Rachel Verhaaren Photography

Continuing with some more consistent posts, here are some images from my studio lighting class this past semester with the wonderful Jonathan Trundle. Normally in studio electives we will have some preliminary assignments to master techniques and then a larger final project that is more conceptual. In studio lighting, however, we chose to work through a variety of techniques during the entirety of the semester and compile a portfolio of examples for our final.

So here are some images from studio lighting!

It turns out that my statement yesterday was incorrect. I have not finished showing all of my work from the end of junior year. I know, I’m a horrible person. I apologize.

This is my Body in Photography final. While I soon hope to have this and other more developed bodies of work on the portfolio section of the site, they’re being blog’d in the mean time.

During my time at MICA I have developed a certain affinity for plaster gauze, as seen in my work in my Accumulation and Metaphor class. So for Body I chose to work with the medium again. I cast certain sections of my body and then posed them in various positions within the confines of my apartment. The work talks about isolation and the removal of identity while still capturing a gesture or personality. I also had a lot of fun covering myself in plaster gauze. Enjoy!