought of how vintage things are sometimes left around, maybe thought of as junk or less valuable items. In that, they begin to become unseen. So for each vintage item I used, I wanted to place them in a lesser known landscape - places people would typically overlook. In that, they all take on their own narrative where the viewer tries to figure out why these objects are here and what happened.

Portraiture Final Project continued...

Final Project in Portraiture

So for my final project in portraiture, I've decided to continue my self portraiture project about flaws and body image. These are the newest photos from this project. I like the idea of these beauty products being magnified and the lines skewed to reflect how I see myself in comparison to how other people see me. I also think it's a reflection of how society picks out these beauty products because they "remove bags under your eyes" or "decreases wrinkles" when in reality they don't really do as much as the advertiser says. These photos are experimental, so please throw out some constructive feedback!

Self Portraiture

While shooting this self portraiture project, I kept thinking to myself how much I hate doing self portraits. Then, the more I thought about it and the more I shot, I realized that it's not the idea of self portraits but rather the critical aspects of myself that I see as flaws. So with these final prints, I decided to confront these "flaws" to see if my level of uncomfortableness mirrors other people's opinions.