Earlier today I had a small photoshoot with the 3 full body papercuts I had made, trying to capture the shadows against my friends skin. It came with MANY challenges to say the least.
My photography skills are pretty basic-I’ve handled a SLR a few times before, however all the things I learnt about the different modes in college had escaped me completely lol.
Luckily my friends were on hand to help and knew what extra equipment I would need
As we were testing the shadows, I realised how extremely fiddly the papercuts had become as my friend was trying to hold them up. And there was no one else on hand to help hold them. So initially I thought a tripod would be the solution.
Upon further testing I realised the tripod would be a hinderance, as I wouldnt be able to get as close as I needed to in order to capture the detailing from the shadows and get different angles, so I opted not to use it in the end.
Despite everything I think the shoot went well. I quite like the fact that only part of the shadows were visible, but also in some of them the main words and images are visible and the main focus, particularly in the last image in the above slideshow.
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