Finger nails

My idea is to photograph as many bitten nails and nail beds around the finger nails to collage together to make a big photograph.

1. I am aiming to photograph as my nails (bitten finger nails, and nail beds)
2. I need to re size and crop the image to make it life size, and make them all square. (1x1cm) 
3. then print them out and cut them to collage onto another piece of card

so far i  have done 90 or so finger nails so far. I am aiming to get many more. 

this is to show how people with mental health such as, Anxiety, Compulsive disorders bite and hurt them self in pressured/stressed times.

This first collarge shows that i have left a great gap around my finger nails to see the out come of what looks best between the two

This second photograph I haven't left gap at all I just collaged them closely together 

This Experiment worked out that I thought the Collage with no gap at all looked and works the best within this image but I didn't go on to take this project any further as I started shooting other hoarding photographs, with guidance from Martyn.  

Shoot number one (Eating)

•  Image number one:
• It shows that the model is only thinking about weight and not wanting to eat to not put weight on. 

•  Image number 2: 
• within this image you can see the deep thoughts of the pain eating food causes within the models 
• face expression. The black and white monochrome of this image helps to represents and lets it stand out. 

Evaluation:

I photographed this image in the studio using 2 soft boxes working diagonally across from each other. 

If i had to re-shoot this image i would add reflectors to bounce the light back up to the eye area to highlight the eyes. I like the black and white within  this image as it helps show how serious the issues are behind this image..

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•  Image number Four

•  Image number Five 

•  Image number Six

 Image number Seven 

 Image number Seven

Evaluation:
This photograph I captured using my DSLR digital cannon camera with the use of two soft boxes
as soft lighting within the image i wanted this image to demonstrate what someone with an eating disorder suffers. I used the tape measure to show the model restraining whilst also wanting to eat but cant as the thoughts are vicious!
I photographed from the floor facing up pointing the camera up towards the model but on different height level. I like how how the cake is slightly out of focus. What i would change if i was to reshoot this image i would use a reflecter to highlight the eye area as the right eye is very dark. with very flat it would add highlights detail within the eyes.

 Image number Nine

 image number ten

 Image number eleven

1.  Image number twelve 

Image number Thirteen. 

Evaluation

This was my first shoot for showing an eating disorder. 

I chose to use the monochrome black and white within these Photographs

as its a dull dark time,and very lonely also they fit perfectly to these means. 

If i had to reshoot this i would try and change my lighting set up and add some reflectors and take 

a little bit of the shadows off on the places they make weaknesses with in the image.