Evocation

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A while back I was down in Swansea for a university interview, and to meet up with my dear friend Martha, who I had not seen in a long time. It was actually quite exciting going to a new place, despite it taking 6+hours to get there. I went down two days before my interview, and on the day before, we utilised the day to conduct completely spontaneous shoots. With the help of her boyfriend, we found a location close to her home that even she didn't know about, and performed a shoot which I didn't have any final ideas for. I honestly had no idea how I would make theses images look. Wearing her gorgeous, layered dress, Martha posed herself to look quite mystical. When I got back home I struggled with editing. To me, they didn't look right being in colour, so I played around with black and white, which looked so much better. I also wanted to bring in some multiple exposure, but I only adapted the idea slighting, by layering twigs and leaves over the images, and finally adding orbs to allude magical qualities to the image, making Martha seem quite 'witch-like'.

I really like the outcome of my shots. I did do another shoot that day at the beach, but I'm still working on those images. 

I hope you enjoy, and don't  forget to check out the other images that from the series ~I still need to think of a title~