This is a photo essay I have created out of my "Documentary" photos of Jamie. Jamie is a 23 year old student at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. She has is majoring in psychology and has a minor in women's studies. When she is not in class or studying she spends allot of her free time being creative. Because she is currently a senior she likes to blow off some steam by playing guitar, painting, reading, and spending time taking photographs of her friends. Jamie owns a small apartment which was once a garage is connected to a laundry mat behind John's Wildwood's Pizzeria. I decided to spend the day with Jamie for this photo shoot to capture her everyday lifestyle. I began with her waking up in the morning and then just followed her around as she went about her day. Fortunately Jamie isn't shy to the camera and let me take photos of her that most people wouldn't. I learned allot about my friend that I didn't know previously to the photo shoot because we spend so much time together. While I let her look at some of the photographs that I took of her she explained why she does most of the things that we observed in my photographs.
Here is Jamie waking up on a Tuesday morning in March. As she stretched out she seemed a bit amused with me ready to take her picture at such an early time. One would never guess that her cute little apartment was once a garage with the help of some carpeting and dry wall. Jamie also spruced up the place with some photographs that she has taken over the years and some art that she has found in magazines. Before I took this photograph when I woke up I noticed that her two cats, Oscar and Sookie were curled in two small balls next to her. She said that Oscar doesn't miss one night under her arm.
Here is Jamie brushing her teeth. She thought it was funny when I followed into the bathroom to get shots of her. I really liked this photo because I like the contrast between her face and the mirror. Because her class was about to start in an hour she was in a rush and I followed her around her apartment as she got ready.
Jamie and I started making jokes about how I was going to take photos of her every second of the day. She then told me to take a "fake photo" of her about to take a shower. She jumped into her shower with her clothes on and I came up with this photo. I like this photo because of the pattern on her shower curtain and how it matches her hair and clothes. Though this shot was not supposed to be candid it turned out candid because she didn't know when I was going to take the shot.
This is a candid photo of Jamie eating her cheerios. She seemed amused by my interest in her every day life that we all have before class. I noticed that she really didn't like getting her pictures taken while she was eating but I didn't care. 
After her cereal Jamie made us both a cup of tea. I had allot of fun taking this photo because I kept on dancing next to her with my camera. I ended up bumping into her and the lid of her kettle fell off and I got a picture of it flying in mid air onto her stove. I have always known that Jamie was a health fanatic but i didn't know that there where even organic tea. We both agreed that it taste even better than regular tea.
Here is Jamie leaving her place to go to the laundry mat. I liked this photo because of the lighting and how it is bright outside with the natural sun light and how you can still see the natural lighting from the inside of the apartment. This created a great contrast between Jamie and the doorway.
After our tea, Jamie and I went to the laundry mat once. She said she had a load of wet clothes that needed to by dried so we spend a bit of time there. This is Jamie checking to see if her clothes were still wet. I think this photo came out well because of all of the natural lighting between the indoor lights and the bright outside that shown through the large glass windows to the right of this photo.
After our time at the laundry mat we went back to Jamie's apartment. She felt awkward with me being there and there being nothing to do so i told her to just pretend that I wasn't there. I asked her what she would be doing right at that moment if I wasn't there and she said "painting in my bathroom". So I told her to just go and paint. She set up her note pad, paints, and brushes and began to paint. I took this photo when I noticed how intrigued her cat was by what she was doing. I really like how this photo came out because it is so candid and natural with the array of clothes strewn about and Jamie not looking towards the camera.
Here is Jamie and Oscar again as she lays on her carpet doing her homework. I began to see that Oscar is very attached to her. I took this photo by laying on my stomach as well so I could get on Jamie's level as to look as if this photo is taken from Jamie's "point of view". I felt bad because Oscar kept laying on her notebook as she tried to write. He will do anything to get her attention even if it means getting in her way.
