FLM portraiture series

‘Coffee’

I took this photo out in a café in Myponga. It was just a family sitting together enjoying a coffee. I like photography for the fact that it reminds me to look around and find the beauty in things. The dim, warm lighting just supports the humbleness of this moment. I appreciate how calm and joyful this photo makes winter look – the knitted jumpers and sitting just to drink a warm coffee – it almost makes me think that winter actually isn’t that bad.

‘Surrealism’

Each image was photographed in different conditions with specific lighting in order to best express the story. Inspiration came from friends and family. Many friends have an interest in photography, each with their own artistic flair. This encouraged me to find the specific style I most enjoyed. This is how I found surrealism. I ensured that the images had a sense of meaning and vulnerability to connect to the audience through emotion.

We asked senior students from a selection of Fleurieu schools to submit photographic portraits that capture an emotion, a story or create a document of a place and time.

‘Naheem’

Looking up at someone, admiration, affirmation. The markings of the bamboo are like a symbol of rebellion, like tattoos but not on the skin.

Mia

‘Lina’

This image captures my cousin, Lina, enjoying the sunshine. I specifically chose Lina as my subject, as she is a very happy and funny person, who likes colour, the sun and her red shirt. The photo is shot at a high angle to capture the texture, contrast and emotion of the scene, and draw the viewer into the image. >

Their interpretations never cease to inspire us. Through their choice of subject, style, backdrop and lighting, their images give us some insight into the minds and creative vision of our younger locals.

I used my school’s environment to produce this photograph. The texture and framing of the dark green foliage creates a sad mood combined with the models pose. Her pose emphasises sadness by the way her hands rest together and the way she looks away from the camera into the distance.

Looking to the future, facing toward the light. The branches are like an external neural pathway, mimicking the thoughts and the inner world. The headphones contain the thoughts, but the tree is an external expression of that.

Action shot, playing with movement, strong figure, central in frame, very prepared, headstrong, defiant. Subject moving towards camera while shooting.

My theme for my photograph is life. I was aiming to show a close up of my friend’s face with nature surrounding him. I used the shallow depth of field technique by making his face in focus and the bush around his face slightly out of focus. An element of art that I think looks effective in this image is texture as even though the plant life is out of focus, it is clear enough to still see the rough texture of the leaves and bark. >

I chose my cousin for this composition to investigate and reflect his endless love for nature, which also met my desire to capture and experience the intimacy and beauty that nature abundantly offers all around us. This pleasing composition draws on the subject’s positioning to conjure feelings of hope and wonder, which act as a platform for how we can each nurture nature.

Della Williss, 16, Investigator College

I chose to use my younger cousin because he loves having his photo taken and playing outside on my family’s farm, feeding the animals, and getting dirty. The concept was to try to capture unstaged moments of him in his element running through puddles and feeding lambs. I captured these moments close up to show the expressions on his face to show emotion and capture a story.

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