As a response to Southam’s ‘The long cloud’ project I wanted to try and capture a sense of darkness and negative emotions. To achieve this I needed to wait until the weather turned moody with interesting cloud formations that would help to create a sense of isolation and intimidation. As I was on my home from school there was a storm approaching creating very interesting textures within the sky, I grabbed my camera and headed to Gronez to shoot it. The results of my shoot can be seen below.

Contact Sheet

Edits

Analysis of the shoot

Overall I was very happy with how this shoot turned out, primarily due to the luck I had with the sky forming such a dramatic clouds. This dramatic feel was enhanced through the editing process which i undertook in light-room, increasing the clarity and contrast and de-saturating most of the colors. I think the images of the cliffs have been successful in creating a sense of isolation and intimidation due to the large scale of them. However, next time I would try to get down near the bottom of the cliffs to give a sense that the cliffs are looking over us creating a much more intense feeling. This would also make the cliffs appear bigger due to the perspective. Within this shoot I think my most successful images are the ones which have flowers in the foreground because it gives the image a great deal of depth that otherwise would have been limited. The foreground also helps to lead the viewer to the specific parts of the images that i wanted to bring attention too. With the absence of any buildings or urban areas means the viewer cannot claim to know the time period at which the photos were taken. This gives a sense of mystery and the unknown which is really interesting as it gets the viewer engaged with the image. These ideas are also portrayed through having the ocean appear in my images because it is not known what lurks beneath it which Southam has quoted interests him about bodies of water. This links back to my original artist study on Hiroshi Sugimoto that has a clear purpose to show this sense that it doesn’t matter what time period the image was taken, the beauty comes from knowing that our ancestors have all experienced the same view.