Work Diary - Shoot 3

Evaluation:
During this shoot I went to a graveyard. This graveyard was located in a village called Cold Christmas. To find this place I visited multiple sites on the internet where other photographers have visited and taken photos. One of these websites I visited is called "28 days later", were photographers visit abandoned areas and take photos then post it on this site.

Most of this church has been fallen down and only the church tower and a few gravestones remain. By shooting some wide angle shots and close ups allowed me to have both some stand alone images and also to have images in which I could then superimpose images from a later shoot. It really had a spooky old ruin feeling and when i arrived it was late in the day so the mood and lighting was right for the shoot. I chose not to use any flash for this and I wanted to shoot from a variety of angles to add drama to the shoots.  

This single image of the staple of the church was taken from a low angle just in front of a gravestone. This gives it a nice layered affect because we have  multiple things going on in both the foreground and the back-ground. In post production IO darkened the sky and added some grain and contrast to add to the feel of the shot. I am also moving towards black and white photography in all my work as, for me it gives a more atmospheric feeling to all my work. This shot was taken at 1/200th second at f 7.1. ISO 400. It was handheld.

In this shot I just got my mum to get mud on her hands and then lay on the ground with her hand poking through the leaves. Again I added grain and contrast to the shot. By using the grave stone as a prop  this gives context to the image. I shot this in daylight and exposed and focused on the hand as I wanted to blur the background. This shot was taken at 1/160th second at f5 ISO 400. It was handheld.

Progression:
My next shoot is going to a be a studio shoot in which I get my cousin in the studio and dress her up in different clothing which I will then super impose images from that shot onto images of this shoot and another church shoot I am planning to do. The reason I have decided to do it this way is because it would be disrespectful to put a model on top of graves and also because by doing the model shooting in the studio it allows me to get the appropriate lighting for the shoot so I can achieve the correct shadows in my images.

This is the type of image I am using as reference.  Bob Carlos Clarke shot this. It looks like a montage of studio and location images.  This is the kind of strong image I am using as reference because it of its slightly dark and gothic feeling which is what my theme is about this year.