It is not all that often that I do a series of images that are all 'connected' via a common thread.
This set of three though was done with a lovely young dancer who I felt would bring some feeling and emotion to them.

They are a bit dark, that is the intention, and I will try give a rough run down of the processing applied to each.


"The Controller" aka The ties that bind.
It was a very easy photo to take, the threads are real. The ground below her was stretched a bit, and the threads lengthened.
G'mic and the Vine brush helped create the 'flyaway' bits at the bottom of her dress, and a couple of vignetted stock images were used to create the background look and feel which would be common to all the images in the series.


"Control Lost"
Again a very simple image to shoot, and again the ground below her was stretched, and her dress lengthened to cover her shoes. Slightly different flyaway technique (Because i really don't know what I'm doing)


"Controlled"
This image was tougher to set up, and photograph, and the editing a bit different. Most the work was in cleaning up the threads piercing her back, and making fairly realistic skin "pulls"

I think they came out ok, not perfect, but pretty much what I had in mind.

Wow, they are beautiful.

Very realistic, albiet a bit creepy.