Feature Take Final

I again went to the cemetery trying to convey what I previously attempted. Most people think cemeteries are humble, peaceful places where their loved one's reside after they pass on. The St. George Cemetery gives off a different vibe. Yes some graves are decorated by family and friends, showing their compassion, but being in the center of the city, near student housing, the college, businesses, traffic, etc., it detracts from the reverence of the deceased. Not to mention the run down buildings on the actual property of the cemetery and the dirt-covered CAT machine next to burial plots. It's sort of an eye opener for visitors that may be offended by the blunt fact that the people they are visiting are now apart of the landscape. It contrasts a lot of people's views on cemeteries. Maybe for the better. Personally, I think this shows that it is only a body we visit, not the actual person.

More than half of my take somehow doesn't upload to my computer, which included majority of the shots I was planning to use. Including the machine, the run-down building, a falling American flag on a grave, etc. So these are more of the B-listers of my take.

Hard News-Construction

Around many houses and businesses on the main streets of St. George, construction has been occurring for some time now. From Bluff street to Tabernacle, drivers seem confused winding around the jackhammers and CAT machines.

Round 2: Feature Take

Like previously mentioned, I decided to do another feature shot because I was unsure about the first one. I    took some shots a few months ago prior to this assignment of my aunt's funeral. Then I wanted to take shots of the St. George cemetery to sort of contrast the one's from Las Vegas. As you can see, the take from the actual funeral shows a lot of emotion and mourning. I love the shadows and lighting contrast with my family. The ones I took while the St. George cemetery was midday without any visitors, showed different emotions and context between the actual burial of a family member versus a group of graves in the middle of a town-they become collectively a solemn and quiet place of strangers and landscape.

Now here are the St. George shots.

Round 1: Feature Take

I decided to do two different features. At first I took shots of my roommates on one of the first sunny days of spring, playing at the park. After taking the shots, I wasn't entirely sure what kind of story to do besides nice weather-hence I changed my mind completely. So here is Features Round 1. 

Editorial

I guess my shots never uploaded. My Internet is superb in my apartment. Anyways, this is my own version on tuition. My roommate studying with her kindle, computer, textbook, papers, etc. Besides the expense of tuition, students have to pay for other things just to keep up with assignments and whatnot.

Portrait Photoshoot

Messing with lighting

My partner was Tadja and Brian let us in to the studio, it was difficult even being behind the camera because I didn't want to make her feel uncomfortable, but eventually I got closer and tried different angles. I hated being behind the camera, not being directed in what faces to make or anything. Since I helped Hazel with her shots as well, I learned even more about altering light depending on the person and face structure and light given.

I love how there's barely any light on her face

Thanks to Brian for letting us in the studio!

This shot loses focus even on her hair and chin area

It's a really bright shot but her left cheek is still darker

Hazel looks like an African Queen :)

She has the rembrant triangle on her cheek

Her face works so well with the light, to where a good majority of her face isn't visible.

This is just a wide shot of Swig where I work

Another wide shot