I have reached a great level of comfort, routine even, after 5 months living on my own in the rainy city of Vancouver! Even with two moves, a full time job, and quite a number of drunken dancing parties under my belt, my photography has taken a few small leaps forward.
Amazingly, I am still getting pageviews on this blog, so I will tell you catch you up on recent experiences with several posts, ending with the most recent development.
My sister approached me to take a series of portraits of her to use in a couple of multimedia assignments themed in "touchablility/untouchability" for two classes in her masters program in women's and gender studies at UBC. the results of which were: both assignments were very well recieved, got exceptional marks,were presented in two conferences, and published in "Margins" a zine, to be released at the end of this month!
These portraits are of a sensitive, personal nature to my dear sis, so it's a huge previledge to be allowed to blog about them, even in a professional manner. I've chosen a less sensitive sample to discuss.
Photographer's notes: 1/80th of a sec, f/5.0 ISO 800
To give it some context, the paper that the images (including the above image)accompany is a narrative on the expression of stone butch sexuality, the basis of which is that a stone butch does not recieve sexual touch from their partner.
The space we were working in for the shoot was the apartment of my sister's soon-to-be-fiance (more on that later) that had a white wall we could use as a background with lighting above it, a movable full spectrum light, and my stand by Canon EOS 40D and my one and only lens: 28-135mm.
I wasn't really sure how to approach the project, but what I did know was that for some reason a visual aid was needed, so there was something that needed to be shown that couldn't really be explained. Basically I was the vehicle for her expression, so I could only do my best to allow space for that while providing a little direction and technical experties.
To get the ball rolling I just suggested a few poses, and after seeing the results and asking what was good, not good, what was almost there, things began to flow and ideas and movements came faster. Always helps to not be too serious when things don't work out as you plan. We were laughing and joking the whole time!
On the editing and processing side of things, it was amazing how warm the full spectrum light made the photos! I had to cool them all down, but I was glad for it because bare skin is much more pleasing to look at in warm light than cold. It's much easier to cool them down than it is to warm it up without it being distractinly coloured.
Feed back, stories, critisism, correction, praise, and cheekiness are all welcome in the coments! Thanks for reading!
Cheers,
T
Great to have you back on your Mentored Sketchbook T. I look forward to reading more soon. Yea...creative expression! chris
Posted by: [email protected] | 06/20/2012 at 09:37 PM