P5 S1 Powers
I wanted to assimilate the emotion and style that Abbie Trayler-Smith shows in her 'The Big O' project.
Intention: Warrior Pose. I wanted to capture her focus and strength while doing yoga as a woman, wife, and mother feeling comfortable and confident in a larger body and showing her strength. Some of Trayler-Smith's subjects felt confident in their own skin and others did not, but she captured it all.
Reference to Reading: I loved so many quotes from Lesson 57 this week, but one was "Leave everything else that doesn't make you say, "Oh my God, look at that!" to others." I love this quote and I love this photo. This is a photo of my wife. I love her so much and she has been through so much mentally, physically, and emotionally and has struggled with all the stigmas and the way the media has made people in larger bodies feel. This has directly impacted her and even with everything else going on in our daily family life that just adds so much more emotional and mental toll to it, she stays strong through it all. She is a warrior. She is someone I see every single day and say, "look at that!" "look at you!" "you are a woman that rocks and is out here killing it despite all the adversity and obstacles you have had to overcome."
Outcome: This came out as intended. My only change would have been a smoother line in the floor where I moved the couch from the photo.
Edits: levels adjustment, upped clarity a bit, fixed a few over exposed spots, moved our couch out of the photo because it was distracting, and painted my wife's toenails because it was her only request when having this photo taken. I also cropped this photo and added a very slight darker vignette.
P5 S1 Powers
I wanted to assimilate the emotion and style that Abbie Trayler-Smith shows in her 'The Big O' project.
Intention: Warrior Pose. I wanted to capture her focus and strength while doing yoga as a woman, wife, and mother feeling comfortable and confident in a larger body and showing her strength. Some of Trayler-Smith's subjects felt confident in their own skin and others did not, but she captured it all.
Reference to Reading: I loved so many quotes from Lesson 57 this week, but one was "Leave everything else that doesn't make you say, "Oh my God, look at that!" to others." I love this quote and I love this photo. This is a photo of my wife. I love her so much and she has been through so much mentally, physically, and emotionally and has struggled with all the stigmas and the way the media has made people in larger bodies feel. This has directly impacted her and even with everything else going on in our daily family life that just adds so much more emotional and mental toll to it, she stays strong through it all. She is a warrior. She is someone I see every single day and say, "look at that!" "look at you!" "you are a woman that rocks and is out here killing it despite all the adversity and obstacles you have had to overcome."
Outcome: This came out as intended. My only change would have been a smoother line in the floor where I moved the couch from the photo.
Edits: levels adjustment, upped clarity a bit, fixed a few over exposed spots, moved our couch out of the photo because it was distracting, and painted my wife's toenails because it was her only request when having this photo taken. I also cropped this photo and added a very slight darker vignette.