This collection is entirely based on the idea of treating the camera lens as a canvass, and the camera as a paintbrush.  I specifically used extreme zooms, harsh shadows, and most importantly a very soft focus, to not only make the viewer feel like they might be looking at a painting, but equally to question the very subject being photographed.  All images below physically exist in our world and were created only by adjusting elements within the camera at the time of the shot. As with all my photos, absolutely no post-production work was done on any photo here.