My project continues with the night and darkness theme that it started off with. All of the images have been shot in the same conditions and with the same equiptment. The props that were used include: a white screen/backdrop and a projection machine – these two things help me create the effect that I desired.

The image that is shown above has been created by having a skull projected onto the face of the subject. The dark colours and meek atmosphere create a sinister photograph and give an insight into the dark and devious themes behind the image. A few of Lee Kirby’s images (a well known projection photographer) are also shown in a darker atmosphere, he doesn’t show the facial features of the subjects very often and this technique just adds to the mysterious darkness surrounding the images. Just like Lee Kirby’s work I decided to distort the face, it is barely recognisable with the projection that is shining on the subjects face.  When deciding on lighting in the studio I first played around with some of the softer lights, but in the end choose to turn all lights off, apart from the projection machine to add to the tense atmosphere that I wanted to create. The angle that I have taken the image on was a side shot of the face; this was to highlight the skull on the left rather than the normalcy of the right. I tried to shoot a range of different angles, like face on, but I found the effect was not as startling as the positioning that I have chosen. The composition of the image is deliberate; I had the subject look forward as if looking into nothingness and hoping for something. I didn’t want to create a personal connection between the subject and the person viewing the image. I wanted to distance between them to add the mystery and misery that the image creates. To achieve the darkened effect I used Photoshop. There was only one adjustment that I made to the image and that was to use the black and white filters. By using only one adjustment, I have been able to keep the image basic yet very complex.