Assignment 4

Loma, in this first portrait, belayed us at the rock wall in the Colvin. He's a junior studying wildlife management and was recently recertified to belay. For the purposes of the portrait, I wanted to make sure it was natural, which required me not being invasive, and I wanted to make sure it had context, which meant not including his face in the picture so as to include the rock wall. Loma is a really cool, relaxed guy and wasn't phased at all by me taking pictures of him.

In this second portrait is Megan. Megan works at a store downtown called Formal Fantasy. She's a hotel and restaraunt management major, but started out as an interior design major and is considering event management. She has three semesters left and is engaged. She does alterations and hemming as well as helping customers find dresses and tuxes. She learned to sew in middle school, but said that the owner of the store also teaches her employees how to work on the dresses and other clothing they get in. One interesting thing Megan told me about the owner of the store is that she keeps notes on what girls from which schools buy which dresses and who is selling what at nearby stores so that no girl will be wearing the same dress as another girl at the dance.

For both portraits, I really wanted to capture students doing things that are almost related to their major and to really just see what some students do in their free time.

Assignment 2.

High Angle

Low Angle

Low Angle

Assignment 4.

This is Juanita; she resides in New Orleans. She is married with three children and was working the evening that I met her; luckily I had my camera to photograph her. She is vibrant and full of life and in this photo with her beads, it displays how fun she is as a person.

This is Sauce as everyone calls him; but his real name is Nick. Nick is a graduate of Oklahoma State and now resides in Missouri. I loved this picture of him because he is so calm with his face while holding his beads. I met him in New Orleans and these are the beads he had gotten. He's an insurance adjuster from Kansas and took the weekend off. No photoshop at all, completely raw.

Portraits

This is Sarah. She is an aviation major here at OSU, and I wanted to photograph her because I find her pretty interesting. She is really shy and quiet, and was kind of uncomfortable being photographed. At the same time she is aspiring to be a pilot, which seems like such tough major to have, and you would think you would need to be really aggressive and tough to be a female in such a male dominated industry. She seems to handle it just fine being sweet. This was toward the end of when we were shooting, and it ended up being my favorite because she relaxed a little and was goofing off.


This is Bill. My mother flips houses, and he is her contractor. Bill has had a really tragic life, but you would never know it because he has such a positive outlook on everything. A few years ago he was in an accident at work and he lost three fingers on one hand. Two were re-attached, but they were unable to re-attach the third, which you can see in one photo. While he was going through this, his wife died in her early forties from a stroke caused by medication. He then had to raise two children alone. He really is an impressive guy.
For the first photo I am zoomed completely in, and this was during his "modeling session" toward the end of the shoot. He was a lot of fun. The second shot I am zoomed all the way out. He was on the roof of the house, and I climbed up a few steps on a ladder to get the shot. I couldn't choose my favorite.

Assignment 4: Ron's stash.

Meet Ron McGuire.
When Ron is not busy working on his wheat and cattle farms in Guthrie, he is volunteering in downtown Guthrie at the Drug Store Musuem.
Ron seemed to know about every gadget, ointment and old fashioned item in his store and was eager to show them to all who entered.
Despite a lack of customers lately due to the cold weather, Ron said he has seen people from all over the world come into his shop.

Portrait Assignment- Holly Livengood

I met Roy, a resident Grace Living Center, while passing out Valentines Day cards on Sunday. Roy was involved in a head-on collision and was hit by a car going over 100mph. Roy's legs were broken and he had an 18 hour surgery on his brain, following the accident. He is now able to walk with the assistance of his cane.

His story interested me, but what I was really amazed by was his character. After going through all that he has, Roy is full of life and told me many jokes while we were talking.

This is Kellie, I work at an apartment complex and I always see her walking or riding the bus somewhere. Turns out there is a reason other than her not having a car. Two years ago Kellie was involved in an accident which totalled her car. This left her not only without a car, but with a fear to even drive again.

I found her story interesting because I take having a mode of transportation for granted and often complain if I have to walk somewhere.

ASS FOUR - portraits

Portraits - This weekend a Warpaint Clothing opened in Oklahoma City's Plaza District on Friday. My portraits are of two of the owners Travis Pickett (top picture) and Derek Knowlton (bottom picture). I spent most of my time in the clothing store trying find a good spot to set up a portrait. I grabbed Pickett and set him between two clothing racks.

For my second picture I followed Knowlton as he served drinks and greeted people inside the store. This picture was of Knowlton focusing on counting out money after a transaction.