.....nearer I get

This shoot is from the other day where I followed 3 teenagers along the coast trying to get some useful shots of them. I'd asked for the three of them to participate instead of just Natalia, but by the time the shoot came about I realised that photographs of the three of them weren't going to be useful to my project. I took quite a few pics of them non-the-less which they can keep, while stealing single shots of Natalia where I could. I actually think having her friend's along helped to relax her a bit so I'm not entirely unhappy with some of these shots. They are certainly more in keeping with how I want this project to progress. So, one memory card full and an injured knee and foot later here is an update on my project.

 

Natalia Shoot

Well I'm still largely off beam with the current lot of images I've shot. Finding it very hard to give my full concentration to this project with dissertation deadline looming. Unfortunately this project really does need my full attention. I guess this shoot could be considered a 'what not to do' with some, but few, images in line with how I want to proceed; the more whimsical images. A comprehensive style with which to tackle this project is still something I desperately need to work out. Here are some shots from the last shoot any how:

First Proper Shoot

What a day! A terrible start and not enough time to look at my log book of ideas to get my head in the right place but I did what i could. I met the girls in Stanley Park. Today was primarily a shoot to see how they react in front of the camera while trying out some poses that I've seen/found while doing my research. I didn't really get many shots I'm happy with but did get a better idea of how they react in front of the camera and the avenues I want to go down with regard to each sister. Here are a few shots from today.

Tempting fate is a silly thing to do......

Ok, I have finally found a pair of teenage sisters (Polish in origin) to take part in my project. I met with them last week and discussed my ideas, which they seemed interested in.

I've had terrible luck with this project and finding a subject so far, so I'm keeping everything crossed that nothing happens to put the girls off. With all this in mind I still find room to tempt fate by blogging about my fortuitous find (quite possibly very silly of me) but I want to get my brain completely back in project mode and blogging for me is a good way to do this.

The girls are fab. Kornelia is 15 and Natallia is 13, both are lovely looking with interesting faces.  I'm very much looking forward to getting some kick-ass portraits from my project, No Man's Land, which looks at the teenage years as transient years where nothing is tangible or certain (more to follow on the concept later).

Wish me luck.

Object to Subject: moving direction

Ok, as much as you, and I, loved the experimentation with Surrealism I'm going to have to put it on hold with this project and concentrate on the side of 'Object to Subject' which looks at human emotion.

I'd lost my way a bit by going down the path of visual techniques as a way of subverting a sexual reading of my nude. There was nothing wrong with this per-say but it was too far removed from my initial goal which was to get the viewer to stop engaging with my model as a sexual object and start engaging with her as a person.

Now i'm using emotion on its own to create this affect. I'm taking my model through a journey of emotions with the hope that people will empathise with her and what she is feeling rather than just looking at her as a nude and a sexual being.

Here are some images from yesterday's shoot that i won't be using but convey where I'm heading:

Object to Subject:

Outtakes from todays shoot that I won't be using for a number of reasons, some because of the dimensions and others because they don't fulfil my criteria. But I like these images.

Object to Subject (in different approaches)

More from the same series. I've refrained so far from putting the more graphic images from the project on here.

Mainly because I'm still shooting and constantly in the process of making decisions about images that work and don't work....also I wanted to preserve my model's modesty- The only nudity I want to show here is nudity necessary to the meaning of my project.

Comments welcome.