more sportraits

Sorry for the long string of pictures, I have a hard time deciding on which ones to post here. You should just go look at my flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/31463212@N04/. But anyways, I think the hardest thing this semester has been figuring out what I want from these portraits. And the fact that I'm getting to know the athletes both helps and hurts my artistic purpose. Because I'm trying to put them in poses that is natural for them based on their position or sport or personality and that seems virtually impossible when I'm not sure what I want out of the pictures in the first place. Luckily, I've found some pretty great people along the way that have put up with it all and even formed a few friendships. And I think I've gotten some decent photos out of this semester. Sure, I'm not a professional yet but I also don't have thousands and thousands of dollars to spend to get there yet. As for these three shoots specifically, I'm not quite sure what there is to say. Yes, I'll remember the lights falling over time and time again or the sky I can't get to look the way I want in photoshop but this semester was more about me I think. And my experience as a photographer and a person. As well as making friends, connections and putting myself out there. After all, this was only preparation for next semester and studio topics where the real fun begins. I'm hoping to continue this project through the fall and we'll see where I am after that with it I guess.

end of the semester

Well hello there blog, after all this time apart, so much for posting regularly. An understatement would be that this semester did not turn out the way I planned, my entire life just surprised me in every way possible. I think it's a good thing though, I'm not officially home and able to actually relax... which is hard for me. And photo wise this summer is going to be lots and lots of research and practice and pulling everything together to get ready for senior year and the rest of my life, oh wow. I hope to have a website, an actual website, which I am in the process of figuring out and have been for a while now. But I think I may go with a pbase one? Because I was going to have a friend help me design one, but you know how I am with relying on other people for things so I guess we'll see. This http://www.pbase.com/pitchertaker is Frank's and I think it would work for what I need it for at this point. Of course, something like this http://www.robertseale.com/index.php#mi=2&pt=1&pi=10000&s=0&p=0&a=0&at=0 is the end goal but I'm not quite sure I'm there yet to say the least. Though I have come a long way in just this short time. Moving on, this semester I concentrated on my sportraits, bettering myself with action shooting and attempting to expand my portfolio in general. As for the sportraits, I have my final 3 for you, all amazing athletes, great people and wonderful models. But I think I am going to post those in a separate post for now. But I did pictures of Vagina Monologues, Devin's campaign, Gala, the Psychology Conference, Relay for Life, the Athletic Awards, senior portraits for a friend, and the usual anywhere from 2-5 games a week. And you know, trying to have a life somewhere in there as well, haha. I believe I am shooting a one year old's birthday party next weekend too, in addition to it being my 21st birthday (yay!), my little cousin's first dance recital (awww) and my brother's first soccer game of the summer (which sadly I can't make due to everything else, but there will be more). But I'm sure I will have lots of pictures for you this summer, I hope, I always say that and I always disappear for months on end, but I'm really going to try this time. Mostly, I just need to get a website up and running to display all these images. And I need to fix the living out of a suitcase situation, among everything else, redecorating to start hence the changes this year. But moving on, I'm going to post those sportraits now :)