I’ve been wanting to shoot my heart-related scars for a while but knew that it would take effective lighting to pull it off. Our next assignment for class is to shoot and print two photos (black and white) using a hot shoe flash both on and off camera. You are getting a sneak peek at what I ‘m pretty sure I’m going to use.
On-shoe photo. In this one you can see the whiteness of the scar and the slight shadow of my pacemaker. I really like the shadows and the composition of this photograph.
© Carissa Snedeker
Off-shoe photo. Flash was sitting on a table camera right and at camera left I placed a white poster board for a little bit of fill. In this one my pacemaker is much more prominent and the shadow from my hand seems to trace the right side of it.
© Carissa Snedeker
Carissa Snedeker Photography 
I love your raw honesty and courage ~ beautiful scars of valor.
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Thank you.
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Wow Carissa, courageous that you dare showing it! This first shot is absolutely my favorite, love the composition and light!
And if I see it right you have almost the same necklace I have… I have the mother and child charm, do you have the man/woman version? can’t see it that well…
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Mother-Child. My daughter gave it to me.
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Ow, then you have the same I have, my husband gave it to me on the first mother’s day after youngest daughter was born…
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Nice photo. Got to love those pacemakers. Someone I know has had hers since she was really young. Well, actually, she’s had several by now, but you get the point.
One of my step-daughters has a “zipper” from open heart surgery when she was 18-months old. It’s huge! From the front of her shoulder down to her hip and around the back and up to the shoulder. She had a faulty valve, which they fixed. No laparoscopic surgery in those days!! For years, she kept it covered, even in a swim suit. Now, she lets it show. It’s part of her uniqueness.
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I have another scar that goes from front to back, but haven’t shot that one yet. That one is my “main” one.
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B&W is the right treatment for this, and the composition is spot-on. Very personal, very powerful.
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Thanks.
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Carissa, you have chosen such a powerful subject for your assignment and you’ve captured really strong (and moving, I might add) images here. I agree with disperser that B & W was definitely the right choice for these.
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The assignment requires that the prints be in black and white, but given the topic, it’s what I would have chosen anyway. Thanks so much for your kind words.
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Wow. Very powerful shots. And very brave. Great job.
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An amazing photo, has a lot of vibration and art.
I have also sometimes some changes in my heart.
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Thank you. I was born with a hole in my heart and had surgery to repair it when I was in my mid-20s.
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I instead I have constant arrhythmia. Thanks Carrisa, we kept in touch, nice to meet you.
Adiós…
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I have a lot of arrhythmia issues as well. It goes with the territory of congenital heart disease. (Hence my ablation and pacemaker.) Nice to meet you too.
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Sorry, Carissa 🙂
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I’m used to it.
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For in Spanish the name Carissa there, you’re the first, that’s good.
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