Final

 

Gym :)

               For my images I wanted to show something that I am passionate about, which is the gym. I am passionate about the gym because it helps me deal with my mental health. When I was 15, I was a skinny kid who weighed about 140 pounds and I would get abused at home by my father, so I decided to start going to the gym so that I could defend myself against him. At this point My mental health was at an all time low, but as I started working out, I felt my confidence growing, and I found myself being happy. As years went by, I learned however, that the gym cannot be the only solution for mental health, but rather mental health is something that you must work on as an individual. That is why with most of my work, I try to show the importance of both mental and physical health and finding a healthy balance between the two. In the images I bumped the aperture in the camera up to between 11 and 14 depending on the shot. I did this to get a dark and moody vibe to the images. I also edited the images in a way that would allow the shadows and highlights to help emphasize the muscle striations.

The "Garage"

 

Project 3

 

Project 2

Strength

Defeat

 

Photo2 Project 1

 

"beulah"

Digital Photography