Digital Portfolio

This is my Digital Portfolio

http://www.slideshare.net/xoxsaraox/portfolio-35745335

1. The style of genre that most appeals to me are portrait photography
2.  Anything that looks like it would be taken with a Polaroid is interesting to me. I would like to portray emotions and relationships through my photography.
3.  I believe my strengths are seeing potential photos in everyday life, I find that I see a beauty in even the most mundane of moments. You can see this in all my work, as it is all very low key.
4. My Formalism shot of the old man siting eating his lunch is probably the photograph that best exemplifies my strengths. I saw him eating in front of the water and I saw the picture in my head and I wanted to remember this moment for whatever reason. I am very proud with the way the picture turned out. 
5.  I need to improve my lighting and my use of the camera’s settings. I am not very good with using the actual camera to its fullest potential. But what I do know I believe I do well.
6.  In my first shot, the Hands and Eyes I wish I could’ve blurred the back ground a little more to intensify the love in the photo. To make it feel like they were they only two people in the world. I don’t yet have the skill to get exactly what I want out of my photographs but I intend to one day.
7. The picture of Olivia from my first Portrait shoot is a photograph that I really enjoy because it makes me uncomfortable to look at. The feeling I hope people get from viewing this image is discomfort. And there really isn’t a message behind this particular photo, but if I were to look at it as an impartial individual I would see it as letting loose. She’s arching back uncomfortable and her mouth is open, it looks as if she is releasing something. It could be her negative thoughts or emotions or even just the stress of everyday life. I believe that the photograph was successful in every aspect and I would like to leave my photography to be left to the ‘eye of the beholder’ .