Assignment One Proposal

I plan to have between 5-8 final images somewhere in the range of 8 x 10 for this project. While shooting I will be using the continuous mode in order to have many images to choose from with slight variations to insure I get the best possible image. I will be using myself as the subject matter, which I haven’t done before, so I can imagine I will shoot lots of images in order to make sure they are more natural looking and not over posed. I’ll be shooting exclusively in situations where I’m alone, this could be in my apartment, in my car, outside, anywhere really, I don’t want to limit myself at this point. At this time I don’t think there will be a main emotion the work is supposed to elicit. I was intrigued by the statement in the project description that said “Instead of the bright occasions, focus on the expanses in-between”, which can cover a vast amount of emotions.  Being a photographer and enjoying taking pictures I already take pictures of the “bright occasions” and lots of the in between moments so that really only leaves taking pictures of situations where I’m alone. I also liked the word expanses, implying spending a significant amount of time. I plan to analyze the way I spend my time when I don’t have anything scheduled and just the times when I’m alone. I’m anticipating that many of these activities will be mundane things and unnecessary things that I spend time on. For this reason I think I will work with black and white images to create the feeling that these are the exciting/”bright” times, and are the moments in between the “bright” moments. Also, the only other digital photo class I’ve taken has been Color Photography so I haven’t worked exclusively in black and white with digital images and thats a skill I’d like to improve. My main influence so far is Brenda Beban because she took photos of herself when she was alone. There were many other photographers whose photos I enjoyed artistically and conceptually, but I think there is a huge difference between photographing your close friends and family and photographing yourself.