hydrophobia-the fear of water

test shots:

for my water phobia pictures i decided i was going to "drown" my boyfriend in the bath ha!
we ended up taking a lot of pictures as i couldn't decide which looks i liked better-eyes open/eyes shut, blowing bubbles/not blowing bubbles.

eventually i decided on this one:

all photos were taken on my samsung st93.

i edited a range of them in photoshop cs4 using a water ripple effect i found on google and the pen tool with the minimum hardness to create a dark border. i changed the opacity of the ripples and the border so it overlapped the original image. i also used some tiny bubbles found on google and added them near original bubbles.

i couldn't decide whether or not to have the full picture in black and white or colour, as all my other images are in B&W. i decided that i would have the blue of the water coming through but have my boyfriend in greyscale to give the impression that water is an important part of the image.

overall, i'm very pleased with the outcome :)