Zac Lukegord Photo

For this project I decided to do a combination of solairzed portraits and painting with light. I asked a bunch of my friends to use a lighter to draw a word that was important to them. I then took a 10 second long exposure in a dark room and they drew the words. I had four other people paint their words with light, but I thought these three were the strongest for my concept. My "models" had to draw their words a few times because I accidentally ruined my first two roles of film, but they really nailed it on the last try! It may be tough to see in blog format, but the portraits gradually move from extremely solarized to only minimal solarization. The portraits above the words show the person who drew the word. Being able to see the person who wrote the word lets the viewer think about what the person is feeling, rather than simply seeing the word on its own. The solarization works in tandem with the drawn words to bring more depth to them. The extreme solariz...

For this project I set out to create two images which contrasted with each other but also were connected through a theme. I first looked for areas where the lighting was interesting, and I stumbled on this can of beer which was reflecting a lot of light from the sun. I noticed that it paired well with the photo of the sticker so I put them together. I think these two images contrast a lot visually. The first image has a complex background with warm colors, and the second image's background has cool colors and isn't very complicated. In the center of the image this is reversed. The first image has a cool subject while the second image has a bright red in the center. I did some minor editing to bring out the warm colors in the first photo, and the cool colors in the second one.  These images together make a point about our democracy. The stepped on and damaged "I voted today!" sticker paints voting in a negative light. This is especially true when it is right nex...