Extended Projects Class-

Diving Board, photo by Jeff Howard.  CC applies, click on photo to view license. 

This semester I am taking an extended projects class.  When it came to deciding what to photograph I wasn't sure what I wanted to focus on but I knew I needed to feed my creativity and do some experimenting.  For the first few weeks of class I played with some ideas but still wasn't happy.

Last week I came across some work from a freelance photographer in Texas, Cooper Neill.  He is injecting 100% creativity into his sports photography by shooting double exposures on 35mm film.  (Here is a link to his website, check him out!) Once I saw his work I was totally inspired and knew I needed to give this a try myself.

Neill's photographs have served as my "springboard" of inspiration this semeseter.  He composes and layers his subjects, focal points, and colors in a very thoughtful way.  I've started shooting with some of these elements in mind. I decided to shoot digital double exposures in camera.  This allows me to easily experiment and see the results as I develop my style and balance between the two layers.

Check out the results of my first photoshoot coming up in my next blog post.

LL