Swords made of wood and painted aluminum. Handles painted yellow and then stained.
Lighting: one strobe very low as gentle side backlight. Three blue spotlights. Two low at the swords and one high right on subject. 500 watt spotlight in wide difussion aimed from left.
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Idea from the Waite's Tarot, the Eight of swords.
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Something about the props make this look like a snapshot of a scene in a school play. Your model's posture and facial expression make it look like she's quietly resigned herself to whatever is about to happen. Since it looks like things are not going well for her, this picture would be stronger if she showed more emotion. Since the eyes and mouth are two important sources of emotional queues, blindfolding your model reduces my ability to sympathize with her. Increasing the amount of light on her face would improve the shot as well.
If that's how your dreams start off, what a bummer. As a photo, though, I like the lighting very much on the swords, and the contrast with the background is nice.
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