The Tragedy Behind the Mask

For this assignment in Large Format Photography, we were asked to demonstrate either a positive or negative emotion.  I chose to demonstrate a negative emotion by creating a scary scene.  I am scared and yet strangely fascinated by clowns, so it seemed like a perfect subject for this photograph.  I emphasized the feeling of this photograph further by utilizing depth of field.  The large format camera is perfect for this.  I threw a plane of focus from the bird's foot to the clown's hand to the the eye of the mask and left the rest of the scene slightly out of focus.  I believe my efforts were successful, as most of my classmates were sufficiently scared by this photograph.