This first shoot ended up being really fun and interactive with the model and my guidance. The model was really confident and exerted herself into different positions and listened to my as I directed her into different poses as well. We ended up taking 2 mini photo shoots. While one shoot focused on overhead shots looking down into the bath, I asked the model after to stand behind the shower screen. This did not turn out as successful as i thought, however there were plenty of images which can analysed and looked at into closer detail. I have included 3 of my favourite images which i will discuss with.
Image 1 is particularly interesting because i asked the model to smudge her makeup. I asked this as i think it could connote a sense of vulnerability in the subject. The subject stares into the audiences eyes and shows an unwillingness to conform, despite being submerged under the opaque liquid. The flowers are covering her body and connote an element of femininity which contrasts with the makeup running down the model's face. I believe that this image also has elements which can be improved. For example the camera angle is not in the centre of the bath, this is frustrating as you can slightly see the baths edge towards the left of the photograph. As much as this is probably not the biggest problem, i think that the audience would be distracted and divert to edges of the composition rather than my main focus.
Image 1
Image 2 primarily focuses on the body and therefore we are detached from the subjects facial emotions. However the body is similar to the subject in Rosanna Jones' images in the sense that the model looks lifeless, as if she has sacrificed herself to the ominous liquid in the image. As much as i love looking at this image, i do not think it is the best image to relate to my final project. Without the subjects face, the audience can not really attach themselves to the subject. The flowers do not really make much sense in this image other than to frame the subject, i am worried that people will interpret the flowers with sexual connotations because they are covering specific parts of the subjects body. It is also a shame that i forgot to take off the label to the flowers, so they are showing in the image.
Image 2:
This image below is probably my favourite from the whole shoot. I think the model is positioned perfectly and every element fits together seamlessly. The subject looked like she is torn between reaching out of the opaque surface while allowing it to consume her body. The flowers look like they are wrapping around her, or mutating like a virus (Anderson and Rainie reading). The model has a blank expression which leave us to leave our emotional impression on the image. The model shows no emotion but as a spectator i am drawn into her eyes and her body posture shows a restraint but also an element of giving up. This image perfectly shows the restrain between our online and offline selves, our obsession pushes us deeper into the unknown void of the digital. The blank expression signifies us becoming strangers to ourselves as we cling on for traits we wished we had like femininity or social status (flowers). The body is bare which presents a vulnerability to our own selves, we are sacrificing who we are for an impossible version of who we want to be.
Image 3
An element of this shoot i am disappointed about is the low quality of the images, i am not sure whether this was to bad judgement of aperture and shutterspeed values, or whether the ISO could have been altered. Maybe in the upcoming shoots i will experiment with artificial lighting and see if this makes a difference, despite how hesitant i am to do so. Despite this, I do not think it will stop me from using these images as a possible final, as i think the composition relays my meaning enough to disregard the low quality. Editing this image on photoshop could also make a difference to the quality by adjusting the exposure and colour tones.
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