So I figured...

I kind of forgot about this blog for a while, haha. I've been so caught up with school lately and just finished my last exam (literally!) - which means my summer is supposed to begin. But apparently not, because I have a week of summer school (to get ahead of course, failing courses aren't my thang). This means I'm not going to be completely free until next month or something...

I guess I'll talk about my latest photo - my week 8 for the 52 weeks project.

Like I probably said already, this photo was a huge step for me in my photography. Really, I've never done a photo where I showed so much skin, but this would have never worked with a shirt. There is just something about skin that makes a photo so raw and expressive. I hesitated a little bit, but I realized - why not try something new? It felt a little weird at first but it felt amazing after I did it - it was kind of like I pushed down a wall that limited what I was 'allowed' to do photographically. I'm glad I did it too, because this photo has been basically a story of my life.

Now onto the concept - as you all know I decided to title this photo 'an optimist'. I've always been the optimist in my family, mostly around school and around my friends. I decided to represent the optimism - all the happiness, joy, and bright ideas in the sunflower. In this photograph, I am inserting the sunflower into my back - and in a way you can see it as the sunflower (stem) becoming my spine. I know that the spine is one of the most important parts of the body in order for one to move, and I wanted to show the desire to move - to move up in a group of people, to go as high as possible and that would all depend on our spine. The flower blossoming near my head represents the positive thoughts that come out of being an optimist, and the muted blue tones represent a more depressed, sad kind of situation where one would need to be optimistic in order to move.

I certainly don't like to trapped in a sad, moody, gloomy situation - I always want to get out of it, make the best out of it and be glad that I did. Sometimes it means even if I stand out amongst others, get laughed at, or anything like that. I'd do it. It means a lot to me that I can put a part of my life and morals into a photograph and I'm glad some of you enjoy it. Like everything, some may not, and that's perfectly fine because one person I take photos for is myself.

That was really a mouthful for a photograph, hah. I really hope everyone enjoys their summer lots - make the best out of it!