hey peeps! i know it's kinda late but here's my final attempt to contribute! had wanted to take 3 more sets of photos but if you havent knew (lucky you!), sh*t happens, especially when you are most desperate for help. so yups, to put it simply, things cropped up and i'm only left with just one more set. anyhow, here they are:







This is Shirlyn (26) who related that she got her first tattoo because anyone with one such piece of art on his/her body was considered trendy back during her time, or at least among her circle of friends. Therefore, none of the few tattoos she has actually bear any significant meaning except that they portray how fashionable a person she is. She also revealed that she will be getting more tattoos because she likes how they accessorize her body. I've taken this shot within the jewellery shop she works in to illustrate how tattoos, like jewellery, are often used to adorn the body.

I can't decide which of these three to choose. Can anybody help? haha.
Anyway, I've decided to post the previous three photos because jy alerted me that they look pixelated. haha. so below are the original and edited versions of each.

original.

cropped and enhanced dark tones.

original.

cropped.

original.

slightly corrected contrast and brightness.

hello people!

here's more:

SOAR

here's Ru. Her phoenix tattoo represents SOAR. it was done a yr ago as a form of motivation for her sport contact rugby. but it has been some time since she has played rugby, thus the melachonic feel. choose which one is the better one k (: i can't decide. thanks.

I HATE MY FATHER.

Kerrie has a Japanese lang tattoo of "father" on her butt cheek. When i asked her why she did it, she simply said "I hate my father". no further reason or explanation needed, youths see tattooing as a form of expression, a canvas to paint their emotions on.

p/s: she has a neon tattoo! (is that what you call it?) but couldn't find the light to shoot it.. and she's intending to get a portrait of her mom on her back or something, too bad our submission's soon.

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!