RUNNING A SOCIAL EXPERIMENT BASED ON EMOTIONS

Hi everyone.

So as a project for a Master's discipline, I'm running a social experiment about emotions.

Here's what I did!

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Gesichtsausdruck/Gefühl is a social experiment where all subjects are sitting on a chair, in the exact same position, under the exact same light, without being aware of the purpose of the session.

One picture is taken, after a few minutes in an uncomfortable silence.

The purpose is to capture the essencial emotion that every person is going through.

I asked these people (also known as friends) to sit on a chair and "wait until I'm done with regulating the camera settings". They sat down, intrigued with the whole thing. While I was "setting the camera ready" they were left there, and their emotions emerged almost immediately.

The picture captures the subjects all the way to the knee, and for a simple reason: your posture tells more about you than you can imagine. At first everyone sat straight. A few minutes later they let loose, and started unconsciously sitting in the way they actually felt like sitting.

Even though they're all facing the same way, in the same position, under the same light, and were given the exact same instructions, all results are surprisingly different.

Same expression. Different emotion.

You can find the final result here:
https://www.behance.net/gallery/33116329/GesichtsausdruckGefuehl-ExpressionEmotion

Send me your thoughts about it!

Rock on,

B

xx

STEEL 6 Eye: Good Ol' Classic Fashioned Vintage Pin-Up

Hello there rockers,

I know I haven't post much lately, but here's my latest Steel catalog and commercial video!

For the summer, Steel decided to send me a 6 eye burgundy leather boots pair.

I must confess I'm not much a fan of colors, but this tone of dark burgundy made me fell in love!

All always, as you may noticed, the design is the same, the only thing that changes is the number of eyelets. The 6 eye is perfect for warmer season. Most people may think that boots are too hot to wear for summer of even spring, but I guarentee you that this boots model is the most confortable one to wear either during winter or summer, as they are short (but not as short as 3 eyelet shoes) but at the same time not as tall as 10 eyelet boot. So you have a fresh kind of boot with tons of color for you to choose!

This time the photo shoot took plece at the 50's Diner Happy Days Diner & Bar in Cascais. As the previous photo shoots were in black and white, this time we needed a really colorful session to promote the various colors that Steel can offer for your boots!

And which place else would fit better the dark red burgundy boots than a super inspiring 50's thematic diner?

A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO:

THE MAKE UP ARTIST/HAIR DRESSER/MODEL

Daniela Soares

THE PLACE

Happy Days Diner & Bar (Franco)

THE STEEL MANAGEMENT

Jozef Ilencik

  Steel 6 Eye Burgundy Boots: Good Ol' Classic Fashioned Vintage Pin-Up from Beatriz Mariano on Vimeo.

STEEL COMMECIAL PHOTOS & VIDEOS: 3 EYE BLACK LEATHER

                 

Hey there rockers,

I know I haven't been posting stuff for quite a while but I've been a bit busy, but it's for a good reason.

This is my latest campaign for Steel Boots&Shoes!

This month steel asked me for a "spring-ish" kind of spirit in order to promote their 3 eye steel shoes. I thought the theme that would fit better would be that "when a city girl walks a country mile" sort of thing. So I gathered two fantastic models Carolina Batista and João Mendonça for an outdoors/indoors photo shot and they just couldn't fit better! The reason why I picked these two models is because, besides from being close friends of mine, they're really different from each other and this gives the idea that Steel is suitable for everybody (which it is)!

The photo shoot exceeded my expectations, and so did the client's! Lots of people have told me by now that the kind of black and white I do is kind of a trademark of mine already, and that's a really good thing for me since I'm so in love with all of the greyscales!

The shoes have a really nice light look, and as you can suppose, they're great to wear in warmer seasons. They're short but wide, still a bit heavy from the steel caps, but all of those screws and agressive sole gives the shoe the classic heavy look that steel have and that everybody loves, and yet lights it up a little for having only three eyes! Fits perfectly with all styles, and either man or woman, it'll give you the alternative look of Steel.

A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO

THE MODELS

Carolina Batista

João Mendonça

THE SOUNDTRACK PRODUCERS

Toxic Room

THE HELP WITH THE CLASSIC CAR

My mom

THE STEEL MANAGEMENT

Jozef Ilencik

The entire photo album here.

All commercials here on Vimeo.

All commercial hehe on YouTube.

  STEEL Short Film: 3 Eye Black Leather Shoes from Beatriz Mariano on Vimeo.

