Work Record 1

Work Record 1                                                                            14/11/12

Plans for the shoot

For my first developmental shoot I am going to explore the topic of emotions, using a model I will shoot all sorts of different emotions in the studio so I can explore each one. I will not use any particular emotion as I want to explore all different ones and what effects they have.

The things I will use are

·      Lighting and Colours, I will use this to express different emotions, so I will use light and dark colour's depending on the mood.

·      I will use facial expressions to create a different mood

·      Shape, I will use different shapes of the body to create a different mood, so for example curled up to show sadness.

What I hope to achieve

I hope to achieve a wide range of different moods with lots of different photos, so I can then pick my favourites and develop around them.  I hope to achieve different effects and experiment with all different things so I can explore the emotions widely. 

What i actually achieved

I achieved this photo for my theme of depression. I think this shows depression really well due to the colours and the tone of the photo, i think my photo looks better in a black and white tone rather than a colour as i think this expresses the depression emotion more in black and white. i also like that it is more darker around the eyes as it mean you can't see them as much which shows the theme of depression a lot more. i also think the background works well in the photo as by the background being blank it shows loneliness as well which links in with depression and being all alone. i also like the contrast of colours in this photo, i think they work really well together and help to create the mood of depressed.

I also like this photo, the theme is angry and madness. I think this photo shows anger really well due to the colours in the photo, by the background being red it link with anger as red connotes anger so it link well with my photo. i also like the positioning of my model s this reflects the mood, i think the lighting works really well in this photo as well because it showed highlights and low lights of her facial expression which was what i was trying to achieve. i think the positioning of my model in this photo is good too because i like how she is on the floor because this reflects her mood more rather than standing up.

What i will do next time
Next time i go out to shoot, i will develop my shoot to the theme of portraits and depression, i hope to take photos outside and find a good scenery for my shoot as i think this will help me reflect the mood i am trying to achieve. I will experiment with different backgrounds in order to create a different effect on my photos, this is a photo i found online, it reflects the mood of depression really well, i think this photo looks so effective due to the colours and the background. i think the blue, red and black are all colours that connote depression so i think this photo look really well all in all. When i go out to shoot my next shoot i will try and take photos like this because i think they look very effective.