This shoot was more experimental, less posed and more free. This shoot was a good way to lt myself go crazy, as it had been suggested in my lectures that I do so to let out my feelings in a natural way without holding back.
I had done my makeup, a hobby of mine, in a valentines theme as shown below.
The makeup has clear connotations of love and lust, and I thought that this was a really interesting thing to capture for my project.
I switched to my DSLR and set the settings to 13/10 sec. f/29 and 52 mm on the lens, with an iso of 100, including having two of my own soft boxes set up.
This reasonably long exposure allowed me to get the same movement from shoot one into this shoot, giving the images more life and emotion.
These are my favourites from this shoot. I prefer ones that show emotion and could potentially make an audience feel uncomfortable. This is because I want to share my mind and m thoughts with an audience.
The valentines makeup, particularly the hearts on the cheeks, show a contrast in emotion. We have love presented visually, perhaps like a mask, yet the facial expressions don't correlate with this and instead show anger, pain or confusion.
I did this because while I do feel love very very strongly, because I feel it so strong it can have negative effects on my life.
It can also represent my desire of love and intense fear of losing that.
I feel that this is too much in focus; not enough movement or blurring of identity, however I do really like how the facial expressions means that you can't really read me that well. The movement that there is blurs the makeup and makes it seem less perfect, and the purpose of makeup is to enhance beauty. The makeup has a different role in this image because it doesn't enhance beauty; the colours are muddy and the facial features are blurred rather than enhanced. The purpose now, is to show feeling and add a bit of context to the image.
The eye contact creates a connection between the audience and myself, something that I didn't have in the last images because it wouldn't have fit. However, the eyes aren't completely in focus, which can give feelings of mistrust and perhaps not an understanding connection at all.
This image lets an audience see more of me and therefore feel as if they know me better, which i'm not sure i'm keen on. Taken by zooming in with the lens while the exposure was being taken, this image is blurred but shows my facial expressions rather clearly, a look of confusion is most prominent.
The wedding dress is visible, which makes it link well with my previous shoot. I went with a colour scheme that would give the image a vintage look just like the other shoot, however perhaps it's not strong enough.
This image isn't my favourite but it may come in handy in the future as i'm not sure of presentation yet.
This image is getting more experimental. It has a black and white gradient filter with a touch of blue and cream. There are bright highlights oh certain parts of my face which I feel gives the image the upperhand to the previous ones; the highlights are sat on my smile lines, forehead and the heart on my cheek. Each of these places represent something important to me. The smile lines being highlighted represents the importance of happiness to me. The highlight on the forehead represents the importance of the mind, the brain and my thoughts. The highlight of the heart shows the importance of love. The three being highlighted together shows how each rely on another and are very strongly connected. The face has some movement, however because of the lack of eye contact like the previous images, the small amount of blur doesn't deter from the ambiguous identity of the character.
I feel that this is my favourite from this shoot. I really like the position of the face in relation to the camera, how it's very blurred with movement however the facial expressions are clear, and very emotional and strong. The positioning of the face creates an uneasy and uncomfortable environment for an audience because of the closeness and how it's not usual to be so close to somebody's mouth - which is often seen as a symbol of intimacy - without knowing the person.
You can't see the heart on the face however i'm not sure it needs it because the facial expressions speak for themselves. The colours in this in a way are a substitute for the heart because of their connotations with love and lust.
This image feels a lot more free, raw and real than the others, which I think is important to this project and the authenticity of it as I don't plan on faking my emotions.
The toning also reminds me of a kind of 80's look, which doesn't have much relevance to the image apart from the colour connotations but it's an interesting thing to note.
This is the final image from this shoot. I made the colours super cool toned, and have strong purple colours throughout because of the mysterious connotations with purple.
While I wasn't so keen on the other images because of the eyes, I actually really like how the eyes are the only thing in focus in this image. That's because the other parts of my face are so blurred with movement that the facial features are incredibly undistinguished apart from the eyes. The eyes give the image the sense of humanity and human connection that it otherwise wouldn't have as much.
The heart is still visible which allows a viewer to know what this is about.
Overall, this shoot was really successful to me. There's a lot of blurring of identity within the image, which represents the blurred emotions in my head. The images are full of emotion which I feel is quite powerful in terms of sending a message.