STEEL BOOTS&SHOES: COMMERCIAL PHOTOS & VIDEO

    Hey there rockers!
    For those of you who don't know, I've been investing in photography for about 5/6 years now. I'm now getting my photography degree, in order to make my future out of it.
    A few weeks ago this international brand contacted me and asked for some photos and a commercial video, and this is the result.
    This is a punk/gothic brand, and the product they gave me has the tipical distinguished details that represents them so well. It's a really heavy, kind of agressive look, so I decided to give that same characteristic to the models as well. The boots are really heavy looking, I think there's no other word to describe them better, so the models are dressed in black, with a black smoky eye shadow, and some black blush and black lipstick.
    This is my first "job" as a fashion photographer, and it was really exciting, for me and for the models. I've been collecting my portfolio for so long there's a lot I've learnt already, but what I seek in every thing I do is knowledge. I'm always ready to learn new things and this work gave me an opportunity to learn more about this type of art. It was something I've never done before, and it was a great experience! Can't wait to see what's coming next!

A HUGE THANK YOU TO:

Robyn Runte Oliveira and Margarida Baeta for such an amazing job as models!

Toxic Room for borrowing their song!

Jozef Ilencik for giving me this opportunity!

All the photos I did here.

Toxic Room's page here.

Steel Boots&Shoes website here.

 

STEEL BOOTS&SHOES COMMERCIAL VIDEO from Beatriz Mariano on Vimeo.

ROCKET QUEEN

    Hey there rockers, this is latest photo shoot!

    As you all know, I'm in love with black and white, and today I decided to do pull the same rocker look. The only thing that's different is the props! I'm wearing five different rings, a lion, a skull, a chopper cross, and two simple silver rings, and also a DIY spiked necklace. I'm also wearing a black bandana and my vintage ripped vest. The make up is nothing but black eye shadow and black lipstick.

    The look itself is already agressive, so I decided to ajust the contrast tones the same way: really dark and at the same time bright, removing almost every grey scale.

Full album here.

SPACE ODDITY

    

    Hey there rockers!
    This post is about my latest photo shoot. It's called Space Oddity, and it's (more than obviously) inspired by David Bowie's classic look with his eccentric lightining bolt. This character has probably the most impactual name in the story of Pop/Glam Rock from the 70's/80's. Besides being distinguished by his typical uncommon vocals, and by the intellectual depth of his work, history was already predicting a caotic thematic in the musical world led by his mind.
    This make up wasn't very hard to make, except it is not looking as perfect as Bowie's actual painting, but you can't blame me for trying.
    The strong colors and the magnetic contrasts are the typical tones represented by this magical time, which has kept everyone full of hopes and dreams about the future, and it still does, influencing our minds and the way we persue difference in everything that we do and think about.

BLUE ORCHID

    Dear rockers, this was my latest photo shoot from yesterday.

    Me and Carolina went down to the beach for some shots. Once again here's the proof you don't need a sunny day to get good pictures.

    She posed in a dark outfit with baggy shirt and all-the-way-down-to-the-feet skirt. I pictured in colors and black and white, but you know I can't resist a good monochromatic scale. With the black clothing she wore silver accessories, two necklaces and five rings, plus the gypsy chain on her hair (which I didn't post), but the poor thing had to suffer a little for the shots, it's not easy to pose perfectly still in such a chilly day!

    It was a very successful result in my opinion, the black and white gave just the right atmosphere with a smooth touch of wild hair dancing in the wind.

    With the video I made a small video with some shots of that day.

Full album here:

Carolina's profile here.

BLUE ORCHID from Beatriz Mariano on Vimeo.

BALD RAT PHOTO SHOOT

    So guys, this was my latest photo shoot, starring me and my baby bald rat.

    I called him Dave Mustaine, cause honestly, the first thing that came to my had was Megatdeth's lead singer, Dave, only cause he looks so much like a damn rat.

    Oh well, as weird as this may seem, the rat looked perfect in every single shot. You know when they say "the pet is just like the owner"? The truth is, I had to feel a connection with the animal before I took it home (which btw was a gift from an amazing friend), once I held him I knew he was not just a rat, and the thing is, I can carry him everywhere I feel that he's safe with me, and I feel like I don't need to be alarmed. I mean, my actual pet that in fact is just like me is my dog, that's where you can actually apply that saying about the pet and the owner, but what I mean is I can feel confortable with the rat walking all over without being scared of losing him or something.

    The thing is, the pictures turned out real great, and I got lucky for not having Dave shitting on my head (how hilarious would it be to say "Dave Mustaine took a shit on my head"?)

