For my final photo project, I wanted to do something that I never really tried, which was portraits. I think besides this I've only ever shot with a strobe in photo 1/2. It was a great learning experience and a fun way to end my year off. For my photos, I shot one of the people I'm the closet with: my friend Danielle. Danielle is an amazing friend who has been with me through the roughest of times, Through these photos I hope I was really able to capture the essence of her. In all of my photos, I wanted there to be soft cool lighting which would really set the tone as neutral so Danielle would be more focused on. When many people look at Danielle all they expect is a sweet church going white girl. But she is so much more, and there are numerous layers to her, many of which i didn't capture. She laughs, she's serious, and she loves to be silly. Through my photos, i attempted to capture just a few emotions of Danielle, the things that make her. I'd say through the pictures that I took, that I was successful in capturing Danielle in her true element, while also being successful in shooting with the strobe.
