Emulating a Professional Photographer

Part 1:

I believe this is the most successful image I took during this assignment because it captures the seemingly randomness of the subject with the dull, dark lighting as used by Nigel Shafran in his work. In this image of the box and old fridge, I was able to take two common items and turn them into captivating subjects of an image, similar to how Shafran used a dented package to capture in his message. I think these images both bring a sense of beauty to objects otherwise viewed as garbage.

The most challenging aspect of this assignment was finding a professional photographer to replicate their style. I commonly find myself drawn to the same style of photographs and wanted to try to step out of my comfort zone for this assignment. To do so, I tried to pick a photographer who's style was captivating yet not necessarily similar to what my previous style of photography is. In doing so, I created a challenge to view the world differently than I normally do and to capture images of subjects I would typically walk right past.

In the future, I will continue to put myself in uncomfortable situations to grow my versatility of photographic styles. I will view subjects and tell stories with objects I wouldn't deem as beautiful at first sight to create captivating images.

Part 2:

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Comment- Hi Emily! I think this image is also very successful in recreating the style of Arbus. I believe this image utilizes the same composition, as it uses a bullseye technique of the subject being up close and centered in the image. I do believe that you could try to play around with the lighting to really capture the mixed lighting the photographer used in his portrait to enhance the emotions and muscular definition of the subject to tell more of a story within the image.