Shoot Six - Work Record

For this shoot, I decided I would incorporate the painted mask again, only this time, I would go back into the studio with it and use some spotlights to create a dramatic and dark tone with it.

For this shoot, I hope to create a darker representation of depression than in my previous shoots through the use of low key lighting.

 
 This is the best photo from my shoot in my opinion. I like this partly because of close up perspective, which is something I've not incorporated into my shoots yet. I feel this perspective makes the image very personal and intimate with the subject. I also like the use of the rule of thirds, as I put my subject in the left centre point where your eyes would look so that more attention is drawn to them. Finally, I like the low key lighting and the light's position in relation the the subject's face, as it lit up mostly the side where the paint is, which creates connotations of there being hope.
 
However, this is an image that I felt didn't go as well as I had planned. Although the positioning of the light lit up the place on my subject's face I wanted, I feel like the angle I shot this at took away from the mood. You can see past the black background that was my backdrop and see the wall next o it. You can also see the top of the studio backdrop where the backdrops roll down from, which I feel ruins the effect I wanted from this image, which was a pure darkness, void-like background with just a dimly lit face on it.

For my next shoot, I plan to go back to the plain masks, however, I want ot use them in a less friendly environment where I will get more extreme reactions to them.