It was the first sunny day in weeks, so I grabbed the opportunity to go and shoot for this final assignment. The makeup took longer than the trial run and I seemed to battle a bit this time, but in the end I think I got it to work. This time I had the proper fake blood which worked really well. It stayed wet, but was sticky to the touch and held its drips very well.
I lugged all my equipment along in case extra lighting was needed, but I managed to shoot with natural light which was a bonus. Navigating with camera equipment across wet logs, stumps and narrow pathways was tricky. My husband was hampered by the mask he work which allowed very limited vision and I slipped on a mossy root and managed to do a face plant with my camera in my hand. Thankfully I managed to keep the lens up so no damage there!
I think I’m going to go with a series of 3 images. The first I’ll call “The Stalker”, the second, “The Shooter” and the last “Trophy Photo”. I have whittled down the first two photos, but still need to make a decision for the final image, which will be one of these below. Comments most welcome.
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These are great! Love the mask – masks are SO interesting and really work in photographs. You may already have written about Meatyard? He did a series with masks, very strange and disconcerting.
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Thanks Sarah Jane. Not familiar with Meatyard at all. Off to look at him right now.
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That’s a really good setting – very natural. I agree with some of the Facebook comments that the most striking one is ‘foot on prey’.
I submitted just one image, but in feedback my tutor has suggested to experiment with a triptych based on my contact sheets.
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Thanks Catherine. I think triptych might be a good idea for me too, seeing that I’m planning submitting three.
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