Final Floaty Studio Shots

I really liked the idea of the fabric becoming part of the dancer similar to the image below from the beach shot and since then I have wanted to try and achieve a similar shot. Therefore, I wanted to try and achieve this kind of image again but in the studio. So, as it was the last time I was in the studio before my deadline I wanted to try and achieve something similar to it.

Below is an example of what I would like to achieve but in the studio instead

Originally I wanted to use the purple fabric as this is a pastel colour and would not stand out as much as and I wanted it to blend with the model so it looks like they are one but I decided to try using a different colour. I wanted to use red to symbolise passion and to point out the fact that it is different but is still as one with the model. My aim was to get this image printed in out in metallic and would really make the red pop and stand out but personally I am not to sure whether this images is as striking and as effective as the image above. In these images I wanted to the dancer to perform the moves and not just pose them so she kicked her foots up to try and catch it but let go, so I would have to try and capture the images as her foot was at its highest point. I edited the image below by dodging the background to make it more white and the model has a bracelet round her foot and white marks near her groan area where she has missed putting her fake tan.

I changed the colour of the fabric to black and white to symbolise the good and bad within dance and becoming part of the dancer. Again I wanted to try and symbolise that the fabric is taking over her body and she is becoming free like the fabric. The opposite of what I wanted to achieve with the Lycra fabric where she felt constricted, this fabric allows her to be free. I have not edited these but will do and may enter them into a competition

Below are examples using the black and white fabric.

I like this one because you cant see her face so you are focusing more of the shape rather than looking at her face but I am not happy with her leg being bent but she was jumping slightly to try and create these images so it was hard for her not to bend and she landed

Again I like the image below as the fabric covers her whole body but her leg is bent and to be does not look correct but at the same time does look surreal so I am not too sure whether to use this image or not. I may possible choose this image as the effect of the body being hidden I prefer but I may photo shop her leg from a different shot that is straight into this image. The reason why I want it straight is in dance you have to make moves sharp and I don't feel that her leg is sharp in this shot.

The dancers leg is better in the shot as it is straight and she has jumped so is slightly different from the one with the red fabric but you can see her leg that is flicked up more that the others so again I am not too sure whether to edit this image or not

Overall I was much happier with the images I captured using the floaty fabric then in previous shots. I would still like to continue with this idea after my deadline and try and critique it similar to the Lycra shoot as I find the concept different. To find out which image(s) I have entered go to the blog that mentioned which competitions I have entered.

Below are contact sheets showing images I captured using the floaty and Lycra fabric in the studio for the last time before deadline