    Rock on!

EVERYTHING IS EMBARRASSING

    Dear rockers, yesterday was such a wonderful day light, me and Carolina went out to do an outdoor photo shoot.

    This is the proof that cloudy days are as great as any other day! There was a little bit of wind, but that's one of the greatest factors there is. Together with the sun , these two natural factors provided a great atmosphere for this photo shoot, even if it had rained, there are no such things as limitations compromising your photos.

    Light is the most important factor, and it's what defines the ambience of your photos.

    Next time you catch yourself in a cloudy day, grab your camera, grab a beautiful model, and just go for it.

Model: Carolina Batista

Make Up: Beatriz Mariano

Photos: Beatriz Mariano Photography

ANOURO JÓIAS | JEWELLERY PHOTOGRAPHY

Pendulum

Necklace

Ring

    Dear rockers,

    I finally finished my Jewellery work today with some pictures of the store itself!

    More than 600 pictures later, together with a promocional video, the work is complete and the photos of the pieces are now available on facebook!

    The store is called Anouro Jóias, and the lady who runs it is my neighbour. She kindly asked me to picture all of her pieces to promote the store online.

    From all the work I've done, this has been the most pleasent one. I'm not sure if it was due to her, because I already knew since a few years ago, or if it was because of the jewellery itself. Either way, this was a really great job I couldn't be more proud of.

Visit her facebook profile here.

All copyrights owned and protected, here's my facebook page.

MISS NOTHING PHOTO SHOOT

    Yesterday's meeting resulted in a colorful photo shoot.

    Me and Marie Von-d Bacelar gathered with the model Carolina Batista to put up a grunge photo session.

    Dark smoky eyes, ripped dark glass tights, and pink tone hair, were the main details that gave these photos such characteristic look.

    First of all, Carolina had to lay on the floor so me and Marie could dye her hair in different shades of pink, first a light one, and then a darker one. After getting her hair dyed out, the next step was the make up. A small smoky shade on the edge of eye over a lighter shade of gray, and followed by black eyeliner with black lipstick made the entire outfit more outstanding. The clothing was (obviously) what gave this session a theme, ripped top a dark glass tights, with my ol' black Doc Martens, and nothing else.

    More than 200 pictures from me and Marie were accomplished and so the photo shoot was beautifully made.

TATTOO&ROCK FESTIVAL

    This weekend I went to the Tattoo&Rock Festival Nº8 2012, a huge convention of the most prestigious and famous tattooers in Portugal.

    This festival was held in, what's in my opinion, the most perfect place this convention could have ever been held in: LX Factory! The old rotten walls couldn't have given it a more classic and characteristic ambience. The typical dark and mystic environment of this religion was perfectly described and embraced by this magical place and by all the people, either fans, tattooers, organization or curious minds. One of the most interesting things is that, even though this was an enviroment of a certain typical style, you could see all kinds of people walking around, from Pin Ups to Punks, from kids to old youngsters, everyone was enjoying it.

    From male to female tattoers, I've never seen such wonderful pieces of work gathered together in one single room! I now understand how amazing it must be to share such beautiful art into someone's life. 

    This festival was well organized. We could count on lots of national and international professional tattoers, such as their supliers and merchandise.

    There were also several contests to entertain the audience such as the Miss Pin Up Contest,
the Best Tattoo Contest: Best Back Piece, Best of Day, Best Colour, Best Black&Grey, Best New & Best Old School, Best of Show.

    We could also count on several musical artists such as: Swinging, Tripping & Rocking - Paulo Furtado (Legendary Tiger Man, Wraygun, ex. Tédio Boys), Nevermind the Trollocks, Here’s João Ribas (Tara Perdida, Kamones, ex. Censurados), e Welcome to The Tattoo & Rock Festival com António Freitas (Antena 3 Rock).

    To conclude, it's with great pleasure that I say that this was a wonderful evening I spent surrounded by all kinds of Art in Ink!

