So after my disastrous results trying to find a model or two for my abandoned house shots, I found out that the original house that I had wanted to take pictures at was simply way too dilapidated and dangerous to shoot. Luckily, my housemate was available last - minute and I ended up using her in my shots. I originally hadn't been sure that her look was what I was looking for, however, fate had it that she was to be in my pictures and look AMAZING for the part. She has this great curly hair that I was able to tease and make absolutely huge. I also wanted her to appear really guant looking so I used black eyeshadow under her eyes, drew in her eyebrows and used tons of blush and bronzer on her cheeks to make exaggerated cheek bones. I wanted her in relatively simple clothes so I picked out just a simple black dress and a white skirt and tank top for her to wear.
Once we got to the house where I had originally wanted to shoot, I realized there was no way to take pictures. The house was on a main road, there was nowhere to park, and we would clearly be trespassing. On top of this, it was too unsafe. Desperate for a location, I decided to just go to the local cemetery and see if we could get some frames there. Since a cemetery is an immediate response for a creepy place, I wanted to take pictures that were genuintely frightening and as non - cliche as possible. Toward the back of the cemetery there ended up being a ton of graves with American flags and this bench in the middle of nowhere. The strangest part about the bench was that it was covered on both ends in these gorgeous, bright fake flowers. However, behind the bench there was demolition (for the building of future graves I imagine) and just...woods. We took a bunch of frames there and they ended up being such great shots! Then, I had the idea.....
*stay tuned for my artist statement!!!
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