One part to the assignment is to create an image based on the work of a well known photographer. I have chosen my all time favourite artist Cleo Sullivan.
As you can see her work is fun and quirky, but always intriguing. I think it has a modern edge to it which usually leaves the viewer eager to see more. I first stumbled on her work in 2007 through one of my favorite design websites Fun Forever.
My first response to her work was through my year 13 photography boards. Photography wasn't a taught subject at my school but along with another design inclined friend we convinced our art teacher to let us complete and submit the boards. The process was fully independent. After tracking down and teaching myself to use a DSLR i got stuck in and had alot of fun.
I brought in aspects of other photography trends such as Dress Trashing and afew colour editing techniques from my own experience.
My first models were the neighbors kids. Cuties! They had a blast posing for me while i babysat them. They did a really good job, i was lucky to get to work with them.
And in this photo i asked miss G if she could pull a scared face. She didn't half achieve it! And she's only three, how fun.
During another shoot i had the pretty miss A (age 7) wear my old flower girl dress while she came to my place and posed in our garden and orchard. Being a girlie girl she loved the pampering. It was a really nice sunny winter day for it as well.
The natural sunlight bouncing off the trees in this image created some really nice lighting while i had my younger sister (12) pose fore further pictures.
She posed for a variety of really expressive pictures. I really like how a couple of them turned out.
Some studio style pictures, also featuring my fantastic pet magpie Ludki:
And suddenly when it came time to take my final shoot spring had kicked in. This was something i hadn't taken into consideration and the foliage became quite dominating in many of the images.
I would like to take aspects of the previous images and develop them for my 2nd response to the photography of Cleo Sullivan. However this time instead of bringing in the influences of dress trashing i wish to experiment with some photoshopping techniques in order to achieve a Celebrity Doll affect.
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