Shoot Five - Work Record

For this shoot, I decided I was going to incorporate some physical art into my mask idea by covering half of a plain mask in a few different brightly coloured paints. I also decided that it was time to incorporate a new location that I haven't previously used which should be rural and outside of College.

For this shoot, I hoped to create a shoot that creates a representation of mental disorders as well as having connotations of societal stigma of mental disorders.
Here is an image that I feel was successful.

This image is possibly my favourite from this shoot. One thing that I think makes it successful is the composition and framing. I implemented the rule of thirds, placing my subject roughly where the left vertical grid line is so that your eye is immediately drawn to them. Also, the use of a long shot perspective I felt was important to this image, because although this perspective means you can see less details on the paint covered mask, I like the contrast the bright saturated colours of the leaves from the background and foreground make to the white mask with only a splash of colour on it. Finally, I like the exact location I chose for this image, as it contains lots of overgrown trees in the background and a broken fence, which have connotations of chaos that contrast to my subjects calm body language.


On the other hand, here is an image that I fell was not very successful. With this image, I was experimenting with shooting on f5.6 to achieve a narrow depth field. I was changing the focal points to different areas in the photograph and this came out of me experimenting. Although a narrow depth of field has been achieved, the background is in focus rather than the foreground, which means you can't see my subject as well as you should be able to and your eye isn't immediately drawn to them. Also, I feel like taking the shot from the right side of my subject was not as effective as it would have been tkaing it from the left, as that would have captured more of the paint on the mask.

For my next shoot, I want to use the painted mask again, however bring it into the studio and incorporate some studio lighting to create a dark atmosphere.