Previously self-employed, Valerie Jardin first started experimenting with photography when she was taking pictures of her children. This soon led to her opening a portrait photography business. After that, Valerie says she never said no to any photo request. “Do you shoot food?” “Yes!” As her business as a freelance photographer started taking off, she eventually starting leader her own workshops for learning photographers. In 2018, after vocally expressing her love for FujiFilm cameras, FujiFilm contacted Jardin about about becoming an official FujiFilm-X photographer. A FujiFilm-X photographer’s job is to endorse the brand by solely taking pictures with FujiFilm cameras and accessories, and in return, the photographers are rewarded with free cameras and photo accessories to further endeavor on the journey of photography. Jardin has now developed into a street photographer, because, “Every time (she) makes an image, (she) captures a moment in time that will never occur again. Each frame (she) shoots becomes extraordinary in its uniqueness.” -Jardin.
The photographer’s style includes lots of natural light, and a lot of her photos include very low saturation, or are totally black and white. She mainly photographs ordinary objects, or street photography. In her street photography, she includes both posed and candid shots. She will often take multiple pictures of the same object, but with different lighting, angles, and filters. Her pictures also offer a lot of high contrast.
Jardin’s motto is “Capturing light. Telling Stories.” I feel that she conveys this motto very accurately through her work. Every picture does indeed have its own story, and her photos often provoke emotion. She doesn’t necessarily photograph for a certain cause, she is just interested in showing the world her work. Her work, however, is more social and cultural rather than political.
Jardin influenced my work because she inspired my to use more natural light in my images. Furthermore, she taught me to appreciate the beauty of everyday objects, which I think is one of the major missions of her work. I’ve always been shy to include black and white filters in my photography, but now I understand that putting your pictures in black and white displays something that colored pictures don’t. They display a more sincere emotion.
Compared to Jardin, I think that my images prove to be of less quality, due to the fact that I used an iPhone and she used a professional camera. However, I believe that both of our images successfully portray the beauty of everyday objects. I wish that I were able to meet Jardin. If I did, I would ask exactly how she got the shots that she did, in order to see what I would’ve changed.
The first image; the image of the blanket, reminds me of my dads house because the is is the blanket that I keep at his house. Even looking at the picture makes me want to curl up in my bed and take a nice, long nap. The second image reminds me of my moms house, and her working in her office, because the blinds are in my mom’s office. The third picture was my favorite to take because I like the contrast between my handwriting and the authors, and the difference of the lipstick mark. It kind of made me self-conscious of my lips though.
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The photographer’s style includes lots of natural light, and a lot of her photos include very low saturation, or are totally black and white. She mainly photographs ordinary objects, or street photography. In her street photography, she includes both posed and candid shots. She will often take multiple pictures of the same object, but with different lighting, angles, and filters. Her pictures also offer a lot of high contrast.
Jardin’s motto is “Capturing light. Telling Stories.” I feel that she conveys this motto very accurately through her work. Every picture does indeed have its own story, and her photos often provoke emotion. She doesn’t necessarily photograph for a certain cause, she is just interested in showing the world her work. Her work, however, is more social and cultural rather than political.
Jardin influenced my work because she inspired my to use more natural light in my images. Furthermore, she taught me to appreciate the beauty of everyday objects, which I think is one of the major missions of her work. I’ve always been shy to include black and white filters in my photography, but now I understand that putting your pictures in black and white displays something that colored pictures don’t. They display a more sincere emotion.
Compared to Jardin, I think that my images prove to be of less quality, due to the fact that I used an iPhone and she used a professional camera. However, I believe that both of our images successfully portray the beauty of everyday objects. I wish that I were able to meet Jardin. If I did, I would ask exactly how she got the shots that she did, in order to see what I would’ve changed.
The first image; the image of the blanket, reminds me of my dads house because the is is the blanket that I keep at his house. Even looking at the picture makes me want to curl up in my bed and take a nice, long nap. The second image reminds me of my moms house, and her working in her office, because the blinds are in my mom’s office. The third picture was my favorite to take because I like the contrast between my handwriting and the authors, and the difference of the lipstick mark. It kind of made me self-conscious of my lips though.
http://valeriejardinphotography.com/ordinary-objects/v45sdjzbd37e8px80o93o8d1s45r4h
http://valeriejardinphotography.com/ordinary-objects/umb7gbs8hxuv8nb3svep9suw0n53zi
http://valeriejardinphotography.com/ordinary-objects/dfupukxpe27ssl02du0383xsc8n999
All of the images are untitled.