Manipulated portrait
To move on in my project I have experimented with more portrait manipulation techniques and for this shoot I took inspiration from Heitor Magno. I shot this photo shoot in the studio using one model. For the first set of images I got my subject to perform simple poses using a fast shutter speed and monochrome effect on the camera. I then also experimented with long exposure settings on the camera to get a different effect with my images. I got my subject to move in different directions blurring the face. Once I had conducted this shoot I then edited them on Photoshop and printed my most successful ones, using these images I then manually manipulated them. I experimented with burning and painting the images to create different effects.
This is one of my most successful images from this shoot, it is a simple posed portrait image which I took in the studio using the monochrome effect on the camera, I decided to shoot these images in black and white so that I did not have to edit them into black and white once they had been shot, I also think this gives the image a better quality.
I wanted to produce a simple portrait so that I could edit it manually once it had been shot. I used a tripod when shooting this image to avoid camera shake and get the correct angle, I also wanted most of the portrait to fill the picture.
I am happy with this image and I am going to edit it using acrylic paint and PVA, disfiguring the face and hiding the identity of the person.
This second successful image is one I created using a 3 second shutter speed setting on the camera. I got my subject to move from left to right as I shot the image creating almost 3 faces in the image, and slightly blurring the face. I think this gives an unusual effect and links to my theme of identity, in a way that it is defacing a person’s identity and it is unclear who the person actually is. From this image I am going to burn certain parts to create a disturbing and abstract effect.
Below is the result from burning the image. I think this creates a disturbing and abstract effect, which makes the image look more interesting and eye catching. It also makes the image seem worn and tired as though it has been destroyed by accident. I think the shapes the burns make also add depth to the image and make the image seem more 3D
I then experimented with using the same technique on two different images, the first was a long exposure image, where my subject was walking forward, I burned the image in two parts to give an abstract effect.
The second image was a fast shutter speed image where I burned certain sections of the face, to deface and hide the person’s identity.
Here I have experimented with editing my images using paint. For the first image I used the same technique as Magno by dragging paint down over the subjects face in a dark tone of colours, I mixed the paint with PVA glue and used a spatula to drag the paint; I think this creates a disturbing surreal effect.
I also did this technique on the second image which was a long exposure image, this time I dripped the paint and PVA glue down the image covering only parts of the subjects face.