Light

At first I had a hard time figuring out how I was going to create these silhouettes. I struggled with trying to stay in front of the light so that your focus would stay on the silhouette rather than the bright light. In the top photo I discovered I actually liked how the light showed through. Often, I had to retake the pictures a couple times to get what I wanted. I had a couple photos where the light dramatically changed just because of where the lamp and I were positioned which was bothersome. It was also frustrating at the beginning trying to keep the light from reflecting from the doors and things onto me. I definitely learning that silhouettes can be more difficult than you think. :)

180 Panorama and Panorama with Clones

Scanned Face

Self Portraits

I like that my self portraits are of just me with a white blanket in the background. I wanted to focus in on just me, no distractions, and see what happens when I set the camera in front of myself while getting ready one morning. I discovered that I just liked being silly and preferred those pictures over the ones of me smiling. I guess I just wanted to make myself and others laugh when they saw the pictures rather than just see another picture of some girl smiling.

1. Portraits

 This is my dad, David Simmons, one morning. It was fun to take these pictures illustrating his normal morning routine such as reading the paper, looking through messages on his phone, cleaning out his cereal bowl, killing spiders and helping out my mom. 

Pumpkin With Inside Guts

Pumpkin kitty with guts. Meow.