The
"Exposed in the ???" was losely based on the Naked in the House event,
which has been held semi regularly in Toronto (I particiapted in
2005's Naked in the House 5).
The basic concept was that 10 photographers each had 15 minutes with a
figure model in a undisclosed location; within that fifteen minutes, the
photographers had to make as strong an image as possible.
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| Digital infrared original |
The
location was an historical village outside of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and
while the date was June, it was a chilly wet day that was not at all conclusive to modeling Nude. Fortunately, we also had access to any of
the buildings, so after a brief introduction to the model (who had
warmed up in a dedicated building after the previous photographer), I
selected my location and set to work. There wasn't much that called out
to me in any of the structures I looked at, until I saw the engine in
this building. Could you pose on that, I asked W_. Sure she said, and
minutes later, was.
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| Digital original |
The
second striking image of the brief session (in most instances, fifteen
minutes into a photo session is usually when the first image starts to
come together...in this case, fifteen minutes is all I had to work with,
in total) was actually more of a "snapshot". After we finished with the
first set of images (four or five versions of poses on the engine) W_
huddled in her sweater as I set up for the next composition. I caught a
glimpse of the window light on her back, and immediately asked her to
not move, so I could make an image.
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| Digital original, 3 frame stitch |
The
final pose of the 15 minutes I had to work was a portrait, working with
the soft directional light coming through the shed door. If I'd had a
reflector with me (duh) I would have put more light into the shadows,
but as it is, with careful post production, I was able to boost the
shadow values enough to keep the result from being overly contrasty.
