Fuddland
These two ladies caught my eye with their striking red outfits as they strolled along by the Thames, and I took a quick snap with the intention of enhancing it later — it’s a bit blurrier than I would have liked due to the failing light and lack of tripod and flash. I gave the whole picture a wash with a faint blue then, highlighting just the women, played with the red values to bring them out further.
What’s more interesting though, was what they did next. A few minutes later I carried on walking by the water, and saw that the women had stopped at a bench, and their two companions had unloaded some camera equipment of their own: a third woman had a professional-looking camera/tripod setup, and a man was holding a camcorder of some description.
Once the cameras were in position, the younger woman strode over to a bench, lay down on it upside-down, with her legs over the back and her head hanging down near the ground, opened a book and pretended to read. Once the still photograph had been taken, she then got up and walked in a semi-circle away from the bench. They repeated this whole manoeuvre in quick succession on several different benches, building up a small crowd as we all wondered what they were doing.
I’ve no idea what the final effect was supposed to be — or if the result was supposed to be the still photo or the video — and of course I lacked the courage to go and ask the older woman who was just watching over everything [and whom I assume was the model’s mother or chaperone]. So if anyone spots any photos or sees a video which resembles this description, do let me know.
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