Date: on June 14th 2017 
Model: Jade Alex
Location: St. Vincent Mall
Theme: Random Prop
F-Stop Mafia Meeting 

So like I said in my last post I had a lot of issues with grain in my photos.  I will be working on remedying this before my next shoot. I had as much fun photography Jade as I did Haley.  Her outfit was a perfect because it was different enough to allow for what I felt was unique shots.  In a lot of the shots I angled my camera in ways that gave her a child like quality.  Shooting from above I felt made her seem smaller.  Shooting from the ground when she sat allows in my opinion for the view to feel as if they are child like as well.  

The colors were based on the feeling I wanted the photos to portray.  Old polaroid is the reason for the orange glow.  I achieved this by using a orange filter in front of my lens when out shooting.  The other quality I wanted to give these photographs were of something dark.  Because she is a grown woman dressed as a child it already given the sense that something is up.  By focusing on making her eyelashes a priority and making them appear darker, I feel as though the dark feeling I was looking for was achieved.

Date: on June 14th 2017 
Model: Haley Milazzo
Location: St. Vincent Mall
Theme: Random Prop
F-Stop Mafia Meeting 

I had a lot of issues with my shot because I am fighting the grain captured in my Nikon.  I don't mind grain when it appears to have some film like quality.  But this is just too much.  I think I recovered these photographs pretty ok.  I would have had more shots had it not been for the grain. 

With that being said, this was the most fun I have had in a long time.  Moving to a new city where I didn't know anyone has been lonely.  Being invited to be a part of the F-Stop Mafia has changed the way I look at the city.  I now have new friends who are interested in doing some of the same things I am.  I feel like I have found my people.  (Quote from Gravity Falls) 

Haley was a perfect model.  She just seems to fall into the shots as if she has been doing it her whole life.  I taught Haley in a few classes while teaching at LSUS.  I can say with confidence that Haley will be going places, and it was my pleasure to take photos with her on this photoshoot.

​I will be uploading more shots later today of my new friend Jade as well.