Jordyn Crane Portfolio
Last year in my art show booth, I displayed pictures of the outdoors and food. It was what I was most comfortable with doing up to my third year of photography. My senior year, I wanted to take a new approach and photograph something out of my comfort zone: people. I was inexperienced with taking portraits, I never knew how to position my model, or what I wanted in a portrait. When doing portfolio this year I wanted to step out of my bubble and try the other side in photography, while connecting similar themes from my booth’s last year to this year. In my booth this year, I also hinted at emotions. In the photos of a model tinted blue, I wanted to display compassion through the color of royal blue. In my pink portraits, I aim to display pensiveness. The duo of girls represents daring adventures and joyfulness. Finally, the main part of my booth represents the idea of reason versus passion.
The black and white pictures are all shots of my family: my mom, dad, and brother. The macro shots represent the details of what makes my family how it is, where each wrinkle ends, where my family’s eyes sparkle specifically. When we examine what makes us unique, we don’t realize we're showing our passion for ourselves and the ones around us. I wanted to make people aware of this concept, while also utilizing my other photos to tie into the big theme of the black and white grid. The other portraits are meant to directly show passion to the observer while the macro shots are meant to be questioned, without knowing that the observer had just studied the meaning of the grid. Restating what I said before, the royal blue shots are meant to directly display compassion.
