Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Tara

This weeks work has that Tara touch and those wonderful surprises that last week was missing. There was a great response to the hand in front of the face being on a different plane. Margot described it as vexing which I think is a word you should continue to think about when you are making photos. It's first two definitions are; to cause perplexity in; puzzle and to bring distress or suffering to. 
Also nice use of selective focus and color palette this image will match the first ones you brought in really well. It really makes clear that the shadows last week were a little distraction. 
The action in this image is really important, it's going to make for a nice variation on the more rigid still life's (i don't mean rigid in a bad way at all here). 
We talked about how week one was speaking in a painterly way, a photographic way and still had a ton of power in the subject. Week two was more of a photo about a photography and then this week was doing all of those things in a really nice way. It also has a way of when you are looking at it making you want to look at it more.    
Make yourself a shooting kit and put everything in there so that you don't have to think about it. Maybe stock up on a few table cloths, have tape and some of those other things that you always wish you had. 
Consider trying out a wall paper in the background. 
Take a look at some Flemish painting. 

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