Previous Work 2

Through this series of work I worked to recreate fairy tales though my own imagination. I wanted to portray these female characters as strong women who do not need a knight in shinning armor to come save them. (Unlike most of Disney's films). I focused much on the narrative aspect by creating sets that could give the illusion of a snapshot into these characters lives. Each of these characters are portrayed differently depending on their story and how they got themselves into a situation. While Little Red Ridding Hood is turned into more than just a helpless child, and actually could give the wolf a run for his money, the Ballerina from the Red shoes, is shown as weak and left to take care of her own problem because she let her arrogance put her into a bad situation. In each of these photographs I used at least five strobes

as well as used gels to give a more animated, storybook quality to the photographs.

Previous Work

Through this work I tried to mix my technical knowledge with a conceptual focus. I tried to keep the photographs very simple through lighting and framing, as if they were used for simple product displays on a website. I used simple studio setups as well as reflectors in order to create as little shadow as possible, which is quite different from my usual ways of lighting. I went for a mixture of colors as well as black backgrounds and white backgrounds in order to add variety to the series since my lighting was so simple. My focus was to use two symbols of what we take for granted juxtaposed with how we would have to function with out it. I wanted to also add a comical tone to the photographs, so I tried to focus the image around the relationship between the two images.