Project Helen

Project Helen has been a big adventure for me. First I had a really hard time figuring out what i was going to do or even how to comprehend what I could possibly WANT to do.
My final product is a diptych depicting my conflicting emotions about home and about Columbus. I am a very different person when I am at home. I am very to myself and bored all the time. the first image shows that. It is a self portrait of me composite with an image of the Appalachian Trail which is my back yard and basically the only thing to do or go to during the summer. the second image is my bathroom in my apartment in Columbus. Although my bathroom "screams" Jersey, I am screaming because I am finally going "wild". When I am here, I go insane with school and work and being very involved with school activities. My apartment is the one place that I can feel calm while i'm here, btu still being in a crazy world. It also shows how where i am from is a lot more calm and nature-y and Columbus is much more "exotic" in a way.

mid photoshoot right now. Not going particularly well considering the equipment isn't cooperating and im sitting here painted up like a zebra, but i figured i'd update while i'm trying to trouble shoot the issue. Dear profoto mono lights- why are you being jerks? i think it might be my camera to be honest. but yeah. the look on my face is a pretty accurate description of how i feel about this and in general! stressed and stuffy.
Off to blend into the background, will update more later.

-britt[neigh]
get it , like a zebra?

Project Helen

Project Helen has been one hell of a journey for me already. At first I was confused, because for me not having an example of something really kind of scares me. But after many conversations with Charlotte, I am finally excited for this project. I decided to do what I do best and stick to photography. I really love taking portraits and I also really love lighting and studio portraits.
So to describe the spaces
Panel one is going to be a self portrait within my bathroom. my bathroom is covered in Zebra print. One would describe it as, "snooki inspired." Hell, maybe it's the Jersey in me, but i think it's fun. So, I am going to do a self portrait in the bathroom and i will camouflage myself into the "patterns" of the zebra. For the second Panel. I will be in a field of grass, I will also camouflage myself into the grass. These two panels will be symbolic of how i feel about home and Columbus. Columbus, being the exotic part of me, and New Jersey being the more calm part of me.
So that's my idea and lets hope it goes well because i'm excited now!