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!)
Just some work I did last night at home. There is three generations of jugglers. I want this set to convey the passing of tradition and the importance of practice. I also want to show how jugglers feed off of each other and practice with each other. And a little humor in the last photo. Just a start with what I'm working on. Next step is to hunt down Captain Stab-Tuggo! So to everyone I say, happy shooting!
Here are just a few snow pictures I did for work. They are around campus before the snow really started melting. So about my projects, I have talked to my brothers and I am meeting them tonight to do some photos of them practicing together. I have been thinking I want a large print (like almost life sized) of each performer doing their thing surrounded by smaller prints of practice, mingling, and the other little things that lead up to the big performance, then even smaller prints of reactions from the audience members. I'm thinking that I need to get the practice shots out of the way first, then move to the mingling, then to the performance. At the performance, I will shoot half crowd shots, and half the performers to get everything I need. This might include me going to 1 show for crowd shots and another show for performance shots. I have found out that Thimblerig is heading to North Carolina this weekend, which explains why I haven't heard from they yet. But I shall post a couple of photos from tonight when I get them done. I was also thinking that I could have the boys showing my niece how to juggle to convey the passing of tradition. Just a thought. Anyways, keep warm and happy shooting until next time.
