Kelly+Mitchell+5+Research

=5 Research= 1. The five tao elements of the Earth are earth, water, fire, air, and spirit. The five tao elements of the earth would be a very interesting and somewhat challenging subject to capture. If I were to photograph this idea I would probably shoot each of the elements individually and then through the use of photoshop I would layer them together into one picture. For this photograph I would have the elements leading into each other much like in the picture up above on the banner. I would shoot the photographs for this idea at home and I would utilize both artificial and natural lighting. Concept wise I think this would be really cool but this would be very difficult to shoot and compositionally it would be hard to put together but in the end it would be worth it.

2. The modern day staff for music has five staff lines on it, the perfect fifth is the basis for tuning, and hands, with five fingers, are used to play most instruments. I think that combining different musical instruments and sheet music would be cool because it's something different and it doesn't just blatantly have the number 5. For this idea I would shoot each of the pieces individually and then fade them and layer them over each other. I would use my sister, a piano, sheet music with five notes, and a guitar as the subjects for this photograph. I would utilize natural lighting for this photo and I would incorporate the leading lines of the piano keys, guitar strings, and the staff of the sheet music. The concept for this photograph would be strong because it wouldn't just say five but I would have to be careful with the craftsmanship so that the pictures don't all blend together.

3. My final idea is to have five shadows on either a wall or a fence acting something out. For this idea I would shoot these pictures at home using my younger sisters as the subjects and then I would have the shadows posing in front of my garage or maybe walking along the road. For this idea I would combine multiple pictures of their shadows and blend them together because I would not have enough subjects to take the picture all at once. I would use natural lighting for this project during the day if I took the pictures along the road but if I took the pictures in front of the garage I would experiment with making the photograph at night and using a couple of floodlights on ladders that I could even incorporate into the photographs. The concept for this photograph would be pretty cool but I think the execution might be a little challenging with the coordination of the subjects.