Apparently

So apparently since everyone seemed to hate my work i'm going to try to start building sets again. I've been looking at a lot of fashion photography and how they make their sets. It seems to me that the most interesting ones are the ones with strange and random things. I remember paul saying something about putting random objects in with the shoot, but i've been so caught up in trying to use objects that at least symbolize something. As obvious as i've tried making my symbolism, I can't seem to dumb it down enough to where people actually pay attention. Perhaps if I put random things that really don't mean anything to me in the shot then people will go "oh, genious!" and interpret it their own way. I enjoy making sets, it's just that they can become very costly and worsen my "pack rat" condition. I have a problem with returning things.......I never do haha. So anyways, here are a few images to show what i'm going for in the future.











































Silvia Puntino is who i'm primarily intrigued by. She did the images that are all white. She has a similar style. I love her use of the sterile white and then also the creamy, off white in the other. Because of the coloring and lighting in each they come off as creepy to me. Especially the one in the abandoned house. I find that in almost all of my images I always choose to have my models staring straight at me with no expression. That blank stare leave so much open for me. She seems to do the same with her models. Then also the one of hers that's on the dirt mount caught my attention just because of the odd placement of the model, and the other character.

The last one on the bottom was done by Carl Bengsston. I chose this image of his because it of course is obviously very influenced by painting. I love his muted colors and composition. He could have cut in a lot closer and it would possibly trick you into believing it was a painting, but he chose to keep a little bit of the actual scene to show the set up. I've tried doing something similar a few times, but I have a hard time with it. I'm not sure if the reality of the situation is something I want to show. Never the less, I love that one shot.