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assignment: classic b&w portraiture

assignment: hobby portrait

second image from long term portrait project.

assignment: studio portrait

we were asked to use one model as part of a long term portrait project. the first of the bunch - a studio portrait. huge thanks to maggie for being such a great model!

assignment: design layout

a few months ago i posted some behind the scenes photos of a project i worked on for my design class. the assignment was to create a layout: 2 pages, 5-8 images, one unifying theme.

my layout was an editorial spread for a magazine about a movie (based on a story i wrote during the fall semester). the film opens up with the bathroom scene below and continues to backtrack, telling about the relationship of this man and woman. the piece is a character study on two people who found each other when it seemed things couldn't get any worse in either of their lives - they began to depend on each other, despite the fact that neither was stable enough to help the other person. after some time, both realize they are stuck in their situation - can't live with, can't live without. they need each other to breathe but are slowly killing each other in the process. 

the scenes on the bottom row are snapshots from the movie, as well - pieces of the puzzle that lead us back to the main scene.

i remember getting the idea for this story last summer after a dream i had, but i was only able to see the bathroom scene. so, i wrote it down and forgot about it. then october rolled around and a friend gave me florence and the machine's lungs album. the moment the last song began playing, the story was right back in my head again. turns out the song isn't actually on the album, and is instead from the twilight movie soundtrack, recorded specifically for that movie. the title of the track is heavy in your arms. (as a side note, i later found out the band rereleased the album with this track on it, so...thankfully... i no longer *have* to claim twilight and it's soundtrack as a source of inspiration).  - - - while planning for this, i continued to listen to the album. the song kiss with a fist stood out as another player in the storytelling process and i used both of the songs listed above to iron out the details of my movie. 

i have to thank both my models and assistants again for all their help on this. ashton and jason, you two were fantastic, especially ashton for sitting in that water for so long while we got the lighting right! michael and anna, thank you both for your helping hands - i couldn't have done it without you guys!

[all images were shot using my rolleicord and kodak tmax 100 b&w film]

a bigger version on the main scene:

assignment: digital layout

this morning we were given an an hour and a half to go out and shoot 3 photos telling a story of our choice, return to class and place the images in a photoshop layout (one of these days i may understand this software). we were also instructed to keep negative space and the rule of thirds in mind.   

thank you, kat adams, for suffering through the 150 degree weather and almost getting run over by a train. the real tears were well worth it!!

layout: behind the scenes...

for my design class, we had an assignment to create a layout:
2 pages, 5-8 images, one unifying theme.

i chose to create a hypothetical magazine editorial on a movie, which i based on a story i wrote last semester. the images for the layout would be stills from the movie.

my models were ashton and jason = i couldn't have asked for better people to work with! they were patient, up for anything and had smiles on their faces during the entire 11 hour shoot.

also, big thanks to anna and michael for their assistance - having extra sets of hands on set, extra knowledge of photography and our own in house dj to keep the mood calm was great.  i owe you guys BIG time!

i'll write more about the story once i post the final layout, but here are some behind the scenes to see a sneak peek... 

getting ashton into character

all ready to go!

anna, the "wall"

main scene setup

quick nap during setup

don't forget to meter!

jason shows ashton how to play dead         

8 or 9 hours in and still loving every minute

ashton was perfect model!