The Doctor's Daughter

Another image from portfolio today! You may already know that I'm in the Halloween spirit and what is more fitting that fake blood and bandages?! The bandaged lady is my friend, Lis - she loves fake blood and gore, so she was the ideal candidate for this shoot....

[[ Unfortunately I can't remember what make-up we used, it was mostly her own. ]]

The bandages were just a ripped painters cloth, but they worked really well! The blood was an experiment which sort of...failed. I'd read a heap of blood recipes using cornflour and figured I'd try it out - never again! The blood turned a pinkish red, thickened far too much and smelt foul. I don't think it photographed as well as my usual water/ coffee/ honey/ food dye combo, either. Ah well. You live and learn!

I think this was shot around November last year. It was bitterly cold, wet and our feet were buried snow, yet somehow Lis still looks perfectly calm in a dress with wet bandages wrapped around her head! I had two other friends in this shoot, one with a missing eye and one with bandaged, bloody arms. My Mum hadn't told me her friend was coming over and bringing her three year old daughter....needless to say, she wasn't impressed!