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Self-Portrait:
Mimic Project: Platon
I decided to mimic the great Platon. I really like taking portraitures of my friends and their candid expressions. The conversations we have during the shoot show through the photos. Which is a main reason I decided to shadow Platon; his photos tell a story through the eyes and pose. You can get to know a person through the lens when the photographer does a good job making a connection with their subject.
The fundamentals that go into a normal Platon photo is the type of camera he uses, the lighting, and the background. He uses a film camera and hasn’t changed his models since. Because this is a digital photography class, my photos were going to be more focused on the editing rather than the photos itself. I added grain to give it a film like texture and enhanced the clarity in the black and white photos. Platon's photos are crisp and texture heavy, giving you a chiseled statue-like figure in the photographs, but also a sense of remembrance and personality. His portraitures are meant to give a sense of intimacy with these big figures in our lives and Platon's work helps make a statement with the black and white, of a timeless tale, as well as a candid and easy fun tone to it. He uses a soft umbrella light to focus in on the face and create a halo effect on the subject (in his colored photos) mimicking religious figures in the glass windows at church. For his black and white photos, the lighting helps enhance the textures and brighten up the whole vertical framing. I was personally drawn to his black and white portraits. He uses a white background to portray his home town in Greece. I used the walls in the digital photography classroom of room 106. Again, with editing, I was able to enhance the whites as well as put my own twist on the mimic project. I over-exposed the ISO on my camera settings to blow out the background to get a better white balance; since I didn't have access to a studio room I had fun experimenting with my limited options. I would use the flashlight accessory on my iPhone to mimic the light in the eyes of my friends and help capture more texture in their face and clothing.
I've always been fascinated by portrait photographs, as seen in my self-portrait project and shutter speed project. I think a photo can capture someone's thoughts or state of mind as it ages with time. I discovered Platon when I watched a series on Netflix called Abstract, he was one of the documented artists. The process and craft that goes into his work is simply beautiful. No matter how famous or intimidating a person is, Platon is able to create a connection with them through his photographs. I was inspired by his story and decided to choose him as my mimic photographer. Though, I'm not sure my photos will do his work justice, I had a fun time in the process.
Platon's work is referenced down below:
The fundamentals that go into a normal Platon photo is the type of camera he uses, the lighting, and the background. He uses a film camera and hasn’t changed his models since. Because this is a digital photography class, my photos were going to be more focused on the editing rather than the photos itself. I added grain to give it a film like texture and enhanced the clarity in the black and white photos. Platon's photos are crisp and texture heavy, giving you a chiseled statue-like figure in the photographs, but also a sense of remembrance and personality. His portraitures are meant to give a sense of intimacy with these big figures in our lives and Platon's work helps make a statement with the black and white, of a timeless tale, as well as a candid and easy fun tone to it. He uses a soft umbrella light to focus in on the face and create a halo effect on the subject (in his colored photos) mimicking religious figures in the glass windows at church. For his black and white photos, the lighting helps enhance the textures and brighten up the whole vertical framing. I was personally drawn to his black and white portraits. He uses a white background to portray his home town in Greece. I used the walls in the digital photography classroom of room 106. Again, with editing, I was able to enhance the whites as well as put my own twist on the mimic project. I over-exposed the ISO on my camera settings to blow out the background to get a better white balance; since I didn't have access to a studio room I had fun experimenting with my limited options. I would use the flashlight accessory on my iPhone to mimic the light in the eyes of my friends and help capture more texture in their face and clothing.
I've always been fascinated by portrait photographs, as seen in my self-portrait project and shutter speed project. I think a photo can capture someone's thoughts or state of mind as it ages with time. I discovered Platon when I watched a series on Netflix called Abstract, he was one of the documented artists. The process and craft that goes into his work is simply beautiful. No matter how famous or intimidating a person is, Platon is able to create a connection with them through his photographs. I was inspired by his story and decided to choose him as my mimic photographer. Though, I'm not sure my photos will do his work justice, I had a fun time in the process.
Platon's work is referenced down below:
"Life of a College Golfer"