Assignment 3, Emotions

The class before I shot this was the clas we watched all the depressing journals/documentarys of chernobyl, AIDS in africa, the DRC, and the tequila workers in Mexico. The one that made me cry (yes, i admit it) wsa the documentary of chernobyl. The image of the mother after she learned of her daughter becoming comatosed, and will most likely never wake up, due to the Leukemia brought on by the radiation from the explosion. I will never forget that image. The mother was sobbing, and in very clear agony. That was a very emotional photograph, made even more powerful by the photographers narration of the story.While my model did not suffer anything even close to what this woman endured, I thought about that picture when i was shooting.

This assignment was more challenging than the others in terms of creativity. While not the most time conusming, it was the hardest to convey the emotion. In these pictures, I was going for an emotion akin to hoplessness, or discouragment. My model had had a vewry rough day, so that was the emotion that was the easiest for her to portray. My favorite shot is the image with the girls head on the table. My next favorite, is the one against the rusty background. I improved on the white balance art (yay!) and i think that really helped my images. What went well in the shoot is i was shooting at about 6:20 in the eavning, and i think that the light naturally added to the feeling of hopelessness, because I always think of that time of night to be somber. I wpould however, start shoooting a little earlier because I lost light quickly. overall, a pretty fun and good shoot.