Bad Images From Photoshoot 06-05-21
At the start of this photoshoot, I intended to capture water spraying from the model’s mouth and use the Speedlight I was using to freeze the droplets in time. Still, my model struggled to spit out the water to prevent the photoshoot from ending without any useable images. I had to improvise how to demonstrate anger and frustration through inverted silhouettes and gestures.
I used the model’s long hair in figure one to create a dynamic composition. Still, unfortunately, the images that came out looked too similar to the poses my previous model was doing in the most recent photoshoot. Therefore I decided to scrap this idea and pose. Another issue was light leaked into the frame, creating a flare in the upper left-hand corner due to the Speedlight being too close to the lens. Speaking to my mother, she did not like how the image illustrated her frustration in this image. She did not see the beauty within the frustration and did not like witnessing the aggression as she states in her short story that she never wanted to become that.
I attempted a different pose in figure two to emulate the emotion of needing something, perhaps craving it. Still, in hindsight, this was not the right emotion to recreate as it did not fit the narrative of my mother’s short story. Since I did not continue with this pose idea, I did not ask my model to take off her jacket as it was freezing. I did feel it was necessary to capture another image in the same pose as it did not portray anger or frustration, which was the aim of the photoshoot. My mother stated that she saw the model as overstretched, creating negative emotions that made her want to cry. She says she felt overwhelmed as it was scary, stark and murderous, which she never felt during her time whilst sectioned.
In figure three, after capturing the best image of the photoshoot, I decided to continue the photoshoot to see if I could capture some more shots with the same model to portray a different mood or scene, which was submission. Unfortunately, I did not consider the technical aspect of using a Speedlight to create a similar technique Max Slobodda used in his images, where he would only capture the model in an overexposed light. There needed to be about a metre’s distance between the model and the background to create the effect in Max Slobodda’s images. Again, my mother agreed that this was not a great image as it made the model look like a dead body, which was the opposite of my mother, as she is full of life even when she has to give in.
