This session, Christine's third posing nude, was our first to follow my
preferred
mode of working; we met in the late afternoon and had the freedom to work until the light, energy, or ideas ran out.
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Digital original, 2 frame stitch |
We decided to work at Prospect as it is one of the few coastal
areas near Halifax which permits a good view of the sun setting over
water. The evening had a near featureless blue sky which kept the
contrast
high and while we had come to Prospect in hopes of working with the
sunset, my natural aversion to high-contrast kept
Christine
and I working in the shade for much of the session.
Christine's colouring is so fair that I'd expected much of the
session's work to be in colour, but it was only the small series of
images I made in the beginning of the evening that were made that way.
Focusing on her
reflection
in a tidal pool, the contrast between Christine's skin and hair, and
the rocks around her works much better in colour than monochrome.
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Digital infrared original |
Almost all the other images created during the session were created with my infrared
camera. We made a series of portraits in a crevasse-like corner and
even when we moved out into the direct evening sunlight, I kept working
in infrared - the sunset light was so contrasty that I felt it would be
better to accentuate that through using the already high-contrast
infrared, rather than try to tame the contrast in colour images. In
retrospect, I think I might have made some strong colour images if I
had decided to work with colour at this point, but Christine and I
planned to work in colour at the actual sunset, so more than anything,
we were just waiting for the sun to set.
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Digital infrared original |
As it turned out, well before the sun set, the air temperature
dropped, and Christine and I had to abandon our plans. With some
reluctance, we packed up and headed back towards the car, only to be
pulled to a stop less than five minutes later. A lone tree was growing
on top of an exposed rock, and both Christine and I agreed that while it
was still cool, away from the water it was warm enough to follow
through with a final set of images. After exploring the possibilities
for about ten minutes, Christine was
beginning
to get seriously chilled, so we called it quits for a second time, and
headed for Halifax.
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