I had done my makeup, a hobby of mine, in a valentines theme as shown below.
The makeup has clear connotations of love and lust, and I thought that this was a really interesting thing to capture for my project.
I switched to my DSLR and set the settings to 13/10 sec. f/29 and 52 mm on the lens, with an iso of 100, including having two of my own soft boxes set up.
This reasonably long exposure allowed me to get the same movement from shoot one into this shoot, giving the images more life and emotion.
These are my favourites from this shoot. I prefer ones that show emotion and could potentially make an audience feel uncomfortable. This is because I want to share my mind and m thoughts with an audience.
The valentines makeup, particularly the hearts on the cheeks, show a contrast in emotion. We have love presented visually, perhaps like a mask, yet the facial expressions don't correlate with this and instead show anger, pain or confusion.
I did this because while I do feel love very very strongly, because I feel it so strong it can have negative effects on my life.
It can also represent my desire of love and intense fear of losing that.
I feel that this is too much in focus; not enough movement or blurring of identity, however I do really like how the facial expressions means that you can't really read me that well. The movement that there is blurs the makeup and makes it seem less perfect, and the purpose of makeup is to enhance beauty. The makeup has a different role in this image because it doesn't enhance beauty; the colours are muddy and the facial features are blurred rather than enhanced. The purpose now, is to show feeling and add a bit of context to the image.
The eye contact creates a connection between the audience and myself, something that I didn't have in the last images because it wouldn't have fit. However, the eyes aren't completely in focus, which can give feelings of mistrust and perhaps not an understanding connection at all.
This image lets an audience see more of me and therefore feel as if they know me better, which i'm not sure i'm keen on. Taken by zooming in with the lens while the exposure was being taken, this image is blurred but shows my facial expressions rather clearly, a look of confusion is most prominent.The wedding dress is visible, which makes it link well with my previous shoot. I went with a colour scheme that would give the image a vintage look just like the other shoot, however perhaps it's not strong enough.
This image isn't my favourite but it may come in handy in the future as i'm not sure of presentation yet.
This image is getting more experimental. It has a black and white gradient filter with a touch of blue and cream. There are bright highlights oh certain parts of my face which I feel gives the image the upperhand to the previous ones; the highlights are sat on my smile lines, forehead and the heart on my cheek. Each of these places represent something important to me. The smile lines being highlighted represents the importance of happiness to me. The highlight on the forehead represents the importance of the mind, the brain and my thoughts. The highlight of the heart shows the importance of love. The three being highlighted together shows how each rely on another and are very strongly connected. The face has some movement, however because of the lack of eye contact like the previous images, the small amount of blur doesn't deter from the ambiguous identity of the character.
I feel that this is my favourite from this shoot. I really like the position of the face in relation to the camera, how it's very blurred with movement however the facial expressions are clear, and very emotional and strong. The positioning of the face creates an uneasy and uncomfortable environment for an audience because of the closeness and how it's not usual to be so close to somebody's mouth - which is often seen as a symbol of intimacy - without knowing the person.
You can't see the heart on the face however i'm not sure it needs it because the facial expressions speak for themselves. The colours in this in a way are a substitute for the heart because of their connotations with love and lust.
This image feels a lot more free, raw and real than the others, which I think is important to this project and the authenticity of it as I don't plan on faking my emotions.
The toning also reminds me of a kind of 80's look, which doesn't have much relevance to the image apart from the colour connotations but it's an interesting thing to note.
This is the final image from this shoot. I made the colours super cool toned, and have strong purple colours throughout because of the mysterious connotations with purple.
While I wasn't so keen on the other images because of the eyes, I actually really like how the eyes are the only thing in focus in this image. That's because the other parts of my face are so blurred with movement that the facial features are incredibly undistinguished apart from the eyes. The eyes give the image the sense of humanity and human connection that it otherwise wouldn't have as much.
The heart is still visible which allows a viewer to know what this is about.
Overall, this shoot was really successful to me. There's a lot of blurring of identity within the image, which represents the blurred emotions in my head. The images are full of emotion which I feel is quite powerful in terms of sending a message.
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