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I need input! Give me some honest opinions.This is my second attempt at this. I had in mind a little girl who can't stop dancing, to the point she is proud of the fact she has danced her feet bloody.
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Hey. First, I like this one. ItΒ΄s an awesome contrast, because she is smiling, really happy, but everyone can see her bleeding feet. Creates mixed up feelings, because if someoneΒ΄s feet are bleeding, he/she is supposed to feel pain --> but the little girl seems to feel no the pain, or does not give a damn about.
The composition of light: looks like the girl is a tower of light in a darkened world, because the back of the pic is dark and gloomy.
Do not know where you from, but thereΒ΄s a german fairytale about a little girl, Karen, who is really poor and so aint got no shoes. But when she gets shoes she started to dance and can not stop, until she asks someone to took of her feet with her shoes. Finally, her soul gets up to the sky where nobody cares about her shoes.
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Thank you so much for your kind words!
I am not familiar with the story of Karen, but that is exactly what I had in mind as I worked this piece. I shot the photo at a wedding, then as I edited it I imagined a little girl so content that she dances her feet bloody.
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I like the idea and I know that there's a story that the ballerina Anna Povlava danced as show and there was some blood trailing on the stage from her pointe shoes and she kept on dancing.
Dancers always like to make everything look easy too so maybe if you have her dancing along as though everything is fine but have a subtle bit of blood on her shoes and a soft trail along the floor it would give you the effect you want.
It might also be nice if you used a slower shutter speed to have some motion so we can see she keeps on dancing, maybe a little bit of arm movement? It would also keep the drama in the shot and maybe if you have her stand in a dynamic pose like the ballerina in this Degas [link] .
Hope it helps!
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Thanks! I took that shot at a wedding and several months later had the idea to make it something dark. Maybe I'll have the chance to capture something like that again
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I put blood on them in my photo editor. It's supposed to be a fantasy, like she dances until her feet bleed and then wore the blood like a trophy, like she was proud of being mischievous.
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ohh it looked liek she hurt herself lol..its cute i like it
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I want to respond to this, but I'm having a hard time putting it into words...I'm a mother and as such I've tried so hard to keep my daughter safe and unharmed while letting her flourish and succeed. And while I understand your vision of the child's pride in her tenasity, the caretaker in me recoils from the blood and the implied wounds...I don't know how you could show it differently but this way it makes me feel anger at her mother for not protecting her...
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Tis a very nice shot and the little girl is beautiful , also her facial expression is awesome , so without the blood on dress a big thumbs up. Having said that ,macabre and horror is what you`ve gone for - her facial expression is too sweet and innocent looking , doesn`t look right . Super shot though
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Thanks! For me, her facial expression makes the pic and it's why I had the idea of something macabre. I did one version where she was satisfied in her evil deed, dancing around with blood on her hands and face also. In this version, she's rather like a football player who is proud of bleeding. She's wearing the blood like a trophy. Anyway, that was my concept
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I hear you ... And know where u are coming from - Understand
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Macabre it is...but the smile on her face doesn't fit I think...I would suffer it I guess not love it
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Thanks Gerrit! Maybe I can change that in a later version.
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Talk about morbidly...AWESOME!! I like the concept, somebody dancing their feet bloody.
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Thanks! What if she also had blood smeared on her hands and face? Too morbid?
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It wouldn't make much sense along with the increased morbidity. Unless she was dancing on her hands and face...?
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Since I was a ballerina a hundred years ago, I can relate! BUT I think I would approach it artistically and leave out the blood. Just a suggestion: slumped on the ground/floor, clearly exhausted, but the hint of a smile and a sparkle in the eyes; hair a tinsy messed and gown a little torn. Hmmm?
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Thanks Sharon! I'll keep that scenario in mind the next wedding I shoot. I only have a few pics of her dancing.
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Its a pretty cool idea, but perhaps you could modify the girl herself in some way, to show how determined and proud she is, or just more morbid. *lol*
It doesn't seem complete with just the blood on her feet and dress
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Thanks! I did a version with blood on her hands and face but it seemed too much for a pic of a child. Maybe I'll try that later.
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No problem if you don't.
Good luck =]
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