Plan for the Shoot:
My plan for this shoot is completely based around a tutorial I found exploring the idea of 'melting' a human body. In the example, a model is sitting holding an ice cream - the ice cream is solid, but the model has been made to appear as if she is melting. For my shoot, I am going to use the studio and ask someone to hold a few cubes of ice. Hopefully, the ice won't melt too quickly and what I'll see is the ice solid in someone's hand. Then using Photoshop and a collection of different brushes, I am going to draw the hands downwards to make it appear as if the hands are melting, without touching the ice. Thus, I will be contrasting the idea or both hot and cold, and solid and liquid, but with a twist....
Evaluation:
I really enjoyed this shoot as it was my first personal project shoot in the studio this year, and I love how the quality of a studio shoot is so much stronger in comparison to a normal camera. I did worry about this shoot because I didn't think my ice was going to freeze in time to start the shoot, but today I have learnt that you can freeze water in around 2 hours. I also thought that the ice was going to melt dramatically under the studio lights, but they actually retained their shape and structure for the time I needed to shoot them from various angles. The straight shots themselves look really effective - I thought that because of the pale background and the skin tone of my models' hands, they'd start to look very see-through, but they actually retained a cool, frosted look about them.
This first image was actually my first attempt at the 'melting' effect and if I am honest I think it looks really good. Although I know that I am going to do a few more to hopefully improve the quality of this technique even more, I am still impressed at my first attempt and it gives off the kind of look I was initially looking for. Although it wasn't planned, I think what works really well is the colour of my model's nail varnish - the blue colour makes the image look particualrly cooler but it still contrasts with the hot idea of the melting hands. I am not so sure if the angle works that well, as the lighting doesn't really compliment the ice all that well from this angle and doesn't make it stand out as much as it does in other images. I also think using more ice would have looked more effective and would have emphasized the contrast all the more.
This second image was a complete experiment, as I used a selection of brushes to try and give off the idea that the ice was actually on fire - which is an idea that would ordinarily be impossible as the ice would melt too quickly.I do like this effect as it does look somewhat realistic, but would have looked much more realistic if I had photographed the ice separately on a table on its own, where I could have used more realistic flame-brushes. I also used a black brush to colour in the background to allow the eye to focus more on the hands and the ice. The solid black colour also makes the image as a whole look cooler, in contrast to the 'hot' flames.
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