Images from Shoot

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

These are my 9 most succesful images from the shoot. My favourite images are 1, 2 and 7 in terms of showing the theme of witchcraft the most, but I do like the others alongside those 3, however I dont think they work as well on their own.

I ended up using a location in Woolton, Liverpool. I pass it daily and its full of tree's and plants but its all very one colour, there are no bright colours just browns and greys so I felt it suited the theme perfectly. The branches on the tree's were really thin and jagged, as you can see in image 7. The trees all look dead, and with the presence of the model it seems as though she has caused it. I photographed her holding dead leaves as though the nature is precious to her, she is holding it close to her in image 3 which i feel shows this. This is to convey the belief in the power of nature. She is wearing a black dress in all of the images, i wanted her to look fashionable rather than dressing her up like a witch as it would have been far too obvious, but i think this dress compliments the theme nicely - it has large sleeves which drape and remind me of a cape without her actually wearing one. I also used sheer black fabric in some images which is from a dress, i used it as a vale/hood. This was to add a bit more emphasis on the witch theme, without her wearing a hat.

I have also used a stick in some images (images 5 and 6), this is to remind people of a wand, but its still something that is produced by nature so i think it fits in.

Her makeup is quite dark and dramatic so it is relevant both to fashion and a gothic look. I initially wanted her to wear her hair up, but it felt more natural for it to be down and waved.

She is wearing a necklace with a pentacle on it throughout the whole shoot to relate to 'the elements'. Towards the end of the shoot i added two more necklaces (image 4) just to help emphasise the first one.