Most of my recent posts have been either interiors or bridal work so I thought I'd change it up a bit with a little photojournalism this week.

Scary, eh?

Well, the mad-surgeon is actually about to fix up a dog's knee, so it's quite the opposite of what it looks appears. The point is that we can create the wrong impression with a few photographic tricks.

First, the doc's out of focus. He's actually smiling under that mask, but we can't see that. Second, we're looking up at him, giving him power. When we look up at somebody or something, we remove power from the viewer and give it to the subject. Third, it's off-axis creating a disorienting feeling, almost sense of imbalance - meanwhile, I subject isn't affected by this imbalance, further giving him power.

Add all of these things up and you get a relatively nefarious photo out of a skilled medical professional. Moral of the story: don't believe everything you see.