Research

When beginning my research i looked in to photographers that explore emotions in their photography as well as what types of emotions they use which helped develop my ideas towards what kind of photos i want to take. Whilst doing my research i came across a photographer called Wang Rong.

Wang is a commercial photographer who is known as ’emotion photographer’. She has been in the photography business for 8 years in China. Wang’s photos are a great inspiration for my work and also helps influence and further develop my ideas due to her being able to successfully explore and portray emotions through her photos. Wang also uses multiple subjects in her photos which is something i plan on doing in my photos. She mainly photographed people crying and looking distraught which is something i want to explore in my photos.

Julia Fullerton-Batten is another photographer i came across when doing my research. Julia is a British fine art photographer. A photo by Julia that helped inspire and influence my ideas is a photo she has taken off a women’s reflection as she looks out a window on to a street in London. This photo helped further develop my ideas due to the photo exploring isolation which is something i also want to explore when taking my photos.

Test shots:

Before taking my final photos i decided to take some test shots to allow me to get an idea of what type of photos i want to take and to also allow me to find any mistakes and changes i may need to make when taking my final photos. If i believe any of my test shots were successful when i first took them i will use them as my final photos. When taking my first set of test shots i travelled to Bexhill and too some photos along the beach and at the beach. I chose to travel to this location because i believed it would allow me to greatly show isolation as well as sadness due to the area containing very few people

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A photo i believe was successful and i will most likely use when it comes to my final photos it a portrait photo which also uses a mid shot. In the photo we can see a model sitting on stairs with her head in her hands which makes her appear upset. The photo also includes a run down surrounding which helps add to the mood of the photo

Audience response:

Before completing my final photos i asked 2 people to view my test shoots and to answer 4 questions as a response to them.

The questions i asked as well as the responses are:

What is your opinion on the photos?

R: I love the photos i think they work well individually and a series. I also think they’re all very powerful and have been shot very well.

M: I think the photos are very different and interesting. I think the photos work well on their own and they create a good concept

What could’ve been done better?

R: Maybe you could photograph people without a mask so you can see their emotions more clearly.

M: Maybe take the photos at different places and to take them at different angles and from different profiles such as front and back also could take the photos in black and white to help add to the theme of loneliness.

What was successful?

R: You have shot them all really well and have used natural light in your favour.I think the portrait photo has been shot really well and portrays the theme of emotion excellently.

M: You have taken a good set of photos which are also all very different and show different things.

What do you think the idea behind the photos are?

R: I think the idea of the photos was people and emotions.

M: i think the idea is to show people struggling, being sad, alone and show different emotions.