Saturday, November 6, 2010

Final Photo Ideas

So I guess we are just supposed to brain storm some ideas on here!

Doors. Which seems kind of boring, but I think i would be able to find some really interesting doors, or stoops around my home town and around Philly. I think that doors represent something really unique about a house and about who live inside. Bernd and Hilla Bechner, and Paul Strand inspire me for this idea

Close-ups on Fruits. I was thinking about setting up a little scene for the fruits so it is more like a still life. Karl Blossfeldt, Cunningham and Schrager are photographers that inspire me for this idea.

Signs. I think that Philly, especially North Philly has some really interesting signs of stores. Especially older signs. I just find them amusing and interesting. Walker Evans, and Max Yavno inspire me for this idea.

Textures. This seems kind of broad, but I feel like whenever I am taking photographs I am always inspired by the textures in certain objects. Like bark on trees, or chipping paint, or broken glass, etc. Photographers would be Fredrick Sommer, and Edward Weston. I think that a majority of these photographs would be closeups

Shadows. This is also a really broad idea but i think it would be really interesting if I could shoot during dusk or dawn when the sun is creating really dramatic shadows. Harry Callahan was one photographer that inspired me.

Hair. Portraits are challenging for me and I would like to push myself. I thought that my self portrait where my hair was mainly the focus was really fun and I enjoyed messing around with it. I think it could be cool if I took different portraits of different people, mostly friends or family, but where the main focus would be their hair. I'm not sure how this would turn out, but I definitely have ideas.

my family. i really liked the way the portraits of my mother turned put so i was thinking about continuing with this idea of photographing her or my entire family in their natural environments.

That's all I got right now!