Environmental Portraits
Candid Portraits
Detail Shots
For my detailed images, I decided to focus on hands and fingers, as I think they can be an interesting way to tell a slightly more subtle story. I wanted a range of different images; contrasting the older hands of my mum with the much smoother and newer hands of my baby cousin. Then to oppose these images, I used the gloves that my dad was wearing to show a more closed off and mysterious look, aided by the smoke.
Interior/Exterior Shots
For the interior images I wanted to make the house look like it was recently abandoned, which was why I decided to leave a lot of small Mise-En-Scene items out on various surfaces like drinks cans in the kitchen, items on the bedside table and hairdryer on the bed. Originally I thought of clearing all surfaces and having a much cleaner image, and you can see this experimentation in my first images of the lounge. I also began to play with reflections on the interior, and I decided to carry this on to the exterior of the house. For instance, on the image of the shed, I decided to get the reflection of the fence in the window, however I then noticed that the house’s roofline behind the shed matched up quite well with the one in the reflection. For the final shot of the house, I decided to use the reflections in the window to create a cross and giving the image some abstract elements.