Mersedes vs Samara

Just before Easter holidays I went to studio to practise some my ideas. My daughter suits the role of Samara perfectly as I hoped as she can be really scary and really sad in the same time, what looks very impressive on photographs as whether alive or dead though, creepy little girls have become iconic within the horror genre. 
With sunken eyes, perfect hair, and always the same style of going-to-church dress, the image of the creepy little girl has become standardized, but the fact that it still remains creepy while being so familiar is a testament to its ability to strike a deep psychological chord with the audience. In many ways the creepy little girl is the flip side of the silent witness character. Both imply that young children know more about their surroundings than they let on, but where as the silent witness can’t communicate... the silent witness represents the purity and innocence of childhood, the creepy little kid represents all the cruelty and selfishness that children are capable of.

The horror genre has become popular amongst its audiences throughout decades. This phenomenon of evil child phobia has dominated the horror cinema landscape since the beginning.  A phobia which can be traced back to the movie “The Bad Seed”, where a seemingly innocent and friendly little girl perpetrates a series of murders. The release of this and further projects into the 70‘s like “The Exorcist” (1973) struck fear into the hearts of audiences around the world, the most frightening factor being the lead role of the child, possessed by the devil shocked and stunned but left audiences wanting more and so Samara from The Ring.

The role of the child as the demonic figure in a horror film has become increasingly popular that's why I probably wanted to create something similar and familiar into photographs of my daughter.

I'll start my story from the chair fallowing images of my daughter as Samara still living...to be continued...

FINAL IMAGES - LANDSCAPE

I’m glad to present you with my final Landscape images regarding my Assignment 307 Location Photography (Theme I).

One of the most important parts of capturing a good landscape image is understanding quality of light…There are many terms to define the various qualities of light, such as soft or diffused light, hard light and so on, but the purpose of landscape photography – the most important part is knowing how the light interacts with the landscape at certain times a day.

For my first location I choose sea…who can blame me as its everyone`s photographers favourite subject. As I was telling you before I had a chance for two weekends went down to Cornwall, the most amazing places where I ever had been searching for best golden hour scenes – as the most part, the best time to photograph a landscape is just before sun rises and right before sun sets.

So going through all my hundred’s and hundred’s images I manage to get down to the most representable 22… from was even harder to choose final 10, as all 22 will be presented as a slide show.

 

 

• SETUP LOCATION: Lizard Point to Lands’ End via Porthleven. Right by the edge of England most southern and western points.

• LIGHTING: Early mornings and late afternoons – evenings, using all the best light of Magic hour.

• LENS: WIDE ANGLE LENS Tamron’s SP AF 10-24mm F3.5-4.5 Di ; KIT LENS Nikon 18-55mm VR lens; TELEPHOTO Tamron AF 70-300mm lens.

• CAMERA SETTINGS: I use Manual exposure mode, to get full control over Shutter speed and Aperture. Early mornings and evenings were captured using Bulb setting.

• ACCESSORIES: Tripod Velbon DF-50 and various Cokin filters.

Final 10 descriptions will comes in the very end of the course together with theme II images.