One Door Closes, Another Door Opens ~ Ashley M.

[JohnKokWithAdSLR]

This is Ashley, shes a pretty sporty gal =)

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Constructive C & C welcome

Sorry about the small pictures, got bigger ones here


Artistically Scientific Side of Things

Please allow me the opportunity to share about my actual experimental work.

As an artist, my work is about expressing a person’s character using impressions generated from photos and words and piecing them together to form a bigger picture.

Rather than on a per-picture basis, kindly consider my work through an overall point of view.

Full articles of my experimental series can be found here

I would really appreciate if you may take some of your time and give me feedback about them as it would aid me greatly in furthering my research

Thank you very much =)

[JohnKokWithAdSLR]

Experimental Concept

My artwork is about combining all of the impressions from of all of the photos of the model. In this set I have more than 30 photos, all displayed in a specific format arranged to simulate the layout of a Triptych (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triptych) but modified to for website publish

Other words you must consider all 50 of these photos plus the words in my article about the model for it to work. Its sort of like a macro scale kind of thing.

My experiment is about being able to accurately express a person using this means.



Approach

I capture my subjects exactly as they are despite what she says about herself and what she does in the pictures

I minimize my influence and bias in the subject by providing minimal direction and art guidance, hence minimizing influence contamination.

Everything in the photos, everything in each word and sentence belongs to the subject and none of mine.

All of this raw data is completely up to the audience to process and interpret to their heart’s content =D

Telling me your interpretation will definitely help me a lot ! So please do =)

As for the background and place i choose, this sort of captures an element of fate to my work. Its like it is fate that we have to shoot at this place at this particular moment ( i hope i am making sense )

[n8]

I think offering some direction may actually help. This, nor the other really speak too loudly about the personality of your subject...in my opinion...as they're mostly basic poses. I think if you were to more or less follow your subject through a day or task and either go for highly candid (as if you weren't there), or work to put her in elements that define her, or with props that reflect their interests...that could help. Otherwise, they just kinda say "here's a pretty girl."

[JohnKokWithAdSLR]

I think offering some direction may actually help. This, nor the other really speak too loudly about the personality of your subject...in my opinion...as they're mostly basic poses. I think if you were to more or less follow your subject through a day or task and either go for highly candid (as if you weren't there), or work to put her in elements that define her, or with props that reflect their interests...that could help. Otherwise, they just kinda say "here's a pretty girl."

haha thank you, I shall work more on it

[Overbeyond]

I think offering some direction may actually help. This, nor the other really speak too loudly about the personality of your subject...in my opinion...as they're mostly basic poses. I think if you were to more or less follow your subject through a day or task and either go for highly candid (as if you weren't there), or work to put her in elements that define her, or with props that reflect their interests...that could help. Otherwise, they just kinda say "here's a pretty girl."

Totally agree.

[LeeIs]

I like the attitude in the 3rd one. and agree with the advice given above.

[jetrim]

As an artist, my work is about expressing a person’s character using impressions generated from photos and words and piecing them together to form a bigger picture.

Rather than on a per-picture basis, kindly consider my work through an overall point of view.

Full articles of my experimental series can be found here

I would really appreciate if you may take some of your time and give me feedback about them as it would aid me greatly in furthering my research

Thank you very much =)

In my mind, the fatal flaw in your experiment is that overall, we learn much more about YOU by viewing the series, than about the 5' tall girl from Singapore. The other fatal flaw is that we ALL provide "influence contamination" to each other, every time we interact (I'm doing it right now! But that's OK because you did it first by posting the photos and the link )

Seriously, it's a nice series; the subject is pleasant & you're obviously technically proficient; but I don't get any sense that you "accurately expressed a person".

[JohnKokWithAdSLR]

In my mind, the fatal flaw in your experiment is that overall, we learn much more about YOU by viewing the series, than about the 5' tall girl from Singapore. The other fatal flaw is that we ALL provide "influence contamination" to each other, every time we interact (I'm doing it right now! But that's OK because you did it first by posting the photos and the link )

Seriously, it's a nice series; the subject is pleasant & you're obviously technically proficient; but I don't get any sense that you "accurately expressed a person".

is there a way to work around this problem ? =( please help

[Overbeyond]

Hello everyone, I’m Ashley

I am 5 feet tall, my favorite color is pink, I love music and performing arts and I basically like anything that’s girlish ;-)

oh and I love puppies =)

John
This is your subject talking above. Your well taken photographs do, to some degree, capture this thought process. But I doubt whether there is enough there to experiment deeply on.
I would consider the helpful suggestions and advice offered by N8