Wanderlust

Project Three was decidedly tricky to shoot in Beloit, due to the limited population and range of setting and activity. Thus, I decided to move my shoot to Madison to get more photo opportunities. Madison worked out pretty well. I went on Sunday, when the weather was nice, people were shopping, and there was a parade for St. Patrick’s Day. It was difficult to know what and when to shoot, so I took as many pictures as possible simply by “shooting from the hip” – that is, I rarely aimed the camera unless I saw a golden opportunity. The picture entitled “Happy Birthday,” for instance, was a set-up shot, but all others were candids.

The most successful part of my project was when I really started looking at what was around me. When I started to fully observe and attempt to understand people’s actions and expressions, I got shots that were full of emotion and interesting expression. I noticed after the shoot that I couldn’t stop looking around for more. I was fascinated by what I saw, the way that people act when they think no one is looking, and the daily interactions that we so often miss.