Administrivia: Artist Statements, Captions, etc.

Hi guys,

Just a gentle reminder to write our respective artist statements as well as the captions for our individual photos. Think can just edit the captions into the photo blog entries ba, then we can help one another edit anything.

Please remember to print our these statements along with your photo laser prints.

That's all for now. See you guys Wednesday! :)

~*Raine

Butterfly

Hi guys, i finally managed to find someone for a shot. LJ accompanied me to have this shot taken.


This is my friend's friend. She got the butterfly tattoo cos it symbolises transformation / change. The tattoo is meant to show that she is moving on from her past relationship, letting go of past memories. It was at this place that she shared quiet time with her ex-boyfriend, away from the humdrum of schoolwork. Her releasing of the rose petals depicts her letting go of their love.

my final batch..

hello. here are more photos that i took.

motivation: strong peer influence. he thought his friends looked cool with their tattoos. hence, he decided to get one himself to blend into the crowd.

motivation: he wants something to have on him to reflect his personality - fun, agile and always full of energy.

motivation: narcissistic purposes. he tattooed his surname on him because he likes his surname and according to him, his surname is very 'him'.

motivation: his carefree 'feels like it' life. he believes in doing things at the spur of the moment - just like how he decided to get his tattoo - just feeling like getting it. simple, short and sweet decision making process.

freedom suggestion

hi shena, i thought the fence is wedd camo-ed by the tree n not-so-obvious to the viewer... n i think should have more sky... since its convenient to reshoot, here are some suggestions:

u stay in sch right, u noe the top level of as7 area, right above the computer cluster and printing notes area theres a kind of accessible "rooftop". i think as3 top level also has something like that. YIH the stairs near subway also goes to some kind of roof top area.

is it possible to go there n shoot? so that you can compose a great deal of sky there. in the shot cant really see sky... you can ask her to look upwards into the sky and give a very shiok (smell of freedom) expression haha. and open her arms? so pic could be more expressive.

evening time would be good, assuming the sky is clear, there should be nice orangey light, and sky wont be overly bright n turning her into a silhouette.

also, does she have any white singlet? cos more erm angel-like. or black also can actually. cos the stripes of the current one may distract the eye from the tattoo (in a subtle way).

here are some suggestions:



(sorry for the scary-looking sketches...)

i think, since its s12r, feel free to shoot wide to show as much sky as possible, to give the sense of wideness and hence freedom. since its s12r, the wings will still be very visible. imagine even if her wings take up only 1/5 the picture, it will be 1/5 x 18 inches - 8.64 cm which, if sharp, can be clear :D

freedom

                                   (closer shot)

hello!

my first contribution.

here's my friend with wings (: she said her tattoo symbolizes "freedom, flight". the idea here is to place her in a "cage" looking out. i dunno about the composition of this shot, so on. but i don't really like it as much.. maybe if you guys think it's okay then i'll get it printed out in 12R. if not reply asap k? cos' she's my neighbour, i can do a re-shoot asap (: either sunday or monday. but it would have to be the same venue..

and it needs some editing i'm sure haha.

feedback pls!

liam unphotoshopped

this was another picture of liam taken in october, during the same shoot of the octopus-liam pic. earlier i thought the octopus-liam was nicer than this but reddy said no-ps. so we perhaps we can use this if we dont have enough pics... this one is not ss la btw.

not very environmental la, the "evironmental" part is the laptop display and camera. he's a videographer/photographer and the main reason for his ocean tattoo is because he has travelled often and frequently across the pacific ocean. the picture on his laptop was taken in qatar, during one of his assignments.

the tattoo was done 2 years ago, reason and stuff are in the october 25th post.

another shot is this (one of the composites of the octoppus shot):

some how i prefer this cos i find it more expressive -shrugs- any thoughts?

[edit mon 8pm]

wonder if this is legal or ok with you all... putting 4 images together to convey sense of movement. not really photoshopping, but its quite inconsistent with the flow. was thinking the moving plane could add some kind of narrative to it...

marilyn monroe

My friend with a marilyn monroe tattoo on her hip.
She has this because she empthise her and relate to her in some ways.