In the third penultimate photo session I will make as part of the Film Stills project, I'm deciding to show another unveiled story about two lovers whose fates were turbulent and intense. My assumption is to show a woman who is harmed and has to deal with the harm and abuse on her own. I expect a challenging session because I will again be a model for self-portraits. However, fearing that I could not convey my idea to someone who would play it out, I decided to take such a step.
*All photo sessions were made for the project carried out at Wakefield College with the use of film stills style.

Here's what I considered before the photoshoot:


Inspiration: 













The pictures of the Belgian photographer Dirk Braeckman came as my inspiration. In his works, he shows figures of women in the privacy of their home, naked bodies or their parts. His photographs evoke all kinds of emotions - from those close to a human being, such as getting to know your own body, but also those where the interpretation of his works goes in a completely different direction - as if you were looking at a woman stripped of dignity, lonely, experiencing humiliation in loneliness. It all fits in with the photoshoot I'm going to do.


Location:


I'm going to use the space of my own house. I know that one of the rooms will be a bathroom. 
I want to use daylight for these photos.


Equipment:

The equipment I need to complete the session is:
- Canon 5D mark iv camera
- Manfrotto Tripod
- Lenses: 50mm
- Shutter Release Remote Controller


Technique:

The technique to be used for this photo session will be Fill the Frame. I want to make headshots and show emotions on them.


Contact sheet from the photoshoot:


























What I had planned for this shoot didn't quite go as I thought it would, especially the photos in the shower, which turned out to be quite a challenge. Taking these pictures of myself using the Shutter Release Controller with water pouring over my head was difficult. Even though I had to fiddle with it, the result isn't too bad. To take these photos I had to set the tripod out of the bathtub, although at first I assumed that the photos would be taken from a different perspective. At first, I thought I would set the tripod so that the camera was in a straight line behind me, but it soon turned out that I would need help to set it up in the bathtub. So it was standing behind the tub, so the photo is taken from the side. To take the photo in the shower, I manually focused on the water drops so that my silhouette was blurred.

I was able to take pictures with a face full of tears on autofocus because using daylight and standing by the window, I had the correct exposure. I showed the emotions I wanted to be visible to the viewer in these pictures. Overall, I am satisfied with this session. What I could work on are composition, maybe wider frames and more ideas. I also took some photos from this session without good lighting, the effects are visible on the Contact Sheet. However, I gave up on this idea because the flash did not work with my camera.


Lightroom / Photoshop:


Working on these photos in post-production, I did all the basic steps like lens correction, B&W ready options in Photoshop, I also used the Liquify tool to correct the face and the Patch tool to clean up the model's skin. I cropped some of the photos.


Selected photos: