the most amazing person i know.

The following are portraits of my great grandmother, who is 99 years old and 

one of the most interesting people I've ever met. So, when I had an assignment 

to do a psychological portrait, one that demonstrated the workings of the mind, 

personality and thoughts of a subject, I thought of her. The final image of the 

post is the one I chose to hand in. She wasn't crazy about me taking photos of her,

 in fact she told me she "didn't know why I would want to take pictures of her

 anyways," and fussed over what she should wear and so on. They're simple 

and that's why i love them. She isn't the person that likes all the fuss, and that's

 how I wanted her pictures to be. She looks warm, radiant, strong and happy, 

and it's an experience I won't forget.

this was one of the first batch i took. 

This was the second round of pictures that I took that she doesn't know about quite yet. 

After doing her formal portraits I noticed one of her violets in bloom so I took 

a few shots of it and then sat back down across from her with my camera in 

my lap. I realized, that maybe if I could angle my camera just the right way

 that I could get some really original shots and get the true great grandma 

as she talked to me. Some of them aren't perfect, and she probably thinks

 they're terrible, but I'm glad I'll always have those little moments

 that are truly grandma. The crops are a little off, but I'd say their pretty good for 

shooting blindly from my lap!

this is the cute little face she makes when you say something that makes her laugh so
she looks away and giggles and does sort of a little head shake at you.

her deeply listening to what your saying.

chit chatting.

sitting in my favourite blue chair, chatting away.

smiling.

the final shot and my absolute favourite, it's truly her; so strong in everything
she does, thinks, and says, accepting of the way in which her life has unfolded so far,
 but more importantly, completely satisfied with the everything that life has given her.

funnily enough she told me as I was shooting her that I shouldn't
expect much of the photos. little does she realize they're
the best portraits i've made so far.