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28/365 - Innocence

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This image is my entry for the August challenge for the Facebook [fa] Fine Art Photography group titled 'Innocence'. www.facebook.com/groups/FAPinspiredbyBrookeShaden

The theme is “New Beginnings”. I knew exactly the type of image I wanted to create. You can read all about how this image was created over on my blog

I really wanted this image to convey the fragility and fear of innocence. In brief, I bought the nest in a craft shop, then polystyrene eggs, we painted them pale brown then speckled them with a toothbrush. It was messy! Then the cat, nest and flowers we photographed together, then Sam was added afterwards. For the wings I bought individual feathers and photographed them one by one against a black backdrop, holding them with two sets of tweezers. I then masked them using an awesome new technique that I recently learnt at a CreativeLive class with Aaron Nace. I had several attempts at the wings and I am happiest with these.

You can watch my behind the scenes speed edit of this image and see how the wings were made here.. youtu.be/A_pl1sgcm6U

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Taken on: August 10, 2014

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