📷 [Edit: Won Third Place!] 'Portrait Photography Contest' Week 16: Entry 1: Freddy 01

Thank you to @jasonrussell for hosting another week of #portraitcontest.

This week's theme is Halloween.

Let me introduce you to my 'Villains' series.

This is an ongoing project (meaning, I haven't gotten around to finishing it yet...) that I started shooting a number of years ago. I have aspirations to someday finish my series, with a total of seven villains: Freddy, Sweeney, Chucky, Jason, Candyman, Jack Torrance, and Norman Bates.

I'm developing what I call ‘character studies’ of many of the classic male horror movie villains. I have spent months piecing together detailed costumes and researching the best possible locations before each shoot. I won’t be using a single drop of blood or gore in the images, but rather, expressing the essence of the character through the atmosphere, colors, props and lighting. What’s the catch? I have put a feminine pinup spin on their costumes, and they will be portrayed by woman models hand-picked for each persona. The pretty ladies are always the first to go in horror movies.. this time they’re the bad guys >:)

Each villain will have two images. One full body shot to showcase their full outfit, while depicting them in their natural surroundings. And one head-and-shoulders beauty shot to showcase their makeup and details.

"Freddy"

Lighting info: Lit entirely with two small speedlights, hidden in the shot, gelled with colored gels to cast the red and yellow glows. Fired with Pocketwizards. Location is an old haunted building's boiler room in the small town of Dallas, Oregon. We got permission from the owner to shoot in the boiler room, as well as the condemned second and third floor. The only catch was: we had to listen to the owner's ghost stories first. oooOOOooo.

Thanks for reading,
Dani

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