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Photography Assignment 2: Nerd/Rock Star Portraits (with the lovely Madison)

Photography Assignment 2 -Nerd/Rockstar Portraits. What do you guys think? Did I succeed in getting the point across without props or should I reshoot making it more obvious?

For the nerd portrait I was going for front on lighting, similar to a school portrait. I wanted a very open friendly vibe, and an enthusiastic expression. For the rockstar portrait I wanted to utilize dark shadows to create a moody atmosphere. In this portrait the model is disengaged with the camera, instead lost in introspection.

I know the most obvious way to get the point across would be to add glasses and a guitar, but I really wanted to use lighting to communicate the differences in these two personalities or personas. So I only employed subtle styling in the form of shirt choice and hair messiness.

However after my roommate showed me her friends rock-star portrait from a previous year employing setting, props and a more dynamic pose I’m unsure of my decision. I guess I still feel like I learned more doing it this way since it was my first time adjusting lights and trying to manipulate shadows etc. Anyways feedback would be awesome. Thanksssss.

QUESTION MARK SO YALL CAN RESPOND?

Glasses pop art. The glasses were made for this project.

Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd

So I picked this book up at the Library the other day as a joke, to amp up my nerdiness on warhammer night. I didn’t really look at it too much, just grabbed it, thinking I didn’t know any of the authors for it. However, when I got it home, my boyfriend pointed out John Green’s name just chilling on the cover there and I got super mega excited. Howevr, that was just the beginning. Here’s the list of books I’ve previously read by the authors in this book.

Tithe by Holly Black

The Wrath of Mulgarath by Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi

Boy Proof by Cecil Castellucci (mentioned in a recent blog post)

Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

Pretties by Scott Westerfeld

Extras by Scott Westerfeld

(I should read Specials by Scott Westerfeld)

(I also saw Peeps by Scott Westerfeld mentioned on vlogbrothers)

City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare

City of Glass by Cassandra Clare

Feed by M.T. Anderson

How They Met and Other Stories by David Levithan (I actually picked this up on the same trip and read it before I read Geektastic)

(Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan, I have seen the movie, I’d like to read the book)

Will Grayson; Will Grayson by John Green by David Levithan (JOHN GREEN AND DAID LEVITHAN! GASP!)

Millicent Min, Girl Genius by Lisa Yee

Looking For Alaska by John Green

Paper Towns by John Green

An Abundance Of Katherines by John Green

So that’s 16 book I’ve previously read by the books of Geektastic. I think it is clear that my geek cred is through the roof.

As a last note, I actually really did like this book. It has a bit of everything: theatre nerds, gaming nerds, dinosaur nerds, rocky horror nerds, role playing nerds, smart nerds, astronomy nerds, convention nerds, online dating nerds, uncool nerds (btw replace ‘nerds’ with ‘geeks’). As a last note I was going to write what my favourite stories were but honestly I really enjoyed most of them and I probably can’t make a list under 7, so you should just read them all.