These are the unedited images from the test shoot for my experimental looks for liquid and heat. The purpose of this shoot was to experiment with the lighting for my final shoot but also to develop the most effective way of creating a liquid effect and sweat on the skin. The makeup was easily the most successful element to this shoot as I was able to experiment with a gel mixing medium to create the effect of water running down the face but also MAC's gloss lip mix on the high points to create the illusion of sweaty skin. In regards to the use of the gel for creating the illusion of water running down the face I feel this was highly successful, the gel acted like a fluid as it ran down the skin but when it reached a certain point it set into a gum like texture but stayed with the illusion of a moving fluid. This meant that the model could move freely into different poses but remain in the captured images with the liquid effect on the skin, this is definitely a technique that I will take forward into my final images as it worked so successfully to create the illusion of liquid. For future reference however I will definitely keep the liquid away from the middle of the face as although it looks like water on the sides of the face, from front on it resembles more of a bad scar. Not something that I want to demonstrate. In contrast to this is the use of the glossy lipmix from MAC which although it looked beautiful in person, for the creation of sweat on the skin in translated to more of a highlight on camera. This is not my desired purpose as I want the skin to appear sodden with sweat rather than dewy/highlighted. Due to this I will have to experiment with out mediums to create sweat on the skin to a more dramatic effect, to achieve this I think that the use of glycerin would be far more effective. Originally I wanted to focus the use of the natural landscape colours (as previously researched) into just the tones used within my makeup. For example for heat the look would feature heavily in the use of reds and golds much like that of a sunset, however on camera I do not feel that this translated boldly enough and did not carry enough of a colour tone as I had looked at within my research images. From my research I knew I wanted to create a very bold image with vibrant tones to work alongside the use of natural effects such as the mud, water and sweat. This however did not come through to the extent that I wanted it to with this makeup as it was too natural, which would work nicely for an organic makeup look that didn't feature so heavily in the use of colour/landscape representation. In addition to this is the use of lighting, for this element of my project I used the help of a photographer however I feel personally that the lighting here is too dark and cold, whereas I wanted my images to have a warm undertone to them. This is something that I will have to change for my final images and I will most likely go back to using a soft box and beauty dish as I know this creates a much warmer light. I do however like the use of shadow here as an important element to my work is depicting the face of my model as a natural landscape with features such as the nose etc acting as the mountains in the photographs. This meant that the use of a harsher shadowing around these central areas of the face works nicely to enhance my message.
Future changes:
- Lighting
- Colour Palette
- Sweat
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