The image above is one in a storybook series I shot during my senior year in high school. I wish I could show the entire story, but unfortunately, that will have to wait until I get a facebook page up and running. Once that happens, I'll be sure to include the URL in this blog so you can check out the project as a whole.
Moving on.
This shot concludes the story I told for this assignment. I titled my project "A Soldier's Story"- a simple story about a young man who enlists in the military, goes through boot camp, comes home only to find he is assigned to a deployment, and, as you can see above, makes the ultimate sacrifice for his country. To help me with this project, I enlisted (no pun intended) the help of two of my close friends, Dustin and Sam. Working with them was a breeze; both were cooperative, easy to direct, and were willing to do the same sometimes difficult positions over and over again just so I could get the perfect shot. In the end, the series came out better than I could have ever imagined.
While the digital world has certainly improved photography immensely, the best part of this project was working in the darkroom and putting a little more elbow grease into the work than normal.
Ironically, I started dating my husband about two or three weeks after I finished this project; I soon found out that he himself had enlisted in the military. Just a short, sweet side note.
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