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This photo was made in class, together with my classmate
Nisicrita. They gave us a "word"and we made a photography
like if it were an image to publicity a product. In this case "line" |
I decided to study photography because of I really
enjoyed it in my Illustration studies. There, I learn to see the image with a different perspective, and
learn from observation about color and
perspective, but I knew, I had a feeling, that I could learn more
about it.
Also, photography is
being
a hobby I really enjoyed before starting my Illustratration studies,
just that I centered it in a more..."familiar way". I loved to take
photos of my friends, and film them (till the point
they got tired of me).
So, I decided to give it a chance. I knew I would have studied it sooner
or later, so why not then?. There, I learn in depth a lot that now is
helping me a lot in my illustrations, like the
effect that lighting can have
on the
environment,
how can it be affected the weather, hour of the day, place, objects
around... Those little things that can create a difference in an
illustration.
There was also, in the second year, an
as signature where we were told about a photography
project and we needed to develop it from the start to final photographies. I really
enjoyed
the sketch stage! I loved to capture my ideas in the paper. My teachers
knew I would go to them the next day with a pile of sketches. I think I
sketched and worked on my idea more in Photography than when I was
studying illustration (showing them here is useless if you don't see the final photo).
Something that impressed me back then was the need to work with people (when this not necessarily exist in illustration, where you can work in your place, look for references in books or the internet (if you need to draw a tiger you can look for images or even go to the zoo, but if you need one for your photo you will need to be NEAR it, and what it involve), finishes the illustration with guidance and send it. I'm sure that there's other cases in which their work need more help, but I'm talking generally about illustrations for books).
For photography you need to move around a lot, to look for models (sometimes a dear
classmate could help, but for others it was impossible), you need to buy clothes,
accessories, to decide
beforehand where you want to take photos and to ask for permissions if needed, even decide the hour you
can start and to finish (in case of outdoor sessions). With photography you depend a lot in other people, but not only in
people like the models, you also need assistants for reflectors and
lighting, you need to take care of the model (is it cold? are they
hungry? do they feel
comfortable? ...). In some cases, you need to travel... so you need to get a car at least and to spend money
on gas and be prepared to buy food or for any unexpected event...
Later, once you take them, you need to
select the best ones and retouch them. What if
the one you finish
your client (in case you have one) doesn't like them? If you don't come to terms,
maybe
you will need to start from zero, or the client will go to look for
someone else (of course, it also happens in illustrations, I think it's
obvious)
If you love photography you will enjoy it for sure anyway :)
Thanks to photography I learned that I loved teamwork, to get
advantage
of what everyone was good at and adapt yourself to the others (and the
contrary), to create something unique and special. Surely it was easy
because of all my classmates were lovely, there was a good feeling in
our class, I'm really proud I was part of that, they are the best :)
There're more things I would like to tell you about Photography, but this post is long enough! so maybe next time! See you!
