Alone, Together

Alone, Together includes portraits of current college students in the state of Texas. However, these students, can relate to millions of other pupils in the country. This project represents the difficulty of being alone without parents and friends in a cold, hard new city. It is also the warmness of being together by experiencing, more or less, these changes.

Skater Students

I had been wanting to update this blog for quite sometime. However, this break has only given me a limited time for updating. Luckily, I did find some images that I had been wanting to post now.
These pictures were taken on a beautiful day in about late October. I was randomly inspired since one of the guys in these images is a model of mine (Brennan). Looking at these pictures reminds me of the nice weather we had that day. It was perfect without humidity or too much heat or cold.
I apologize for taking such a long time to post these.

Lack Of Inspiration

     I constantly go through many "brain farts" when it comes to gathering ideas for photography. As of right now I am currently stuck and stressed. The pressure that finals have created for me is unbelievable. I technically have two weeks to work on my final portfolios and the thought of it makes my stomach hurt.
     However, whenever I feel this way I tend to take a trip down to the library or perhaps online to go back to those photographers that made me realize how much I really love what I am studying. They help me feel a bit better about my lack of creativity at times.
     As my professor, Mike, always tells me, "Don't put your eggs in one basket." He explains to me that I should shoot and not necessarily work towards an idea. The funny thing is that I keep a moleskine full of ideas and the exact executions I have for them. I feel more comfortable having an idea and working from that.
     Here are some pieces of work that inspire to continue without a single idea written on my little journal of thoughts:

Work by Hedi Slimane

Work by Richard Avedon

Work by Mario Testino

Work by Steven Klein

Absense. Technical Portfolio. Finals.

First and foremost, I want to apologize for my absence. I have been terribly busy with school and it there doesn't seem to be calm seas ahead. However I wanted to update with everything I have been doing.Last week, we turned in a Technical Portfolio for Photo II. It pretty much includes everything we've worked on during this semester.

Apart from everything we've done, I had the pleasure of learning how to make fiber prints and to print in large scales (on 11 x 14 and 16 x 20 paper).

Anyway, here is some of the work. Remember, you can click it to make it bigger.

Final Fiber Print (Brady)

Fiber Print from Flash Assignment (Daniel)

Flash Assignment Work Prints (Darian & Daniel)

Hands & Feet Work Prints (Darian & Daniel)

Hands & Feet Work Print (Me)

Push Process Work Print (Irma)