Assignment (UNIT 108) Developing Ideas.

For my Manipulation of Images unit I decided to go with my horror theme from the initial ideas.  I really wanted to capture shadowy and spooky looking images using available light at night time.  So after a bit of brain storming and looking at a few pictures on the internet the promo photograph for The Exorcist came into my head.  I'm not really a fan of the film but the image of the man outside of the house I felt was very much the path I wanted to go down.

I really like the way everything is silhouetted and this is exactly the style of photograph I wanted to create but in my own way.  I think even though in the film the exorcist is the good guy there is something quite sinister looking about the character in the hat with the case.

Also after researching many photographers I stumbled across the work of Brassai.  By this point I'd already completed my first two shoots but found that my work was very similar to his.

Brassai, Foggy Paris.

Brassai.

His use of dramatic lighting and film noir style was exactly the route my own work was taking so I was a little disappointed to find that someone as famous as him had already done it.  Damn you Brassai.  Anyway seeing his work only inspired me more to continue with the film noir style.  I would use slow shutter speeds to let enough available light to reach the sensor and the manipulate the images in photoshop to get the desired look.