This shoot was more of a return to the aesthetics of the first shoot; blurred identities and dark connotations to reflect how I feel on the inside.
In my previous shoots, while relevant, I feel that the creepiness wasn't quite there as it had been with the first shoot.
I also used a slow shutter again to blur identity, and therefore personality and traits of myself. I almost become a creature, with multiple heads, arms, my humanity is stripped. I become the demons and darkness inside that torture me.
This image I think reflects more pain and suffering than becoming the darkness. The hands to the head, bending over represents this, a common pose if in emotion pain, crying maybe.
We have no context as to what is causing this however perhaps it's not needed to understand the emotions of this character.
I debated editing out the ground that is visible however I felt that the image needed some grounding, to give at least a simple locational context and to make the image seem more comfortable to the eye.
On the floor you can see nature, twigs, leaves and I hope when presented with my other images, it will be understood that she is in the woods, as she is in the other photos. This is important because the woods are isolated and creepy places which have plenty of opportunities to hide somebody or something undesirable.
The dress represents an outside beauty that is clearly not representative of her inside feelings. A full body mask, if you will.
This image looks almost as if she has two heads, two faces. Perhaps representing the two sides of me and my mental health - healthy and unhealthy - but the two are conjoined and cannot be split completely from each other. They start to merge into one.
It's possible that at one point the character looks at there camera and therefore the viewer, however because of the blurred nature to the image we are unsure of whether this is true. We can see her face pointing towards the camera but the eyes are blurred. This makes the image rather unnerving for the viewer - an unknown mysterious person perhaps looking back at you.
One half of her face looks away, almost pleadingly, maybe with what you could describe as a sorrow look on the face. However you read it, it's simply not a look of ease and relaxation.
She appears to have multiple arms due to the slow shutter speed, again creating some sort of unnatural monster.
This image is perhaps my favourite from this shoot. I love how unnatural, creepy and monstrous it is. It's almost like a monster hiding in the forest, lurking and it's been found and captured under a spotlight. The beast has been captured. It clings to itself with all of its many arms, defensive rather than predatory.
The face of this monster seems stretched, but still visibly human.
This, I think more than others, represents the darkness inside.
The blackened environment gives the viewer nothing else to focus on but this she-monster. This gives the opportunity to analyse each part.
I think this image would work well printed reasonably small, to further force the audience to look into the image more and get up close and personal to it. It can be easy to miss things when an image is printed large, but when it's small you have to work to get the information out of it.
This I feel isn't the strongest of the shoot. It hasn't got the same sense of emotion, isolation, darkness or mystery as the others, all because of the pose. I don't feel there's enough movement, and simply the movement that there is doesn't connect with me in a way that reflects me and my emotions.
There seems to be no aim to the movement here, maybe a little defensive but for what reason? Perhaps something hiding in the forest, which could be an interesting narrative but not one that fits the reason behind this project.
This image is undeniably creepy. The face, for a start, looks unnatural, ghastly, lifeless and even zombie-like. It seems to take an unnatural shape, something not entirely human. Then we get to the arms, elongated to an unnatural length. You can see her arms flail upwards too, but they also look like horns, wings, some sort of bone structure coming out of the back.
The long arms and bare feet give a cavemen type look to the image, yet the dress offers a strong contrast to this.
Here again we are presented with a monster. Human-like, but not fully human. Perhaps something hiding in a human body, in my body, something dark and monstrous.
The eyes are blurred out, meaning no connection can be made, yet you get the feeling that she is still aware of your presence due to the positioning of her body.
This offers a more direct interaction with the audience; she is face on to the viewer, one arm reaching up and out to them. The dress has lost some of its beauty due to the layers being messed up, with so little shape left. The focus of the body is gone and it's all about the thing that lays under the clothing, almost looking as if she's trying to escape from it but it's simultaneously a part of her with no line from body and dress visible, apart from where the feet peep out from the bottom.
Is she reaching for help? To get you? This ambiguity poses many questions on the nature and personality of this monster.
With one foot forwards, it looks as if she's walking towards the viewer, creating perhaps an undesirable connection between the two.
I then did a moving image of me posing for these images, just to experiment with a different medium.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaMYaiKq3GU)
This videos demonstrates a very dark and creepy feeling and scenario. The character dips in and out of view, sometimes disappearing into the darkness before reappearing, making direct eye contact with a viewer. The movements are slow at times to capture the range of movements over a slow shutter speed - or the limbs would disappear. The pace of the actions help create with creepy feeling because the character seems to be at peace with her scenery, which is notorious for being creepy and capably of hiding things. There is a moment in the video where I look into the distance because I think I can hear something, however if an audience picks up on this I think it will also set them on edge because they'll wonder what I am looking at.
