7: Florence and Me

DIGITAL TESTS FOR POSITION:

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120MM:

 

 

Rough Edit:

I realised there was something about Flo’s face that was bothering me in the following image, while I really like everything else I wanted to edit the image roughly to give me an idea of how it could look. I shut her eyes because they almost looked half shut anyway. I am going to reshoot this, repeating the photographs I liked best.

Original:

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Edit:

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For this shoot, I decided to shoot with just myself and my sister and so used a shutter release. I shot at our Dad’s house, it felt very important to shoot there as that is our common factor, the only reason we are related and moreover, the only place we see each other, as she would never come to my mums, and I would never go to her mums. I shot outside so I could get as much light as possible as I didn’t want to light it artificially. I wanted to highlight our hair so dressed us in simple white clothing. The main idea behind this project was to continue with the idea of physical contact between siblings, like I have done with my older brothers, I was curious to see how the work would differ when using my sister, and how the experience of the process would be different. I was so much more comfortable, and had complete control of the shoot, which aloud me to make much more images and shoot two rolls, whereas with the boys I have sometimes only been able to shoot one roll.

My favourite image from this shoot is the last photograph, the one I have edited. I feel as though it has connotations of control, dominance, the older sibling, and jealousy. The way that I am looking back on Flo looks as though I am watching over her, so aware of her presence, suggesting I have in more control of her. I also feel as though I look slightly sad in the image, which connotes to our underline tone of jealousy, but could also represent her absence in my life, the way in which our childhoods were only half entwined. Her shutter her eyes also connotes this absence, and also her unawareness due to her youth at the time when myself and my brothers were teenagers.