Evaluation
For this shoot, I wanted to
use the influence of Erwin Blumenfeld's editing skills within his photography,
and experiment a lot more with Photoshop such as using: text, opacity,
different filters, different blur tools etc. As well as making my photos as
extraordinary as they can be. As this shoot revolves around the concept of the
feelings of suffering with mental illness, I wanted the photos to be shocking
and abnormal. Which I believe I have achieved through using different editing
tools. These photos are self-portraits, so I set up my camera on a tripod, changed
the settings to ISO 200, F22, and a shutter speed of 1/125, and positioned it
so that there was a white background for the images, so that the soul focus
would be on me as a model, and what the images are showing. I enjoyed creating
this shoot because I was the model as well as the photographer, so I was able
to capture images that I knew I wanted.
This is one of the most
shocking images out of the shoot. Here, I have taken 3-5 images of myself
pulling my facial features around, and the I have layered these images on top
of one another using Photoshop, and decreased the opacity of each image accept
the background one, each time decreasing the percentage by a little bit more so
that each image can be seen. The idea behind this was the feeling of having so
much going on in your mind or overthinking, or experiencing multiple
personalities. I used a black and white effect to make the image just a little
more 'creepy' and I also thinks this enhances each layer of the images.
The influence for this
image was Post-Traumatic Stress and/or lack of body confidence, low self
esteem. For this image, I wore a low top so that in the image it looked as
though I was nude, which creates the feeling of vulnerability, and then
positioned my arms so that it looked as though I was covering myself, but also
gripping on out of fear. Within Photoshop, I then displayed the words
"DON'T LOOK AT ME" across my face, which expresses the fear of being
seen, lack of self worth, and ultimately, feeling scared. Again, I also made
this image black and white because it adds to the scared and depressed feeling
that the image portrays.
Progression
For my next shoot, I plan
to continue with the mental illness theme, but experiment with water within my
images. Therefore, I have the idea that I will use water to portray the
feelings of "Drowning" in your own thoughts and emotions, which most
people feel when suffering with illnesses.
