Missed Opportunity

Throughout this semester, like Jenny, I have been careful to stay within my comfort zone when it came to shooting documentary. I was able to move past that in my photos for the last project "At Large" and I think the quality in the content of the images far exceeded what I'd done before. It goes to show how getting over that fear of maybe being glared at or even confronted can really pay off.

Though it isn't one particular moment, my missed opportunity, I think, would be in a project like "At Play" where most of the people I photographed we're friends who were very aware of the camera being there. In photographing people who are unaware or aren't anticipating that a photo will be taken of them, the emotion and and feeling of the picture are more real, and appropriate for documentary. Even though I was able to move past this for the most recent project, I wish I could've done it sooner.

Additionally, not having a car on campus really limited the range of places I had access to. I would've liked to have traveled a little farther than just the areas so close to Hofstra/ on campus. I definitely would've liked to have gone into the city more if money and time weren't as limited. There were also times where I though printing color or digital woud've made more sense or just looked better for the particular assignment than black and white. For "At Large" I thought it might've been stronger in color just because there is so much color in the fast food restaurants.

There were too many times where my great creative epiphany happened, like, halfway through my second role; doesn't help much. I now realize that next time I need to thoroughly think through my idea to make sure it's solid enough, and doesn't leave me figuring it out as I start shooting. This way I have more photos to work with and can shoot a cohesive theme/idea all the way through.