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Hello Saffron,
I saw a book - many years ago - by a UK
photographer called David Chamberlain. The title was The Creative
Monochrome Image. He had many examples in it of what he called
'defocused' images - the lighter background
had eaten into the shape of the woman who posed for him, giving a thin,
attenuated image. The technique involved using a lot of bright lighting
and varying amounts of 'defocus' to get the right amount for the image to melt
and blend. He focused on the models face and, using the depth-of-field
preview on the lens defocused until the image was just visible. The taking
aperture was not critical.
Regards,
Neil.
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