I have decided on capturing how people view themselves. Setting up a highly reflective piece of glass or plastic (which is invisible under infrared light) and setting up my camera on the opposite side of it from the subject, I have captured (with direct eye contact) people looking into the eyes of their reflections.
You, the viewer get's to get a sense of what it it like to be this person looking at themselves, as they appear to be looking at you in the exact same way.
A number of very cool things happened, but I will elaborate on the process and additional findings on my next post which will contain a lot of the in-between and side-concept shots from each of these subjects' shoots.
For now, enjoy the start of the official start of my semester-long project:
Love,
Clifton
p.s. - sorry about recycling some of the previous subjects. expect new faces soon!
Good to see that you have a forward momentum (sorry to hear about the visual trickery with the landscape skies--at the end of the day, most of this stuff is "smoke and mirrors.").
ReplyDeleteCan the subjects see through the reflective plexi-glass? The main thing I need for you to think about is how your pieces will be different... is there a type of cloth that reacts to infrared cameras? Or doesn't? I'm concerned that the reason there is a white background is because it was there and available...
The part that interests me is the neutralizing effect of infrared on black skin... bizarre.
The infrared portrait creates a sort of eerie-looking ghostly images. Also, the expressions given off by the subjects are often subtle, perhaps even micro-expressions.
ReplyDeleteI feel that having a white background with the figure subtly coming forward out of it adds to this affect.