Period 6: Arbus Inspired

I used my bestfriend Cody for my Diane Arbus inspired shoot. Cody is sweet and completely sincere from head to toe, it's almost impossible to make this guy mad. I made him stand and just talk to me about his day, and caught him in between stories or sentences, while he was fixing his hair or pulling up his pants. In this picture he was squinting to get the sun out of his eyes, and it makes his expression look angry or frustrated, a little bothered... something Cody never really is. His face is strained and abnormal, un-relaxed. I feel like I successfully caught a subtle awkwardness in this photo in Cody's face and uncomfortable looking stance. Something I feel I could have changed or improved upon in this picture is the background possibly taking away from my subject. He's wearing a plain black shirt with a neutral colored logo, compared to his blue and green background, which could lead the audience's eye away, although I also feel like the strong black in the shirt draws the attention back to Cody.

Period 2:

I used Nathan and Yanel as my subjects. I used a shorter Fstop to emphasize on their facial and head characteristics, and not the noisy background. I used the rule of thirds to place the strong white and almost black in one corner, and their two faces in two others. I attempted to get both a strong white and a strong black, but I only achieved a solid white on Nathan's shirt. I wasn't trying to convey any message, this was more of just a practice run outside with these SLR's, and to learn about developing/printing. I thought I did well, considering this is my first print, I could have tried avoiding the dust on Nathan's face, and to leave it in the developer longer to create more contrast, but all in all... I'm proud of my work. I feel that it's successful in capturing their personalities.