Image Concepts

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Whilst I still want to create the big double Paige portraits that I have been producing throughout last term, I'd also like to draw some attention to illusions in the images. Whilst it is plausibly believable that I could have a twin sister whom I am taking portraits with, these illusions that I create are clearly very unnatural. I tried out these little illusions in my previous work '2AM', where the two Paige's arms were conjoined and it was hard for the viewer to actually spot it.
​These 'tester' images that I'm going to be producing are just elements of the portraits that I want to be included in the series that I do produce. Whilst these tester images do seem quite abrupt and shocking, when used in a larger image where the full body is used the illusions might even go unnoticed. When the illusions are more subtle I believe that they are more effective in the images. I've also experimented with the idea of using a Dutch angle to create an eerie effect that makes my legs look dope and even creepier than usual. 

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Successfully attaching my camera to the shower curtain pole in my flat, securely with a belt, (it seemed to hold for around 10 mins before I took it down, so I'm calling that a win.) I tried out a new angle that I've been meaning to attempt for a while but I hadn't gotten around to figuring out how to do it without injuring my child (Canon 70D, i.e. BAE). Whilst attaching the camera I tried to make it also a Dutch angle to carry on experimenting with it, but to be honest this wasn't hard, I feel it would be harder to actually get a straight angle due to the mechanism used to secure it. What's great about this angle in the image is that there is more to see, I have expanded my wonderful bathroom for all to bare witness. When viewing the angle there is an unsteady and uncomfortable feeling that is expressed, I think that this is caused by how unsteady the actual camera is, or just how unusual the camera angle is. The poses that I'm so brilliantly displaying aren't anything to be taken serious, I was being Paige le glamour model in these shots, just to see how well the image would look at this height. When I start adding in the theatrics that really make my images unique, this shot will be spectacular, (feeling big headed to the max, but what could go wrong?) ... 
1. Camera commits camera suicide and falls into bath of milk
2. Camera falls and hits me on the head rendering me unconscious and Paige drowns 
3. Lights that will have to be placed surrounding the bottom of the bath fall into the bath and then electrocute Paige, also ensuring Paige's death.
Really there is many things that could go wrong, but just think of the amazing images that I'll produce if I survive such a challenging shoot! Adding lighting, coloured gels, bath dyes and obviously the two Paige's interacting in some mischievous way will hopefully enhance this angle and shot. These shots just give me an idea of how the next shoot will look, I can then think about placement of the Paige's, clothing and makeup. Whilst addressing the appearance of the Paige's in the images, I have been a tiny weeny bit nervous about how dyeing my hair gingery would effect the images, although it doesn't seem to be such a difference, my hair might look a great deal different wet or styled in a certain way when I take these portraits. 
That's all for now folks, stay tuned for more,
​Paige H.

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