Faceless portrait

Stage 1 Understand the Problem

Portraits that don't show the face

To show emotions without faces and a story without faces

Take many but only need 2 photos

Proof Sheet as well

Portraits

Stage 2 Research

Backlight

Directional light

Low light

Harsh light

High noon

Spotlight

Ambient

Flatlight

Colored

Subject, environments, props

Emotions

Stories

Mirrors

Plants

Technology

Liquid

How will you avoid the face

Mask

Backlighting

Hair

Book

Objects

Tree

Editing it out

Create emotions without faces through body language

3. Generate Possible Solutions

Locations- A bridge or tunnel with dark light under, Beaches and ocean,

There are many possible options for this project. What I am think is a mask covering a person's face shrouded in darkness with one light facing the mask.  

A person who is facing a wall that later after it is uploaded online I photoshop a new background over the image

A person who is swimming in the ocean with a snorkel on

A person on a sidewalk who is walking away from the camera

A person on the beach

A person who is spinning and using fire

4. Select AND DEVELOP Best Solution

I think that these all could be good ideas but I want to expand upon the person's face mask who was shrouded in darkness with a light directed at their face. I was thinking a person would stand in either a tunnel or at the end of a street under a lamp at night. I feel like this idea could express many different emotions and actions in a story.

Another Idea I have is a person swimming in a clear ocean or clear body of water with a light drop in the background. I think that this could impose an amount of positive emotions that would be a lighter tone relative the the later.

5. Model and Prototype (Create)

I tried to emphasize on different contrasts and light for this project while showing emotion I for example took a picture of a person in the water swimming away from the camera.  

There however are many things I would change about these compositions for example on the ocean composition that I had I would have gone back and directed the light more towards the shoulder of the person.

Another thing I would change in my photos is the person who is wielding fire I would have directed the light more towards his lower chest area so I could include more of him in the photo and have more light.

On my fire photo I wish I could have used the fire to cover his face completely instead of trying to use the shadows in the photo.

6.Test and Evaluate

I played around with a couple of my images such as the person in the water and came up with multiple solutions that could have potentially worked

I found however that the original image was the best for this scenario since I feel it was the best image  

The other image I thought also fit with What I was trying to do with the shadows blocking the face and the fire in the corner and I again found that the first image was better and fit better then the second