For this shoot i want to portray a woodland area as sublime. I intend to focus on the woods from two perspectives, one being positive and this shoot being negative. I intend to do this by simply taking portraits in a woodland area and direct my model to show signs of fear which will show the psychological emotions that this sublime area can connect with. The concept for this shoot is to show the emotion experienced as a result of the surrounding that the person is confined to. I believe combining the eeriness of the woodlands, with the model and her facial expressions will help to portray the pain and stress for the sublime. This shoot will give the viewer an indication of how powerful this sublime environment is in connecting with humans emotions and perhaps influence the viewer with a certain emotion too.
Contact Sheet
Edits
Overall, I believe this shoot has been successful in showing the forest as a sublime environment. I believe the images help to show the emotional interaction gained as a result of ones presence in this environment. Specifically I tried to focus on the negative impacts of this area and later i will explore the positive impacts. To further develop and enhance the influence of the forest as creating fear and distress I will use a surrealist method and manipulate my images. I believe from the moody/dark tones in the edits i have been able to portray the forest as a dangerous place however i believe it would be interesting to exaggerate this using a surrealist approach to really show a sense of distress.
Analysis
Overall, i think this image has been my most successful out of this shoot. I think that the composition has worked well with my model placed in the center which indicates that she is the main subject. By framing her in the middle, it allows the viewer knowledge that she is the most important subject in the image which immediately connects the viewer with the person allowing them to interact with her emotionally. I think that the backdrop has worked well in portraying the sublime environment as a feared place due to the eeriness that the trees create. With no leaves on the trees a sense of death is present which creates this influence of danger. This is then mimicked through the feared body language that i have directed my model to do which overall creates this scary environment. Furthermore, within the editing process I have de-saturated the image as a whole and completely removed the blues and greens to create this moody vibe. I ensured to crush the whites to reveal grey tones which enhance this fearful mood.