THE ARTISTS

Nationals:

lto Astral- Quinta do Conde

Art R

Bloodline-Algés/Tyttoo Tattau

B-Zarre Cascais

Crazy Body-Setubal

Domus -Setubal

El Diablo-Lisboa /Tnt-Aveiro

Gury- Amora/Led Coult-Viseu

Impact Custom- Almada

Look Art-Braga

Maniaks Krew

Proprius Tattoos

Pedrada Tattoos-Costa Caparica

Queen of Hearts -Lisboa /Barreiro

Tattoo Mania-Sacavém

Triparte Tattoos-Lisboa 

Tyler`s Tattoo- Parede

Tribal Tattoo- St. Iria

Just Tattoos-Leiria

Freak Shop- Faro

Heart of Buda Tattoos -Lisboa

Illusion Club - Lisboa

Clockwork (Lisboa) / Still Life (Lisboa)

Lucky 13 - Faro e Albufeira

Internationals:

Adicted- Barcelona-Spain

Alexis Camburn- England

Hell to Pay-England

Iron&Ink- Dannmark

Turpentine Tattoos- London -England

Kava Body Art- Switzerland

Black Steel-Spain

Nels Tattoo - France

Taboo Tattoo - Andorra

Supliers:

Black Steel - Espanha

Pedrada Tattoo Suplies-Costa da Caparica

Piranha TattooSuplies-Viseu

Triparte Tattoo Suplies-Lisboa

Kava Tattoo Suplies-Switzerland

Merchandise:

La Cerise Shop

Blue Bullet

Triparte Piercing

Clockwork

Watch all the pictures I took on my facebook page!

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.454296664616731.106144.239310356115364&type=1

IN THE STUDIO

    For quite a long time I've been wondering how I'd love to have my studio, and finally, the opportunity came along.

    I've been discussing with my mom how should I do it, and where, so we reached a conclusion. I could close a room in my own house, paint the walls, and make it my own! So finally, a few years later, my little white cocoon is coming to live!

    My biggest passion (in photography) is picturing portraits. There's somthing about each person essence that drags me into looking at them through a little pinhole and capturing it as it is, or as I can see it through my own eyes.

    I guess I'm mostly happy for seeing a dream coming true, but none of this would have happened if it weren't for all of the support I've been getting from my Family, Friends and Fans! So, I guess I can't thank you all enough for this. It's just an overwhelming feeling so see all of this coming to live! And also, a big thank you to all of my haters for never believing in me and yet for making my name being heard so loud, here's a big round of applause for you sad people!

    To all of you: thank you!

A HARD DAY'S NIGHT

    Never thought the life of a photographer would be so hard and wearing.
    Long before the day before the wedding I did a huge research on this type of photography, even though I had done this before.
    Nothing new have I learnt when it comes to shoot, everything that I needed to know was already given to me through experience: capture the heart and soul of the moment, just capture all the feelings.

   So there I was at 15:00 sitting in the wide highly decorated in gold hallway, waiting for someone to lead me. I was completely lost and every minute I was feeling smaller and smaller, realizing how important my job should be, and how professionally should I act. 40 minutes later a man (who was working there) lead me to all empty and prepared rooms so I could picture them before all the guests would come.
    Once all the people arrived, I had to be ready to photograph every single detail. A few minutes later I was called by the bride, to picture her getting out of the car. Once finished, I got back to the ceremonial room to capture her getting in, and to capture the main event.
    Hugs and kisses after, we went to the cocktail room where smiles were framed, and speeches were held. Then was the bride and groom's turn where places were picked and pictures were taken, and so it was glamorously done!
    When it came to speeches after dinner, more hugs and tears were captured, even when the cake was getting cutted and dances were getting twirled.
    A few minutes mixed with laughter later it was time to go home, and 9 continuous hours were over.

    It was hard and stressful, but the bride and groom made it easier as they were just the sweetest to me! I was a bit looked aside at first, but at the end when we get to look at the results, the feeling of self-accomplishment is definitely rewarding.
    I guess this is the lifestyle I chose to live from now on.

Beatriz Mariano © 2012

ALL-AMERICAN NIGHTMARE

Behind The Scene: All-American Nightmare from Beatriz Mariano on Vimeo.

    The old loved in glory of fifty stars red white and blue american flag is now becoming more popular and fashionable than even in the 60's. Let's go back to the time when this red white and blue pattern was adopted by the young hippie culture showing astonishment for the "cool country", admiring the cradle of rock n' roll, and the home and land of the free, where opportunities were anywhere to be found.
    Oh say, can't you see what this new youth culture from the XXIst century has done? Inspired by the vintage clothing from (again) the 60's, 70's, 80's and even 90's, teenagers got into their parents' trunk and found out a not-so-new style of trashy ripped jeans and large t-shirts with old dad-no-one-listens-to-that-anymore bands where red, white and blue represents the red from the lips, the white from the shirts and the blue from the ripped denim jeans we now found so cool and trendy.

Beatriz Mariano © 2012