Hehe, I totally got this shirt for Christmas from my brother and his fiance and thought it would be a good way to make this dreary day much brighter. And yes, I do shoot people. :) So the shoots last night went well, I haven't edited them yet, but I was happy with the feel I got from the photos. I also did another interview with my other brother (the one that gave me the awesome shirt) before we started shooting and we also bounced ideas. He had an idea to appease everyone. Focus the larger prints on the performers while including numerous smaller prints of the audience reactions, whether the reactions are good, or just ignoring. The reasoning is that for Kelley, the reaction of the audience kind of dictates what he does. If a group of people like what he is doing, then he will do more, but if he doesn't get the reaction he wants, he stops and moves on. He also brought up the idea that everyone is performing in some way in everyday life. To look at myself as a performer to my committee. See what they like, keep pushing that, but at the same time, back up my opinions and my views because in the end, I do this to make myself happy. I also found out that Kelley uses his talents as a mean to connect with people much like Jamie does. But about the shoots. I did some shots of Jamie at work with a few onlookers. Jamie was not the main focus, but he was still in the shot. I also worked on intimate shots of Kelley. I got shots of him messing up and dropping the balls, shots of him looking at the camera making a face, shots of him hula hooping... I got one shot I really like that has him bending to pick up a ball, but only his leg is in the shot. In context with other photos, I think this one would be interesting. He also agreed to dress up like a clown when we go in public for photos. (Yes, nose and all). I pitched the idea of the carte de visite to Perry and he really liked the idea. :) I think I am finally getting a handle on this. :) Now, didn't that just brighten up the day.
~*~Hayley~*~
(P.S. Gotta love the "deer in the headlights" look I have in the photo...Priceless!)
Self-portraits always offer great facial expressions eh? It's a great shirt, I got one a few years back that was all one color screenprint but it looks like they updated the camera art. It looks better and more like an actual camera versus the rubbish one on mine.
ReplyDeleteI would exercise caution of the 'appease everyone' idea because it's never possible, there is always someone who won't agree or 'get it' but as long as you keep that in mind and focus on the bigger picture you'll be fine.