Ok so… here is something I have tried out… DISCLAIMER… I am not happy with the portrait. I took it with my brother’s not so good camera after thinking I had lost my own memory card… but that’s not even the main problem, the subject isn’t looking in the right direction, I want her to be looking down into the scene and also I am thinking of maybe adding headphones, so that she is connected to the environment by listening to the music… I got the idea for the 80s theme after I took the abstract photo. Then I went to a couple thrift stores to collect 80s objects, the outfit and the little cassette player.
I have a couple other ideas I want to try out this weekend. They are completely different. One is with a an old candle holder as inspiration… I picture someone (maybe my grandmother) as an old table or desk writing a letter in the night after the sun has gone down, she will be using a quill ink pen. You will see her illuminated by the candle in the old candle holder, the quill, the jar of ink… the idea is that it’s in a time and place with no electricity. I imagine I’d have her wear a nightgown.
A last idea is I really wanted to get a monk at Gesthemane monastery. I’ve spent some time there and really love the place, but I’m not sure if I want to try that this time…