Work Diary - Shoot 7

Evaluation:
During this shoot I decided to use a model (my sister) to  push against a sheet of latex. I have seen similar shots during my research into horror photography. This took some planing  as I had to order a sheet of latex and then make a frame out of wood to stretch it round. By doing this it allowed me to get lots of interesting photos which reminded me of the scene in aliens which I mentioned in my previous work diary. The latex was an good choice to use at it has a translucent quality which enabled my to light from behind. Most of the images of people pushing against something was for a movie and not a single image so it relates to the genre of movie horror.

This was another studio shoot and for this i used some backlighting from a modeling light on a Bowens Gemini 500. The front lighting was from a second modeling light of less intensity.
I used my camera in manual mode for this with settings of 1/80th second at f4.0. The shots were then adjusted slightly in Lightroom and changed to black and white by removing all saturation.

The thing I like about this image is that due to the model having a hissy fit about the shoot it created an interesting photo where the latex starched in a way that it caused the image to become distorted and create a 'Batman Joker' like look. By the model grabbing the latex we have shadows which make it look even more like the model is trying to break though the sheet of latex. 

Here we have another interesting photo where we have a face pushing though the latex causing us to be able to see an imprint of the face. 

Progression:
For my next shoot I have decided that I am going to cover my models face in talcum powder and have an interesting contrast between the white of the face and the shadows caused by the lights. I also plan to get them to slightly move their face when it is on so there are cracks in the powder because it makes it seem like the person has cracks in their face which makes it an it resting and fairly horrific image.

Even though neither of these are the sort of image I plan to get they are close to what I plan to do at least. As you can see in the images they have talcum powder on their face which is exactly what I plan to do but with a lot more powder and have all their face coated in it.