I love post production – maybe it comes from working in the movie industry where no pixel is left alone until it submits to the will of the director’s vision. Since I am the director and the editor of my photography I have decided to edit of my favorite picture of Jamie.
Perhaps it’s because the Halloween is almost here or maybe it’s my reaction to all the scary movie trailers that are on TV right now, but I have starting thinking about any horror flicks that might have enjoyed – at least slightly. Many of my close friends know that I can’t watch really scary movies because I get nightmares from them. I am also not very fun to watch a scary movie with – I close my eyes in the most intense moments or hide behind a couch. I miss a “good” part of the movie and the person I am watching it with has to summarize the scenes I have missed and be asked “Is the scary part over yet?” every minute.
There are probably only one or two horror movies that I watched from the beginning to the end, and Alfred Hitchcock “Birds” was one of them. He was able to make the audience be on the edge of their seats without the help of all visual effects available now. He used clever editing, music and even set dressing to make us worried about the main characters before any of the birds were on the screen.
As I was looking at Jamie’s portrait I have imagined us on the set of a black and white movie like “Birds” shooting one of the stubble scenes. There is nothing scary on the screen yet, but the audience should wonder what Jamie is looking at. Maybe she is looking at a pretty cloud in the sky or maybe there are a few birds “peacefully” flying over her… Either way – you will probably find me hiding behind a couch.
Happy Halloween! And thank you Jamie for being such a good actress – it’s a pleasure to do work with you!
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Posted in Main and Portraits 2 years, 3 months ago at 7:02 AM. 1 comment
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Wow! You really captured the mood.