LEAVING AN IMPRINT ON MY BOYFRIEND...

I found this when taking a walk in Hampstead over christmas.

I really loved the imprint from the leaves on the floor - almost as though they were leaving traces behind. (Ignore my shoes in the bottom of the image) 

Also while I was there.. I took a few pictures of ma face. 

 

With the flash off the image came out really dark although with it they looked slightly over exposed and flattened the image a tad. 

So I decided to 'dive in' and experiment with some underwater images. 

At first I decided to focus on just the water and trying to create movement:

The camera under the tap

Turned the flash off - theres a plug. (Y)

Some more running water - experimenting with different settings on the camera. 

I took far too many most of them look pretty much the same but thats a selection of the images I took.

I also found some lovely images on Tumblr, so the artists are unknown..

I've decided to look at taking images underwater - so I've borrowed a friends underwater camera (its pretty cool I might invest in one) and I thought I'd give it a go. 

I did plan to go outside to some water - so I'd get the movement within the water... Although I have my second cold this winter already, so I'm thinking it wouldn't help me much. Therefore I decided to experiment in the bath tub (..again) Although if I manage to get his camera again at one point I may have to go outdoors and try and get a couple of shots. 

Before I began taking some pictures I wanted to do some research on other artists who have used similar idea of water......

I found these stunning paintings by Alyssa Monks, fucking amazing paintings! Also love the composition she uses.

I would give my right leg to be able to paint like this.

After my exhibition piece I've decided to still look into the idea of water. I want to explore the theme of deterioration in my work - looking at how water can be used as a tool to deteriorate pieces of work (paintings/images) and also looking at the idea of still behind underwater.