Living Bear

After a think, I came up with the idea of using toys again, as I have done in my Uelsmann inspired photos from after my research. My idea however would not involve any editing in software because I hope to portray my idea with the movements and positioning of the subjects.

My idea is that of toys coming alive, and in particularly the teddy bear I have decided to focus on. Instead of one final image, I have decided that the images I take will be creating a sequence of images showing the progression of the toy itself. 

The photos shown below are all the photos I took to experiment with my idea. They show the progression of the bear from the stool to closer to the camera. These work in a way that almost works like an animation. 

I like the idea of the moving toys when people aren't looking and the final images can be seen far below.

The images below are the chosen ones that I think show this sequence very well.  It shows the bear climbing down from the stool toward the camera. I don't necessarily think that the images are strong enough for a final shoot, however I think for a development idea it works quite well. 

I looked back at the photos I had taken and decided that as much as I like it, I didn't think it met with the idea of combinations that I had come up with at the beginning of this unit. Therefore, whilst looking through these photos, I came across another idea to combine the teddy with human features. So I carefully took a photo of my own eyes in order to try it out. 

Using GIMP I placed the image of me behind the bear's face and adjusted in accordingly to line them up. 

I then erased the areas where the eyes show through on the bear's face. I then darkened the edges of the bear's eye area so that they fit in better. I think this is a simple idea that is quite effective at meeting the specification from the question. I also think that the idea is quite eerie too which I think is quite a large part of surrealism. 

It has also given me an idea for my final images. I have decided that I want to portray an eerie image, combining most of the things I have looked at and researched so far.