NZPhotographer Issue 46, August 2021
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Purity<br />
WHAT ARE YOU SHOOTING WITH?<br />
My collection of photography equipment is rather limited<br />
compared to other photographers; When I was 15, my<br />
grandmother gifted me her Canon EOS 1100D camera<br />
as I was taking the level 2 design and photography class<br />
the next year, and she felt that I could put it to better<br />
use than her. At that time I had never experimented with<br />
photography on anything other than my Iphone and was<br />
excited to get to know the camera.<br />
YOU SEEM DRAWN TO PHOTOGRAPHING<br />
PEOPLE RATHER THAN NATURE OR<br />
LANDSCAPES – WHAT IS IT ABOUT PORTRAIT<br />
PHOTOGRAPHY THAT CAPTIVATES YOU?<br />
It’s true, I am more drawn towards portrait photography<br />
and photographing real people rather than landscape<br />
and nature photography styles. I find that through<br />
portraiture I am able to capture the raw connections<br />
between people and their emotions, which is something<br />
I am captivated by. I want to portray the emotions I feel<br />
in my life or take a photo that other people can look at<br />
and recognise an emotion that they themselves have<br />
felt. I want them to look at my photos and actually think<br />
- Not just to enjoy what they look like, but to think about<br />
the emotion they feel when looking at them.<br />
TELL US ABOUT ONE OF YOUR FAVOURITE PHOTOS...<br />
The shoot I did last year with the girl in the wings is<br />
my favourite shoot so far. My model and I planned<br />
the outfit and composition, and we were in the<br />
studio for hours trying different things with light and<br />
camera settings. We also played with cellophane over<br />
lights to create different colours. Overall I was really<br />
happy with the result and felt proud of what we had<br />
accomplished.<br />
<strong>NZPhotographer</strong><br />
<strong>August</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />
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