Saturday, December 15, 2007

photo work used in the show

This is Ada Watching, which is a combination of one plain 8"x10" of Ada, an altered self-portrait (using clear acetate with paint & text on the transparency), and a double exposure of the same plain Ada image.
This is How much does Mommy Love you? which is based on a saying that I've said to Helena at bedtime since she was a baby. I ask "How much does Mommy love you? " and then answer "More than the sun, the moon, and the stars in the sky". The text in the center self-portrait is a handwritten version of that that Helena wrote to me in a letter. Also included are some of her drawings as the second image of the double exposure.

photo work not used

This is the plain version of the double exposure image that I posted earlier. I really love it even though it is not the text version (I put the text version in the show). Liam's face is so perfect, he has a serious, almost old quality that is so fitting for the images. I printed them with really strong contrast to add to the thoughtful quality. Josh felt the image wasn't super sharp but I used the widest aperture I could to ensure really shallow depth of field & focus on only the eye & face area. The text component of the double exposure image was super sharp...making it hopefully seem to overpower the image almost.
This is one of Ada that I actually ended up not using in the show. It just didn't work as well as some of the others because the bottom to the face totally disappeared.
This was the planned image of Helena with Chubby that I uploaded sketches for earlier. While I really like it, I ended up not putting this in either because Helena's image was just too blurred & had problems with dust spots.