Inside Out

After learning about what the Inside Out Project is all about (http://www.insideoutproject.net/), I decided to participate in the project as well. I wrote a lot about the Inside Out Project on my first blog post, and at that point I hadn't actually put up the poster that I got from the website. The poster is about 3X4 feet long, and  it is inside the windows of the Taylor Meade building on the Pacific University campus. 

The Poster

Taylor Meade

I put the poster up in Taylor Meade because I felt like it would be a very visible place to the public. I put it up in time before the concerts at the end of the semester, so it would get maximum visibility and be available to a variety of people within and outside of the Pacific community. I really hope that by putting the poster up, it will inspire other people to get involved, because they will see that it wasn't really that difficult to become part of the project.

When taking the photograph, I was looking for a glamour shot. I wanted to accentuate here eyes, and have her eyes and expression make a strong connection with the viewer. I know that a lot of the shots in the project are meant to be emotional and exciting, but I felt like mine is meant to be engaging. I feel like the eye contact is very strong in the image. However, I definitely see room for improvement.

As far as improvements go, I feel like I could've done a portrait with more emotion. I feel like this one is engaging, but I want to do one that specifically expresses an emotion, so that'll be my goal for my next portrait. I think this project has been pushing me to do more meaningful portraits, and to also be more creative with how I present them to the public. I've seen a lot of other peoples' images of the posters cut up and pasted on stairs, or put up in very interesting places. Once I get a few more people to participate, I want to do a larger installment that will be more creative and interesting. I feel like this first one, though I'm proud of it, is more of a practice round so that I can get my bearings. I can't wait to do it again! (If you want to participate, or want to be my model, let me know!)