Pictures of myself

Missing Jeff, originally uploaded by Richard Young Photography.

Many people don't know that my younger brother died two months ago. His death was very sudden and we had no warning.

Well he was a huge part of my life and my photographic process. He would often travel with me to meet clients and models. He would help with the set up and break down of the gear. I remember how much time I spent with him explain how and why I like to retouch things my way, which he learned and became very good at it.

I had a clear idea of what I wanted to express in the picture. I didn't want to be looking at the camera. I didn't want my back to the camera either. I wanted to be either looking for something.. or looking for someone.

I wanted a tripod the was clear and that was a strong element of the picture. There was different ways of making this happened, however I thought just a simple tripod with eveing sun would work best.

A couple more elements I thought about when creating this pic. I shot it at UNLV. The local college. There is a couple of reason for that. One is because it is the hope of most parents that there kids go to college. So maybe I am looking off to future for hope that I will see him again. Also when we where young, Jeff and I would often play around the UNLV campus, so that had a lot of emotion impact for me.

Finally I had a tighter cropping of this picture however a couple of people liked this one more because they can see a face in the clouds looking down at me. It took my a while to find it, but after a while I did find it I can see the face in the clouds looking at me.