Here are some for the final series..

The title is 'Our Sects' and it is still stemming from the idea of sin from a surveillance perspective. Opinions? I am peppering in the empty spaces because they are so charged with emotion and loaded with expectations. Like Kyle said 'the empty spaces are psychological' so hopefully that is what is read from them.

Olafur Eliasson

'Take Your Time' is a evolving body of work that travels globally. These environments that he creates are visually stimulating and the massive size creates this a sensory experience that just consumes the viewer. His concept (or maybe starting point) is to recreate the the landscape/atmosphere of Iceland. Showing at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney in December- check it out! ha

Progress...

I have spent the past five days shooting and am thankful to have resolved some major issues. I have two to reshoot today, but other than that I think the others work. In the wrap up stages, I have been thinking a lot about my process and why it is so difficult. I feel that I tend to pick issues that I do not completely understand and thus, curious about. So I spend so much time thinking and writing in desperate attempts to understand this huge issue in a semester. I think this is a huge problem because if I do not understand a particular issue, it makes it impossible for me to visually explain it. I can barely explain my thoughts through writing and the way my feelings towards certain issues evolve so often is too much material for one single project. So I have decided that going forward I am going to be working through series on issues I have a better understanding of AND I have already started brainstorming for next semester because I am so annoyed with myself.

Recent Work..

I have been really at a stand still with my project. I feel like every time I go in to reshoot, I end up shooting basically the same thing. I have been writing a lot about it, but I decided I should just shoot and not care or think about anything to maybe perpetuate some creativity. Here is one image and it sparked some great ideas for the next project I will be working on :D Very excited about that, but still freaking out about this project. I am MAKING myself see this through until the end. I cannot abandon another project.

Jacob Ring

21 year old Brisbane-based photographer. Really enjoy the spontaneity and double exposures. The images just seem to have a raw passion about them.

Video raising whale hunting issues..

Heath Ledger helped produce an animated music video for Modest mouse. I believe just released in August. I guess Ledger passed while the video was being made. Quite an important statement. Art that brings awareness to important issues...

mmm yummy eye candy- chomp chomp

The END!

Some reshoots and some editing, but I have exhausted this way of resolving this concept and I am excited for a slightly new direction. I am taking the surveillance to the furthest extent I can bc it feels original and this still feels tired and not snapshot enough.. shooting this weekend and somehow writing a 15 pg law paper- kill me?

Thoughts and Schedule

Upon brainstorming, I am pretty sure I am going to shoot snapshots from a surveillance perspective. I am going to try it out because it may make the images more interesting in the respect that I am talking about issues dealing with our actions under someone/something's judgment. The snapshots will be of moments that are telling of a less ideal partnership from the eyes of a pious being.

For the next month, my schedule will look like this:

November 9 -November 12 shoot

By November 15 have a least three usable images

By November 29 have all reshoots done and be in the process of printing at least three more

By December 7 have all images ready to present

...annnnd go!

Snapshot

Just some found images that pushed me in the direction of snapshots. my test images were straddling between staged and snapshot. I definitely want the snapshot look.

Shooting today.

Bad Sects (new project title- opinions?)

As I am trying to define myself and internalize sin from a rather privileged stance, I cannot escape relating sin and lifestyle to domestic partnerships. The feelings I associate so closely to religion and relationships is powerless, compromising, and defeat. And I think that the demands of both of these ideas are so conformist that they repel me. So bringing the two ideas together is to form something more tangible for me as far as imagery goes. This may be a reach, but I feel that what people tend to bring to relationships almost mirrors their subconscious feelings towards religion (generally speaking about middle class Americans). At first glance I want the couple to seem like they would have a close to healthy relationship by most standards, but the subtleties to set in as a secondary understanding.

This is three images

unedited:

Joshua Hoffine- Horror Series

Man! This first one! doesnt necessarily work with the series in my opinion, but so good. It's gracefully acrobatic and rich with meaning. Like the palette, theatrics, lighting, complimenting important colors, and how the bather's flowing hair beautifully mirrors the grotesquely gushing jugular.
The rest are pretty one-dimensional. I think the lighting is deliberate and successful. I think imagery that is supposed to frighten is difficult because once all is exposed, the unknown factor is eliminated and scare is a much more difficult task. I think Hoffine did a decent job in tackling this risky task. It is my way to have a hard time with images that I don't have a chance to think or use my imagination, therefore I find these fun to look at but unfortunately they have that 'Next!' quality.