I choose this photo as my last for this essay because it is one of my favorites. Because it was such a beautiful day during this photo shoot Jamie decided she wanted to go outside and dabble a bit on her guitar. I love how the lighting came out in this photo because it is dark between the two large walls and then very bright out in the open area where she is walking too. I learned from this photo shoot that when taking photos of people as subjects, they do not always need to be looking at or directly face the camera. I found that I like allot of the photos of people that I take when they are candid and seem to be in their natural state. Jamie agreed that this is one of her favorite photos as well.
Here is Jamie waking up on a Tuesday morning in March. As she stretched out she seemed a bit amused with me ready to take her picture at such an early time. One would never guess that her cute little apartment was once a garage with the help of some carpeting and dry wall. Jamie also spruced up the place with some photographs that she has taken over the years and some art that she has found in magazines. Before I took this photograph when I woke up I noticed that her two cats, Oscar and Sookie were curled in two small balls next to her. She said that Oscar doesn't miss one night under her arm. 
Here is Jamie brushing her teeth. She thought it was funny when I followed into the bathroom to get shots of her. I really liked this photo because I like the contrast between her face and the mirror. Because her class was about to start in an hour she was in a rush and I followed her around her apartment as she got ready. 
Jamie and I started making jokes about how I was going to take photos of her every second of the day. She then told me to take a "fake photo" of her about to take a shower. She jumped into her shower with her clothes on and I came up with this photo. I like this photo because of the pattern on her shower curtain and how it matches her hair and clothes. Though this shot was not supposed to be candid it turned out candid because she didn't know when I was going to take the shot. 
This is a candid photo of Jamie eating her cheerios. She seemed amused by my interest in her every day life that we all have before class. I noticed that she really didn't like getting her pictures taken while she was eating but I didn't care. 
After her cereal Jamie made us both a cup of tea. I had allot of fun taking this photo because I kept on dancing next to her with my camera. I ended up bumping into her and the lid of her kettle fell off and I got a picture of it flying in mid air onto her stove. I have always known that Jamie was a health fanatic but i didn't know that there where even organic tea. We both agreed that it taste even better than regular tea. 
Here is Jamie leaving her place to go to the laundry mat. I liked this photo because of the lighting and how it is bright outside with the natural sun light and how you can still see the natural lighting from the inside of the apartment. This created a great contrast between Jamie and the doorway.
After our tea, Jamie and I went to the laundry mat once. She said she had a load of wet clothes that needed to by dried so we spend a bit of time there. This is Jamie checking to see if her clothes were still wet. I think this photo came out well because of all of the natural lighting between the indoor lights and the bright outside that shown through the large glass windows to the right of this photo. 
After our time at the laundry mat we went back to Jamie's apartment. She felt awkward with me being there and there being nothing to do so i told her to just pretend that I wasn't there. I asked her what she would be doing right at that moment if I wasn't there and she said "painting in my bathroom". So I told her to just go and paint. She set up her note pad, paints, and brushes and began to paint. I took this photo when I noticed how intrigued her cat was by what she was doing. I really like how this photo came out because it is so candid and natural with the array of clothes strewn about and Jamie not looking towards the camera. 
Here is Jamie and Oscar again as she lays on her carpet doing her homework. I began to see that Oscar is very attached to her. I took this photo by laying on my stomach as well so I could get on Jamie's level as to look as if this photo is taken from Jamie's "point of view". I felt bad because Oscar kept laying on her notebook as she tried to write. He will do anything to get her attention even if it means getting in her way. 
I choose this photo as my last for this essay because it is one of my favorites. Because it was such a beautiful day during this photo shoot Jamie decided she wanted to go outside and dabble a bit on her guitar. I love how the lighting came out in this photo because it is dark between the two large walls and then very bright out in the open area where she is walking too. I learned from this photo shoot that when taking photos of people as subjects, they do not always need to be looking at or directly face the camera. I found that I like allot of the photos of people that I take when they are candid and seem to be in their natural state. Jamie agreed that this is one of her favorite photos as well. 
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