Christopher Mckenney is the main photographer who has inspired my ideas towards the shoots I’m going to take. His style of work inspires me as the contemporary and surrealist twist he adds to his work is different from any other photographer I have researched. Mckenney is originally from Pennsylvania and is a specialist in horror surrealist photography. The sinister and spooky vibes his photographs give off make me even more interested in his work. There is no background information to his images, no hint of specific location and the subjects are usually anonymous which adds to the sinister effect.

These two photographs were the most successful from the shoot. I used an off camera flash to capture the images quite raw and gritty. I have taken inspiration from Mckenney by using a female subject but keeping the face anonymous with the use of a pillow case. The shoot was taken in some local woods close to my home as I wanted to incorporate the surrealism and have an element of the images still being rather sinister. In the top image the rain droplets were unintentional. However, I like the effect it has on the image adding a more of an eery and scary effect. If I was to do this shoot again I would take more close ups of the subject, this would add more effect to the image and intrigued the audience even more as there is no context to the image and the identity of the person is unknown.