Artist statement/concept

In this project I want to continue my concept in project 1. I’m eager to explore the world. There is a lot place I want to visit. Norway is one of them. And I really want to watch aurora there. That is why I set the landscape of Norway with aurora in the sky as the background. However, what I want to be and what I am are different or even on the contrary. As I grow older, I find that I am more attached to home and family.I seem to prefer to settle down in one place and don’t  move  any more.  That is the reason that I put a bed inside the suitcase. It is representing  the comfort zone of myself. When I go to travel, the suitcase contains all the staff I bring from from home.I is like a mobile home to me. It always bonds me and home together. The  suitcase also function as a port key that transfer me from comfort zone to where I eager to go.

Technical decisions

I used Nikon D7000 to take photo of myself and the suitcase.

In order to capture the moment I am jumping up, I choose to use continuous shooting. And to prevent the blur occurring in the image,I choose to use a very high shuttle speed and ISO. But there is some compromise of brightness in the photo. So in the Photoshop I have adjusted it accordingly.

Because my composition is including several separated elements. I have to select the part I need from each individual image. I choose to use mask which will remain the original photo in the psd file.

Artist References

At beginning, I want myself to sky diving in the sky. But I find out that it is too hard to photoshop myself as a  parachutist. And I was inspired by the movie Up Balloon House. So I decide to change to that I holding the balloons from that movie.

Some other reference:

Natsumi takes a lot of photo of levitating girl. Girls look very light and naturally floating in the air.I also try to present myself in this way.