Try again…

26May09

Okay, so today’s earlier post was pathetic.  Even the photos weren’t my favorites.  I just felt the need to break the seal.  Hopefully the thoughts and the work would start to come along together.  I had the chance to sit down with a photographer friend of mine who I haven’t really spoken to in years.  

I haven’t kept up with his work, so he showed me some very cool stuff he’d been shooting.  Of everything he showed me, his BigShots were what caught my attention.  In the days of photoshop, it’s not hard to imagine how he pulled this off, but they’re still staged very creatively which is the part that most attracts me.  His images are intentional and directed.  His primary interest is film making, which explains his ability to stage each shot.  

Lately, I’ve been grappling with how to bring more complex elements into my photography while still allowing them to remain organic.  The trouble is that “organic” could also be synonymous with laziness in this context.  I like the control afforded by the studio, but after a few funny faces and striking poses, the images don’t speak to me as much as a great environmental portrait.  I prefer the work I do when I get out of the studio and into the world, but  I don’t feel my locations are daring enough to be all that fun.

Suggestions are seriously welcomed.  So here are some funny faces and striking poses — but I want there to be more…

 

Smile

 

 

flow

 

 

Overalls

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