Before the shoot started I ran the bath before hand so the steam from the bath wouldn't fog up the camera lens. I also added milk in to the water to make it look as if ice had melted into it a bit.
I also showed my photographer my inspirations on my iPad before we started shooting.
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| Inspiration from my iPad |
The water wasn't as milky as we thought it was going to be. This wasn't a massive issue as we spoke about editing the water to a more blue colour to look like the ocean.
Doing the photoshoot in the bath made the poses I wanted very restricted as I didn't want it to be obvious it was in a bath.
SUCCESSES
I thought about adding talc on top of the water to make it look like snow had settled on top of the water. When I put my head through it it made the effect of the ice being broken. This worked so well, it looked like the ice was breaking and starting to melt away.
EDITED PHOTOS
When we spoke about editing the photos I told my photographer how I wanted the skin to look sore are raw. I wanted it too looked cold and that it was showing up all the bad imperfections in the skin. I think he was really able to achieve this. I really like how in one image the nose is really red, as this is what normally happens to me with i'm in cold water.
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| Unedited Image |
Working with myself as a model really made the shoot less stressful. As the model would have had their ears and eyes under water most of time I thought it would be easier to do it on myself as I knew what kind of images I was hoping to achieve.
When the images have been edited for the water to look blue it does look more like the sea and the effect I was going for.
OVERALL EFFECT
Adding the talc on top of the water worked so well and gave the illusion of ice. I feel if these images weren't in there it would really be lacking that element of ice. The dark lips was a good choice as it matches the colour of my hair and eyebrows when they are dark.
If I was to do this shoot again I would like to have done it bigger water maybe in a big blow up pool would have worked. Getting more of the body in would have been really interesting to see.
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WHERE TO GO FROM HERE - Need to add the final images into my book and send it off.
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