Moodboards for final shoot

A mood board allows you to explore and show off a certain style or idea of your choice. Usually a mood board will contain images which convey the idea you are trying to get across, but they can also contain different materials or pieces of text to also invoke this.

Idea’s for photo-shoot via genres:

I have chosen 3 different genres in which I want to create a photo-shoot on, these genres are Macro Photography – Small objects such as insects and arachnids portrayed in a greater than life size. Time-Lapse Photography – Images taken in a much lower frame rate which is used to create effect in the sky or subjects in motion. And lastly, Light painting – Where a slow shutter speed is used in order to create paintings in the air with light sources over time.

Macrophotography - 

Macrophotography Mood Board:

Location idea's:

My first initial idea for creating a macrophotography shoot would be to go to where I can find most of the things found in the mood board above. Places like gardens and and parks come to mind instantly, the wild life and things like insects are great to photograph because at level of detail humans eye insects is a fraction to what they actually look like. Macrophotography seems perfect for taking images of small creatures in a larger than life scale.

The main idea which was suggested to me was to take photographs of different eyes. Macrophotography captures a level of detail like no other and this is present in images of animals eyes as well as people. My photoshoot could be a comparison between peoples eyes and animals eyes where I can go into depth and talk about the visual differences in a poster form.

Time-Lapse Photography - 

Time-Lapse Photography mood board:

Location Idea's:

The first location that came into my mind was on a highway or a bridge that goes over a highway. With a tripod and slow shutter speed, I could capture the cars and other vehicles going past with their lights on at night. The slow shutter speed will capture these light in motion and reflect what you see above. 

Another location idea is a field or somewhere open and away. I can capture the sky as it moves, though better equipment to do this will have to be purchased or borrowed. I think the first idea is a lot more realistic and probable because i can do this with my current equipment and use a tripod to keep a steady shot.

Photograph busy area's where cars and other vehicles go past often, this and a slow shutter speed will create streaks on the road as the cars go past over time. To do this, I would use my camera  on a slow shutter speed and tripod, on top of this, the setting would have to be at night and dark where the lights of the cars will stand out. These photos could then be used in a double page spread of a magazine, showing off the shots I was able to take.

Light Painting Photography - 

Time-Lapse Photography mood board:

Idea's:

My first idea is using a pitch black room. In this room I can get others to use torches in order to create certain symbols, logos or letters. These can then be used to then create words or give the paintings a meaning behind them in a poster like way. For example, the letters could spell out different words and phrases which promote good things or being a good person.

Another idea is illustrating different motions and actions that people do, creating someone walking or pulling a pose is what I have in mind as well as recreating animals with the light source. This can be done in the same dark room or outside where someone will stand still pretending to walk a dog as another person draws the dog and leash as if the subject is holding it. This could be put into a magazine spread, promoting the work and art of light painting or a poster promoting safety when outside and crossing roads as the light painting acts as a clever trick for what you should be looking out for.