Photography Ideas

Lately I've been thinking about what I want to do in the summer, to keep artistically active. I have a bunch of small canvases and canvas boards I want to paint and give away or display in my new place, I want to make more duct tape wallets to sell for extra cash, I want to draw portraits every week, including a self portrait challenge using old photos, and I have ideas for photo-shoots about the human body.

Shoulder Blades:
I want to take black and white photos of shoulder blades on a nude back with various levels of sticking out. Some shoulder blades stick out more than others, and I want to do a series showing how they are all beautiful. Ideally, I will have models that are visually underweight, average and overweight all represented equally.

Collarbones:
To go to the other side of the body, I want to look at collarbones on various individuals. The curves and shadows of the collarbone can be quite sexual, and I want to explore and test this idea. Again with wanting models of varying weight to see if that is part of the sex equation, and in different levels of stress and motion with the muscles around and close to the collarbone.

bed-head portraits:
I want to explore the notion of "putting my face on"; that idea that girls can't leave the house without looking in the mirror to see if they look alright. I do it myself, every single day, and I hope to capture beauty in my models without them brushing their hair, or teeth, or putting a bra on before getting their picture taken.

Thighs and Knees:
I did a drawing assignment in First Year that involved abstraction, but the pose of the figure in my drawing has captivated me and I want to re-create it in photographic form with different individuals. It was basically a picture of the thighs and downwards, with the arms in there as well. It was an odd angle, but I see it as a challenge, to create a photograph that holds the same sense of mystery and beauty as the pose does in my sketches.

One-Night Stand:
Many young people, and especially those who party, have experienced the one night stand, or come very close to it, including myself. And we know the shame you feel the next morning when you realize that you may have made a big mistake. I want to do a series of photos representing the reality of a one night stand, without alluring the audience with the sex. I want to show the shame, and general disregard women especially, feel after having a one night stand, especially if it was their first time having sex or being intimate.

Alice in Wonderland:
It just came out, and I loved it and am proud of my Uncle's company for getting that contract and want to do two things about it. 1) Paint an original movie poster and send it to my uncle's studio in Ontario and 2) Do a photo-shoot with my out hand-made outfits and such. An Alice themed shoot, without all of the sexualization of Alice and the humanizing of the animal characters.

 So those are my ideas for the summer. I will also hopefully be working full time and such, so I will have to make time for this stuff.

Have a good night, all.