It took me a while to think of this idea but in the end it worked out ok. i used 2 umbrella lights to light this but the setting was really difficult and for some reason the camera did not take good quality shots during this shoot, thats why i don't like doing self portraits, its so much harder to focus and light. but i think this came out good enough to submit. Its pretty daring for me because i really just let the left side be completely me. Ive never had good skin and I always hide it, but i thought it would be good to really put myself out there for this one. For makeup i actually used tape to tape down the center of my face and then coated one side of my face in foundation to make a very clear barrier and then made the barrier even clearer by only editing one side of the photo. I thought it really showed the dichotomy between the idealized reality of women and then hard reality.
makeup took about an hour including the hair, the catchlight actually looks like a light behind a photographer because i had 1 of the umbrellas right behind the tripod with the camera and it just worked out that way, the other light lit the background
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I'd imagine, after reading your comments, that a title like "candor and courage" would be more apt. If you had not revealed I would never have know this is the same person :)
Awesome & gutsy! You're a beautiful woman, but to put yourself out there in that bizarre world of cosmopolitan perception of imagery is just incredibly brave. I loved your other work and have always seen you as a terrific photographer.....now I see you as an incredible person, too.
This is simply stunning. Such a strong commentary and demonstration of how the finished image might bear little resemblance to the untouched person. Congrats!
In an age where people tend to be very self obsessive about the way they look I just wanted to add my congratulations for this brave shot and the excellent finish that you got
For what its worth I think there is only one beautiful half of this shot and this is the half on the left because whatever minor flaws or imperfections there may be the woman that looks out looks out as a human, and knowing now that she has the strength of character to take a photo like this gives her far more inner beauty than any PP ever would
Brave and creative. Well done. I'm all the more impressed by the fact that this wasn't some wacky double exposure trick - you actually taped half your face!
I don't think your title is helping this amazing shot. Maybe something like before and after makover would have worked? Although I'm sure she put on make up, did her hair and put on the earring on one side only I can still tell that some of her beauty on the made up side is from editing because of the lack of red lines in her eye on the made up side. If you had left in just a hint more of them I wouldn't have known for sure. Great job overall on this really though. Just my little nitpicks. 8
Very clever! It really whiplashed my eyes going back and forth between the two sides. My mind was denying that the left side could be the same person as the right, but my eyes were telling me it was. How much of what our eyes see is just... made up!?!? So much "reality" gets covered up and hidden! We never see it! A photo that can reveal that the way this one does is worth a 10! Good job!
Wow! Amazing picture and visual display of a dichotomy. I can't figure out how this was done with a single shot unless the woman actually was made up like that with her left side glammed out and the right side as undone as possible. I see a ribbon on this one.
Pretty cool. I did that once and yours puts my version to shame. I wish she were face straight on. No big deal, but it would have had even more impace. She seems slightly turned to the left. Isn't makeup grand? ;~D
Just took a look at the thumbnails and this one stood out to me right away. I love the processing... the right half I would normally say is too processed but it works SO well as a contrast to the left side.
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