From the city to the country

 

I've been doing photography on the side for quite some time now. I absolutely love doing senior sessions because it allows me to portray each individual's personality. So let me tell you all about my shoot from this past weekend!

 

Saturday was a perfect day for photos!

 

This girl is a HUGE Cardinals fan (who isn't?) so we met at Busch Stadium, of course. I'm clearly such a great driver and managed to take the scenic route over the bridge and into Illinois since I missed my exit off Hwy 40.... whoops! At least I was still on time!

 

After our time in the city, we stopped by this area I found recently that has multiple barns so we could show off her country side! Barns, hay, leaves, and cowgirl boots. Perfect!

 

   I am soooo glad she was willing to get a little dirty and throw around some hay because I love the shot above!!

 

 

Overall, it was a fun experience, and I am glad she and her mom liked her preview so far!!

 

Uncommon Places by Stephen Shore

Stephen Shore's book called "Uncommon Places" is filled with such spontaneous photos.







They are all so different and unique, but yet the same in the sense that they are of places and experiences that not every one may be seeing at that exact time or place, but that they have seen before at one point or another.

http://aperture.org/shop/uncommon-places

Robert Capa

We did our artist presentations today in class. Our group did Sally Mann while the other group did Robert Capa. I was not familiar with Robert Capa prior to this presentation, and it was really interesting to learn about this photographer that was new to me.

Robert Capa was a famous war photographer who shot in black and white film. He actually died while taking photos of a war in 1954.

This was one of the main photographs talked about in the presentation. Robert Capa captured this picture of a man falling after being shot in war. It's such a unique photograph because, unlike with other photos, you cannot redo this image. You either get it or you don't. 

This photo wasn't in the presentation, but I really liked it when I was researching Robert Capa myself. Everyone is dressed the same in such thick and heavy material while running through water which would be awful to do because everything would weigh you down. Robert Capa did a great job capturing this photograph of the soldiers. 

Sally Mann

Sally Mann is a very interesting photographer. A lot of her work done in the early years of her career seem to have been influenced by her father's work. Her father, a doctor, used to photograph her in the nude. Sally Mann also spent a lot of time photographing her own children.

In her book titled "Immediate Family," Sally writes that “many of these pictures are intimate, but most are of ordinary things every mother has seen. I take pictures when they are bloodied or sick or naked or angry.” This made me feel like she was photographing them in their most vulnerable moments. Kids are so pure and honest, and I think that her photographs of her own children in that specific book definitely portray their innocence.