Masktaculous

My grandparents farm is well known for being home to large amounts of junk that make no sense (particularly in relation to rural farm life in appalachia).  My boyfriend and I first found the fencing mask several months ago and I snapped a picture of him immediately.  However, I’ve always wanted to use it in a series and with my Large Format Photography class I got the chance.  The sandblasting helmet was also discovered on the farm, rotting in an abandoned shed for who knows how long.  The goggles belong to the model’s husband who is currently serving in Iraq (and probably needs them) .  April, the model, also drew one of the masks on herself with makeup and  I only regret that we somehow knocked the camera and lost focus.  I think the lack of clothing in most shots helps to generalize the images so that they are not costume-like, and the focus remains on the masks themselves, their many uses and interpretations.

 

Today I can be anyone I want.

Something like James Dean

I’ve been really slack about even getting these photos into my digital portfolio but I finally remembered to do it.  This is from my final last semester, a series inspired by James Dean.  We had a lot of fun with these shots and there are some I can’t quite find yet!  My boyfriend is famous for hating his photo being taken but I think I changed his mind. He really started to enjoy the work… hope it doesn’t go to his head!  I’m considering a series using my best friend (the girl in my first post) and he but I haven’t really fleshed it out in my head yet.    ”A little to the left”  ”Rebel Without a Cause”  ”The bad boy, from a good family”   ”Restless”

Catching Rain at Night

This is one of my favorites from last semester.  This is my best friend, April Ruiz.  She is trying to get into modeling so we have a nice partnership that involves both of us building our portfolios.  An amateur photographer herself, we’ve been working together since high school and it’s always a blast.  Here we were shooting at night in a major shopping center.  It had just started to rain and as she held her hand out to judge how much longer we could be out I told her to freeze.  It was just too good to pass up!  Unfortunately I have technological issues with scanning in the negative so I had to work with scanning in the actual print.  It could be better quality wise…but you get the picture