“They Call Me Little Feather” was made by Angela Navarette, of Plano, Texas. It is an image of her daughter, Evelyn, to honor her Native American roots. All of Angela’s children are registered Lakota Sioux on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota. Evelyn is wearing turquoise jewelry fashioned by Angela’s father when she was a young girl. Other elements of the image include a Lakota Sioux Flag emblem, a “dreamcatcher provided by the Dallas Arboretum, and feathers provided by the daughter’s paternal grandmother. The image was captured with a Nikon 70-200 mm lens using natural light from a south facing window with a diffuser used to soften highlights. A small fan was used to blow the hair. “It took me about two months to complete from the time I took her portrait,” explains Angela. “I used displacement mapping to add the feather to the arm as a final touch. All post work was done using Photoshop and the image was printed at BWC Imaging on soft white fine art paper, matted for competition.” The image scored 85 at SWPPA and went into the Loan at IPC in 2015.
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Aug/Sept 2016 TEXAS PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER