FORMATIVE BRIEF #6: INSPIRATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER

Another hard brief to me, not because I can't do anything respond to one of my favourite photographer, but because I don't actually have a favourite photographer. I surf web for inspirational photos a lot, not from any specific photographer. So I don't know who is the best one that I could respond my work on.

But there is one photographer called Laura Ferreira (http://lauraferreira.com/) who based in Trinidad and Tobago (I don't know where it is) has some beautiful images about beauty shoot mixed with floral set. I've been always wanting to do something like this before so when I saw her work, I decided to choose her work to recreate something of my own.
I've organized a team to help me with:
Model: Fellisa Burton, Maria De Los Angeles, Priya Chandra
MUA: Jolina O'Hair
Hair: Priya Chandra
Floral designer: Jade Genner
Stylist: Sophie Ranson

This is the reference photo:

Very dreamy and romantic

Mine, acutally, are not like that although based on the same concept. But I like the cross stripe shadows on her face and her expression so I chose this one to submit for this brief.

Some other photos in this series:

FORMATIVE BRIEF #5: AUSTRALIA IDENTITY

This brief was a really tough one for me, an international student, who has only been in Australia for 7 months. I've been thinking for a while about what make Australian special and what is their identities. Maybe they will be all about foods or beverage, or landscape ... but I still didn't know what to do with them. I thought I don't have enough experiences and knowledge about this country to do it.
But then when I thought about my experience about this country, I just realized that I should bring my own experience about my feeling toward this country. That would be all about Australians, all about the people that I've met in 7 months I've been here.
I still remembered the very first days when I came here, I felt alone in this photography class in CIT and I was afraid that I couldn't blend in with everyone, just because I look different with them and just because I couldn't have a normal conversation with them in English. I struggled with listening to what teachers speak in class and when I was sitting with other Australian classmates, I felt like I'm a dumb who couldn't understand anything they were talking about.
That was the reason why I didn't talk to anybody in my very first class days. I was afraid coming to class because I was afraid being a dumb, couldn't understand to anyone.
But my Australian friends, they didn't do the same to me.
They came and talked to me, they tried to make friend to me and I knew, they only tried to make me feel easier when I'm the only one who came from another country. I appreciated their kindness a lot. They did actually helped me feel easier coming to class every week. I proud to tell everyone: "My classmates are very nice and friendly."
There once a man who asked me: "Do you have any trouble with Australian here?"
"Why you ask so?" surprisingly I asked him.
"Because some Australians are very racist, especially to Asian, you know" answered him.
"No I haven't had any trouble with Aussies here. They are very nice and friendly to me" I told him.
"You're very lucky though!" he said.
And yes, after that talk with that man, I felt I'm very lucky to know and be friend with some of the most awesome Australians, who I'm so much happy to hang around with.
That's the reason I make them become Australian identities, based on my very own experiences, in this photo:

Thank you everyone, not only Alex, Sammy & Ben, but everyone, for being very nice to me until now. I'm proud to cross path with you guys, who make Australian special.