The plan for this photoshoot is here: LINK
This was a fairly short shoot where I revisited the location of the second woodland shoot, however this time I arrived roughly at sunset, meaning the images are darker and have a much colder tone to them. I took less images during this shoot as the light was beginning to darken massively towards the end of the shoot, however I think the contrast of these images and the previous woodland images
Contact Sheets
Editing
First I found the strongest images from the shoot by using the ‘Pick’ and ‘Reject’ or flagging tool. This narrowed down my selection to 4 images:
Next I gave the images a star rating so I know which images are the strongest and will definitely be using for my final piece(s) (5 stars) and the ones which I may use for my final piece(s) (4 stars):
I then gave each a colour to make it easier to see which images are the strongest:
Best Images from this Shoot
These are the images after I have edited them. While I was editing I wanted to make the images seem closer in tone and style to the images Chrystel Lebas produces, by making the images colder and more vibrant.
Edited versions:
Black and white versions:
Comparison to Lebas’ work
This shoot tried to capture the dangerous aesthetic of Lebas’ images, to do this I took the images around half an hour to an hour after sunset, making the lighting darker and the colours more vibrant. For this shoot I put a focus on the vibrancy of the colours of the images (I did little to no manipulation in Lightroom on the vibrancy of the images) which gave them a similar aesthetic to Lebas’ work. I chose to give these images a cold tone, also similar to Lebas’ work, which, in addition to the dark shades, is what gives mine and Lebas’ image that dangerous aesthetic. Like the other shoots, I took these images with a regular sized lens, so my images are not wide-angled unlike Lebas’. During this shoot I tried to give my images a feeling of enclosure due to the surrounding trees, something I noticed from Lebas’ work, further lending itself to the theme of danger.
Evaluation
Even though this was a fairly small shoot, I am pleased with the way the final images bare a resemblance with the work of Chrystel Lebas, conforming to my plan for this shoot. These images darker than my previous woodland shoots, which will make them stand out and create a contrast when I place the woodland images into a sequence. I think revisiting the location while it is darker will also create a juxtaposition between a lighter, warmer and perhaps calmer depiction of the area and a darker, somewhat more dangerous one.
What went well:
My images were able to mimic the style of Chrystel Lebas’ work, due to their cold, dark tone, matching my plan for this shoot. I think the colder tone of these images will contrast nicely with the other images in the woodland shoot, and could perhaps be used to introduce or setup for the inclusion of my cyanotype images within a sequence.
How I can improve:
This shoot was cut short as the light was dwindling, if I had more experience in night/blue hour photography I would have been able to take more images during this shoot.