These two images are my mum's and my nan's hands and a light from the floor is shiningdirectly below. Because of the blur it kind of reminds me of those old movies where an alien is approaching and they add blur around the outline of the creature, which gives that unsettling feeling that you don't know what is infront of you.
My Nan came trundling up the path to my house yestarday, and as usual she was carrying a ton of shopping in each of the 4 bags she had with her. My mum had just brought this whopper of an Umbrella and the shopping, my nan, and the umbrella gave me this idea to take some pictures under the street lights. We headed out around 9:30 and it took us a little over 30 minutes to take all of the pics. It took a little while to look for the right spot with good light, but eventually we settled down the road from my house in my local GP car park.Even though my nan was a bit annoyed (I think you can tell in a few of the photos) that she had to stand out side for so long and some of the shots are a little too dark or out of focus, it works for the majority of them and adds a softness to some of them.
I like the abstract qualities in the hands and the ruggedness that the light and the color gives them. We don't give our hands enough credit and these images so the wear and tear, the strength. Keep this little project up and see what happens with it.
ReplyDeleteI was thinking of doing an abstract project over the half term, but it had to come up with ideas to base the images around and how to compose each picture. I think i'll prefer to head down the surreal root with my images.I haven't taken any pictures yet over half term, but i've made notes on ideas and sketches of how i want them to look.
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