Images produced for Behance portfolio

My idea for the 10 creative images to publish on Behance were around the narrative of identity. I named this collection of images obscured. To create these images I used my children as the models and done them using water, glass, and milk. Putting the children in the shower I faced the shower head to run down the glass screen and took shots of their faces pressed against the screen, and body parts. Portraits don't have to be the face it can be any part of you, so incorporating the body parts it brings home the message of the title Obscured! Adults/children in today's society hide themselves away through insecurities and paranoia. Some have problems with themselves and body so put a front on to the rest of the world, they mask who they are.  Using my children as the models is a bit of a contrast of the narrative as the connotations with children are innocence, adorable, confident, and happy. But the collection of images work and I'm happy with the outcome. I used natural light from the bathroom window and took the photographs on my canon 5d using a 50 mm prime lens. The depth and focusing areas on the images make them stand out. In photoshop I changed the images to black and white and did basic edits of levels and curves, also increased contrast to hightlight parts of the images. I haven't took portraits like this before but I really enjoyed doing it. They fall under the Behance brief to create images which are experimental and creative I have taken portraiture and added my own creative take on it, putting together the obscured identity portraits.

Contact sheets for my shoot:

Obscured:

The images I chose as my final 10:

The 10 images I chose I am very happy with my favourite is the images with the milk. I just wanted to create something quite different other than the water. I like how the milk moulds around the parts of the face forming leading lines carrying your eye around the image. With the images being in black and white you get so much more texture and detail within the image. Its as if you can actually feel the texture of the water, feel the steam from the warm waters. All the while there is something in front of the model, "obscuring" the full identity.Just like the "mask" is always in front of women/men who hide their selves away. 

To increase followers and likes on my Behance account I have shared the link on my Twitter account and Facebook page. My best viewed collection of work is one that I uploaded from a previous project of side and front profile pictures. I have had some interest in my other collections but not as many as that particular one.