Monday, January 28, 2008

looking back...



(sorry for the quality of the photos, my scanner isn't the best)

The first image is from our final project last semester, which was to create a triptych almost, to tell a story through 3 images. I choose to photograph the church that I grew up in(it is in the process of being rebuilt).  This is my favorite from the 3, I love the lighting and the high contrast. I used 100 speed film for this project, and did not use any artificial lighting at all. 
It was really interesting exploring a space that I was really comfortable with, but also challenging because of that fact, it wasn't a new atmosphere and I wasn't looking at it with fresh eyes. But non the less, it was great to photograph the space!

The second image is from my series "Drunk Driving", almost a year ago one of my friends was killed by a drunk driver. Ever since then I felt that my friend was silenced. By doing this project I was hoping to bring awareness to others, and also bring the feeling of losing someone very important to them. This is an image from the accident scene, I really like the lighting in this photograph, and although it is a simple composition, I feel that it has a strong emotion to it. I would like to develop more into this project, hopefully this semester!