My topic is portrait photography. I love doing portrait photography as a hobby, and I want to push myself to do it more and improve on my skills.

I’ve been doing photography since middle school, but it was only last year that I got really interested in portrait photography. I started working at the Daily Evergreen. While I was there, I realized how much I love taking pictures of people.

I started doing photoshoots outside of work, and I had a lot of fun. I’ve learned a lot about posing models and working with models that aren’t usually comfortable with having their pictures taken.

However, I still have a long way to go. I want to experiment more with posing models in an artistic way, and I want to work on using lighting intentionally.

This semester, I plan on collecting photos from shoots that I do. I also want to try to document the actual photoshoot process better. I want to experiment with taking photos of myself during the photoshoot process. I might do this by asking a secondary to come and take pictures of me. I can also use my own photos from shoots in my blog posts.

I’m also planning on recording and documenting my editing process. I can do this with Quicktime player. I’m also thinking about setting up a microphone and talking through the process while I edit. Using this method, I can also talk about the details of the actual shoot.

During the shoots, I can take a video of the process vlog style. I haven’t vlogged in the past, so I’m excited to try it out!

In Com 210, we have four unit projects. The first project focuses on using Photoshop. For this project, I’m thinking about doing a photoshoot and editing it with photoshop and experimenting with surrealism.

For the second, we’re asked to create a logo for something in Adobe Illustrator. I’m going to make a logo for my Instagram photography page. I’m a fan of minimalism, so I’m thinking about trying to replicate a camera lens in that style.

Throughout the last week, I have been collecting links for inspiration on portrait photography. Pinterest has been very helpful in doing so. 

http://www.brandonwoelfel.com/photography-1/fiysv6tcc92x42yt5vzls4xryxgep6

This is one of the photos that I found inspirational. The photographer’s name is Brandon Woelfel. I really love the usage of lighting, and I want to try to emulate this in one of my next projects.

https://www.getfractals.com/creative-photography-techniques

This is a blog that I found with some interesting photography techniques. I really like the photo where they used a CD to create some interesting lighting effects.

https://www.instagram.com/druephoto/

This is a photographer that I find very inspirational. His photography is unique and well done, and he posts behind the scenes photos on his Twitter.