Description:

I saw this type of photo in a recent practical photographer. I had a roll of unused Scala knocking about since the intro to B&W module so I decided to use it here. I used a macro lens to get in really close making sure that I didn't block the studio flash. The whole roll was shot in about five minutes. I hand held each shot as I wasn't particularly concerned with clarity in all shots. I used a range of depths of field, by moving in and out. Some frames I focussed at the far end of the image and some at the front. The only two parts of the face I considered that I had to have razor sharp were the right eye and the lips.

The composition was carefully cut up and placed on a light box. The images were taken so that I covered the whole face in a 4x4 frame grid. However, on placing the images in position I noticed that his face seemed to be too wide to be natuaral. I hadn't taken account of the film margin space. I rectified this by inserting an extra row of four images at about the forehead level. This resulted in the creation of duplicate body-parts but it doesn't matter, I feel, as it adds to the abstract nature of the image. The composition was then re-photographed on the lightbox with 35mm FP4+ - several shots were taken to bracket the exposure.