I also did some more polaroids as I had done in the first shoot, which I aim to use as a collective and supporting material to the full presentation;
In my previous shoots, while relevant, I feel that the creepiness wasn't quite there as it had been with the first shoot.
I also used a slow shutter again to blur identity, and therefore personality and traits of myself. I almost become a creature, with multiple heads, arms, my humanity is stripped. I become the demons and darkness inside that torture me.
This image I think reflects more pain and suffering than becoming the darkness. The hands to the head, bending over represents this, a common pose if in emotion pain, crying maybe.
We have no context as to what is causing this however perhaps it's not needed to understand the emotions of this character.
I debated editing out the ground that is visible however I felt that the image needed some grounding, to give at least a simple locational context and to make the image seem more comfortable to the eye.
On the floor you can see nature, twigs, leaves and I hope when presented with my other images, it will be understood that she is in the woods, as she is in the other photos. This is important because the woods are isolated and creepy places which have plenty of opportunities to hide somebody or something undesirable.
The dress represents an outside beauty that is clearly not representative of her inside feelings. A full body mask, if you will.
This image looks almost as if she has two heads, two faces. Perhaps representing the two sides of me and my mental health - healthy and unhealthy - but the two are conjoined and cannot be split completely from each other. They start to merge into one.
It's possible that at one point the character looks at there camera and therefore the viewer, however because of the blurred nature to the image we are unsure of whether this is true. We can see her face pointing towards the camera but the eyes are blurred. This makes the image rather unnerving for the viewer - an unknown mysterious person perhaps looking back at you.
One half of her face looks away, almost pleadingly, maybe with what you could describe as a sorrow look on the face. However you read it, it's simply not a look of ease and relaxation.
She appears to have multiple arms due to the slow shutter speed, again creating some sort of unnatural monster.
This image is perhaps my favourite from this shoot. I love how unnatural, creepy and monstrous it is. It's almost like a monster hiding in the forest, lurking and it's been found and captured under a spotlight. The beast has been captured. It clings to itself with all of its many arms, defensive rather than predatory.
The face of this monster seems stretched, but still visibly human.
This, I think more than others, represents the darkness inside.
The blackened environment gives the viewer nothing else to focus on but this she-monster. This gives the opportunity to analyse each part.
I think this image would work well printed reasonably small, to further force the audience to look into the image more and get up close and personal to it. It can be easy to miss things when an image is printed large, but when it's small you have to work to get the information out of it.
This I feel isn't the strongest of the shoot. It hasn't got the same sense of emotion, isolation, darkness or mystery as the others, all because of the pose. I don't feel there's enough movement, and simply the movement that there is doesn't connect with me in a way that reflects me and my emotions.
There seems to be no aim to the movement here, maybe a little defensive but for what reason? Perhaps something hiding in the forest, which could be an interesting narrative but not one that fits the reason behind this project.
This image is undeniably creepy. The face, for a start, looks unnatural, ghastly, lifeless and even zombie-like. It seems to take an unnatural shape, something not entirely human. Then we get to the arms, elongated to an unnatural length. You can see her arms flail upwards too, but they also look like horns, wings, some sort of bone structure coming out of the back.
The long arms and bare feet give a cavemen type look to the image, yet the dress offers a strong contrast to this.
Here again we are presented with a monster. Human-like, but not fully human. Perhaps something hiding in a human body, in my body, something dark and monstrous.
The eyes are blurred out, meaning no connection can be made, yet you get the feeling that she is still aware of your presence due to the positioning of her body.
This offers a more direct interaction with the audience; she is face on to the viewer, one arm reaching up and out to them. The dress has lost some of its beauty due to the layers being messed up, with so little shape left. The focus of the body is gone and it's all about the thing that lays under the clothing, almost looking as if she's trying to escape from it but it's simultaneously a part of her with no line from body and dress visible, apart from where the feet peep out from the bottom.
Is she reaching for help? To get you? This ambiguity poses many questions on the nature and personality of this monster.
With one foot forwards, it looks as if she's walking towards the viewer, creating perhaps an undesirable connection between the two.
I then did a moving image of me posing for these images, just to experiment with a different medium.
This videos demonstrates a very dark and creepy feeling and scenario. The character dips in and out of view, sometimes disappearing into the darkness before reappearing, making direct eye contact with a viewer. The movements are slow at times to capture the range of movements over a slow shutter speed - or the limbs would disappear. The pace of the actions help create with creepy feeling because the character seems to be at peace with her scenery, which is notorious for being creepy and capably of hiding things. There is a moment in the video where I look into the distance because I think I can hear something, however if an audience picks up on this I think it will also set them on edge because they'll wonder what I am looking at.
I also did some more polaroids as I had done in the first shoot, which I aim to use as a collective and supporting material to the full presentation;
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