Emotions make our eyes look different

Since our theme is 'Change' and not the opposite which is what my idea seemed to be following, I had to think of a way to incorporate change into the fact that our eyes never change. I thought about growth and how the rest of our body and features change, I also thought of how we look at different things throughout different important stages in our lives for example: Babies spend the majority of their time looking at their parents or carers, or just looking up. Toddlers will look mostly at toys and colours. Children will have more of an outdoor view of things. Teenagers may look more at other people, friends, classmates, teachers. And adults may look at day to day things like cooking, cleaning and work. My last idea was how emotions make our eyes look different and even though I had a strong urge to move the second idea forward I decided the emotions idea fit in more interestingly with the fact that our eyes never change.

I did some research on emotions and what they do to our faces. I knew I Wanted 6 portraits of 6 different emotions so I knew at this stage all I had to do was to pick 6 interesting and eye changing emotions. I used my own thoughts to gather some and the internet. I came across an interesting online article about 8 different emotions which can be expressed with out eyes.

http://lifestyle.allwomenstalk.com/emotions-you-can-express-with-your-eyes/

8 Emotions You Can Express with Your Eyes … 
You’ve all probably heard that the eyes are the windows of the soul. Regardless of whether or not that is true, the eyes are definitely windows to your emotions. Unless you have a flawless poker face, then chances are your eyes are going to give you away every time. Sometimes that’s not so great, but there are many occasions when it may be better to express your feelings that way. You can be subtle, for one thing, and you can be eloquent without ever saying a word. You can start out by examining some of the emotions you can express with your eyes.
1. Exasperation
Exasperation is an easy emotion you can express with your eyes, and I bet everyone reading has done it. You know what I’m going to say, don’t you? All you have to do is roll those baby blues, browns, or greens toward the sky. A well placed, well timed eye roll will tell onlookers all they need to know about how you feel in regard to what they’re saying.
2. Attraction
You know how Tyra is always coaching girls to “smize” with their eyes? This is kind of like that. You know how to show that you’re interested in someone with just your eyes, right? There are actually tons of ways to do it, whether you like to do a coy look downward or prefer a sassy little side glance. Every girl has a come-hither look.
3. Suspicion
Suspicion is another emotion you can express with your eyes. I imagine that everyone has a different way of doing it. For me, it’s a sideways look, from the corners of my eyes, typically coupled with a brow arch. Sometimes it relays frank suspicion; at other times, it’s all about skepticism.
4. Sullenness
Do you ever feel sullen or sulky? These emotions are different from mere pouting; they’re more serious, in a way. I bet you know this one too, though. It has to do with that telltale squint, maybe one eye, maybe both. Either way, it lets onlookers know that you are not happy.
5. Love
Some people get moon-eyed, some people get cow-eyed, some people get starry-eyed. There are thousands of ways to telegraph a look of love in your eyes. No matter how you do it, however, it’s an obvious thing – and a beautiful one.
6. Anger
Anger is a really versatile emotion you can express with your eyes. I myself can’t even describe the expression of it, though, and not just because it’s likely different for everyone. More to the point, it’s a look in the eyes. They blaze, they gleam, and regardless of the expression, a person can tell you’re angry when they see that look in your eyes. It doesn’t even matter if you’re smiling at the same time.
7. Sadness
Eyes express sadness very eloquently. Again, it’s not necessarily a squint or anything like that. It’s the look within your eyes that telegraphs the sadness you’re feeling. It’s not even necessary to pull off that sad-eyed Precious Moments face. Your eyes are far more eloquent than that.
8. Joy
Lastly, joy is the same way. There is something within your eyes, within you, that can reveal your joy to the entire world. It’s the way your eyes light up, with surprise or love or happiness. You need a really perfect poker face to ever keep this emotion from shining through.
There are many, many emotions you can express with your eyes – probably any emotion you can imagine, in fact. You just have to know when to be expressive, and when it’s better to keep your feelings inside. Do you prefer expressing your feelings subtly or do you like to be out in the open?
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In the end I came up with:

Exasperation - Irritation/extreme annoyance
The images below are google images that I used to get an idea of how the face looked when expressing this emotion.

Sulking Face:

Distressed Face:

Joyful Face:

Disgusted Face:

Relief Face: 

After gathering some secondary research I thought now would be a good time to pick my model, I chose my brother because he's been my model before, he understands how long it can take for me to get he images I want, we already have a relationship which means no awkwardness, he's good at posed expressions because I've taken expression shots with him before and his face looks natural and innocent which I need because the emotions need to look natural.