For one of his photo projects, Lawrence recreated a scene from Dante's Inferno, where an angel comes down from heaven to meet Virgil in hell. He didn't want to portray an angel as typically being white, winged or facially distinguished (hence his hair in front of his face).
As he was the model in his own photo shoot, I painted his body in black and white paint, accenting muscle and bone curvature which made for a great contrast (as my brother photographs in only black and white).
And so began the photo shoot...
Lawrence had each and every shot planned out in a sketch book- what each shot portrays, how the subject will be posed, what lighting will be used and whether or not he needs a close up or wide shot of the subject and scenery. Very prepared.
He gathered indudstrial lighting, tiki lanterns and lincoln logs for flame effects and shadow lighting. I was his stand-in while he prepped each shot prior to take.
After a couple hours of being told what to do and where to go, not to mention smoke inhalation, my brother accomplished what he had set out to do...recreate Dante's Inferno. His pictures to follow in a future post. :)
1 comment:
Great start!
If this is more than a hobby for Lawrence, he needs to seriously build up on his creative potography portafolio under his own web site.
Blogger.com should be considered as a temp option to showcase some stuff.
You will have more control of your material by keeping secure copies of all hard and soft artitistic renditions in a PC and place all content in a secure web server, preferably one that is personally owned or one that is paid and depenable and guaranteed with regular backups.
I am very proud of Lawrence's unique artistic approach, and
if I may add, Lawrence should always keep in mind that there are many photographers out there
but only a few can raise eyebrows
with their creativity.
To be No. 1 or amongst the best, it takes hard work, a lot of heart and passion, solid! knowledge of your particular field of work, and not being afraid to take educated risks, try something new or even fail, at times. If you have not fallen then you don't know what walking and running is all about.
As with any trade or profession
it takes time to mature to
a higher level and wisdon unfortunately comes with age. Be patient.
Keep up the great work, and follow your heart.
De-Odd
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