Connecting Essay

This is an example of one of Hid Said Neto’s photographs, he is the photographer which has inspired the majority of my work however this is one of my favourite images, I like it because he has used a child which is quite unusual and this photograph also contrasts the some of his other photos because he has not applied the paint in a specific technique in this photo. In this photo he has smeared the paint over the child’s face rather than applying it to appear like makeup like in his other photos, I think this technique of smearing the paint is very effective using the child because it shows a more playful side to the child whereas if he used the techniques from his other images it may not have been as effective as this is a more mature way of applying it. Similarly, if Neto was to smear paint on a maturer model, it would not have the same effect. This example of photo fits into my exam topic of ‘creative use of light’ very well because to create these images you must use a UV light to make the paint glow and this has a very good effect. This is also a very creative method to use for my photography as I think that you must have some sort of skill to apply the paint in a way that makes the photo look good.

This is one of my photographs, for this I have applied UV paint to my nieces face and then used a wet-wipe to smear it slightly. I applied the orange paint over small amounts of other coloured paints which were already on her face and then smeared them slightly over the areas in which I had not applied the orange paint. I have then composed this image so that my model is looking directly into the camera and the top and bottom of her face are both cut out slightly. I think this is a good way to compose this image because it means that you notice the detail in her face and the paint with it being so close up to her face. I also like this image because my model has very dark eyes which I think makes the image look deeper and this also contrasts with the colour all over her face. I think the paint looks very good because it is very bright due to using the UV light. 

These two images are very similar in many ways. In both images the model is a child which in my opinion makes the UV paint look more natural being smeared on as you associate children as being messy whereas if I was to use an adult model I would have applied the paint in a very different method. I also think the composition of both of these images are almost identical, this is because in both images the model is centred slightly to the right and in both images, it is composed so that the top and the bottom are cut off slightly. The models in both of these images are also looking straight into the camera and pulling very natural facial expressions. However, there are some differences between these two photographs. In Hid Said Neto's photograph, the model has very light eyes whereas my models eyes are very dark, although this is very different, both of the photographs work very well. The colour ranges of the two images are also very different due to Neto's image being very blue whereas mine is very orange and slightly brighter.