Response to Critique

I guess I need to explain a few things more clearly. My project is obviously from the previous post about eyes. I am attempting to investigate the human emotions conveyed through the eyes. My plan is to display my final images in a block grid. The images themselves will be 5x5 inches in size. Although, I am now considering a few other ways of displaying the images. I will have to do some layout testing in order to know what I will finally end up with.

Okay now let's explore the way I plan to go about this lovely process. I will be shooting these images with a Mamiya C330 medium format camera. I am also using Ilford PanF (asa50) film. I love fine grain. :) In order to obtain the quality of light that will be necessary I will be using a master strobe with a silver lined reflective umbrella. (I can't wait to get my first roll shot.)

I have a list started in which I have been writing down different types of emotions. (I will include these in a later post.) I have also spent quite a bit of time looking up the word eyes, finding the definition as well as encyclopedic references.

I am starting to feel way more comfort in my project. DB had me a bit scared. I hadn't totally committed myself to the project until I was at the funeral of a family friend. During the funeral it was mentioned several times about how he had never really smiled with his mouth it was always with his eyes. After about the fifth or sixth mention of this, I was like 'I need to do this project.' So here I am forging my way through. I pray for wisdom and a successful end.

Response to feedback

Thanks for the great feedback. I guess I had always planned on including the nose and forehead to some extent. It's just that my main focus was going to be the eyes with no inclusion of the mouth. I guess I needed to have conveyed this idea a little better. I like the use of the 5x5 size because it causes you to be more intimate with the subject and isn't that what emotions are all about.

rest of images

Finally, I got my second post to show up. I actually posted it last Wednesday but it would not show up on my blog page. Anyway I think I have worked out the kinks.

My project is slow to start. I had a few financial problems which prevented ordering supplies. Now I have my order on the way to get me started. I have been playing with some of the images that I have taken digitally in the past. I am planning to do this with the Mamiya C330 medium format camera for my final images. I think the reason I was playing with these other images was to settle in my mind whether or not I could actually complete this project.

I do have a few backup plans just in case. I still feel that I can pull this project off though. I'm including the images that I have played with to get others feedback about what they think.

Well I guess I should give an overview of my project, so here it goes.

My vision is to capture the human emotions through people’s eyes. While this may be a daunting task, I feel that it is possible to be done. I, personally, find a person’s eyes to be their most interesting quality. I believe a person’s eyes hold a threshold of information about them. My main focus will be on my family member’s and close friends.

Because of accessibility of materials my size has been limited to the 20 images (5x5) and will be framed with a matte size of 32 inches across and 39 inches down. I am planning to use traditional dark room black and white processing, then toning the images to help define the desired effect that I am looking for.

Beginning

Hopefully I can get this thing working.