Joy
The concept that unifies my photo series is the word "Joy." I based this series around the things and people in my life that give me happiness, and tried to capture them in their own moments of happiness. These photos feature my closest friends, my family, and my pets. The significance of the series comes from the subject matter itself, as these are all very important people in my life. It is important to me that they are all in their happiest state, and to capture that in a photo is very meaningful to me.
Visually, I tried to unify these photos in a few different ways. To begin with, all of the photos are cropped 8x10. When composing the pictures, I tried to capture very golden, warm light to highlight the atmosphere and feeling of happiness in the photos. The photos are all fairly up close to the subject matter, and are very informal portraits or candids. I also blurred the background of each of the portraits, focusing on the subject matter. Overall, the series is held together by the warm, joyful feeling associated with each of the photos.
From the series, I think the three strongest images are the first one of my friend Kelsey, the third one of my sister, and the seventh one of my dog Korra. I think each of these are strong for multiple reason, but mainly I love how they captured a moment of pure happiness/laughter, not one that had to be scripted or forced. I also love the lighting of each of these pictures, they have a sense of warmth because of the sunshine. The one of my friend was taken at the park near the Berkley Bridge. The one of my sister was taken on one of our vacations to New Hampshire during the winter. The one of my dog, Korra, was taken at Ashton Park.
Visually, I tried to unify these photos in a few different ways. To begin with, all of the photos are cropped 8x10. When composing the pictures, I tried to capture very golden, warm light to highlight the atmosphere and feeling of happiness in the photos. The photos are all fairly up close to the subject matter, and are very informal portraits or candids. I also blurred the background of each of the portraits, focusing on the subject matter. Overall, the series is held together by the warm, joyful feeling associated with each of the photos.
From the series, I think the three strongest images are the first one of my friend Kelsey, the third one of my sister, and the seventh one of my dog Korra. I think each of these are strong for multiple reason, but mainly I love how they captured a moment of pure happiness/laughter, not one that had to be scripted or forced. I also love the lighting of each of these pictures, they have a sense of warmth because of the sunshine. The one of my friend was taken at the park near the Berkley Bridge. The one of my sister was taken on one of our vacations to New Hampshire during the winter. The one of my dog, Korra, was taken at Ashton Park.