Beth Roach Photography
Reminiscing
With things getting slightly on top of me I took the time to look back at some old work, work that I’m still to this day not sure how to feel about, but have been encouraged to share. I know this is personal but I’ve always felt self conscious about my portfolio, and anxious about how others may perceive it but as it’s a Thursday I thought I would keep up with the tradition ofThrowback Thursday and share some little bits.
These two were from my first Unit on my college course, a topic based on Urban Landscape and of course me being me I managed to distort the criteria to suit my love for portraiture. Moving around busy London, being shoved in all different directions, caught in the atmosphere and a lady doing a “duck face” in Carnaby Street made for an interesting day and some real characters.
For those of you that don’t know me, being subtle isn’t my greatest talent so the image above was made even more special by the subject’s attention elsewhere. And who doesn’t love people watching anyway?
Within my Second Unit I chose to look into pattern, another distorted topic with parts inspired by De Joode’s Wallpaper designs with the help of some lovely models.
These two were to develop my studio skills, the one below being my first attempt at Medium Format Film processing. The quality of 120mm film shocked me, I loved and loathed it, the quality was fantastic as well as the new method I was learning, but the negative sure picked up any dust it could find! This shot of Dannielle was my favourite, after three attempts of removing dust there was only a little speck, but with time gathering dust in my portfolio the shot isn’t as clean as it was, and yet its still one of my favourites.
More experimentation with Studio set ups lead to a White backdrop typical high key lighting – cue sigh of relief!
Further experimentation in the studio got us to work with Shadow Portraits, a fun alternative to the 18th century Silhouettes.
For anyone feeling self-conscious about your portfolio, a particular shot, or even if it’s not photography related and you don’t know how people will react; just do it! You never know who you might inspire, even if it’s yourself!
Thank you for taking a look, as always feel free to leave a comment and check out myFacebook Page and Twitter!
Beth
