My brother is graduating high school this year and has been in photography for the past three years. It's an activity he really likes and is creative at. This year he's in independent study and has asked me to help out at his photo shoots.
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. :)
