Mood and Atmosphere

Mood and atmosphere is to create dramatic and provoking photographs, experimenting with lighting, location and setting. Arranging props and models will generate the general aura of the photo.

The reason Mood and Atmosphere could be a strong subject to do for me is because nudity is an intimate topic. Mostly, it represents some type of meaning; vulnerability , innocence, love, confidence. Though these are all feelings, they are also moods. It depends on how I want the observer to feel. What I want them to take away from my photograph. Is the atmosphere dangerous, does it the anonymous persons body scream anything. What aura can you gather? 

I researched some ways on how to create mood in a photo. I found a website that helped me in thinking of ideas greatly. http://www.lightstalking.com/a-guide-to-creating-mood-in-your-images/

'The dictionary defines it as “Inducing or suggestive of a particular feeling or state of mind” which would suggest that a moody photo is one that creates a feeling in the viewer.

Key Words:

1. Setting - the place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place.
2. Location- a particular place or position.
3. Props - is an object used on stage or on screen by actors during a performance or screen production. In practical terms, a prop is considered to be anything movable or portable on a stage or a set, distinct from the actors, scenery, costumes and electrical equipment.
4. Lighting -the arrangement or effect of lights.
5. Models - A person or object that poses/ imitates a action or request fro a camera or audience.
6. Dramatic images -used to explore abstract concepts such as relationships and emotions, as well as realistic situations.
7. Thought-povoking Images -Take us deep emotional journeys causing feeling ranging from uplifting joy to overwhelming sadness. 

Lucinda Chau:

An example photographer is Lucinda Chua, As a creative consultant at The Future Laboratory, Lucinda brings the work of the Consultancy division to life across a range of platforms – from film and photography to music and experience. She has delivered projects for brands including Pernod Ricard, Sony and L’Oréal.

Like her role at The Future Laboratory, Lucinda’s background is creative and dynamic. After graduating with a degree in photography from Nottingham Trent University in 2007, Lucinda worked as a creative practitioner for a range of clients including the BBC, Channel 4 and Wallpaper* magazine, and she also received Arts Council England funding to exhibit and undertake artist residencies abroad. Outside of The Future Laboratory, you’ll find Lucinda writing and recording music in her little home studio in east London.

Here are some of her works:

Edward Steichen.

Steichen was the most frequently featured photographer in Alfred Stieglitz' groundbreaking magazine Camera Work during its run from 1903 to 1917. Together Stieglitz and Steichen opened the Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession, which eventually became known as 291 after its address.

His photos of gowns for the magazine Art et Décoration in 1911 are regarded as the first modern fashion photographs ever published. From 1923 to 1938, Steichen was a photographer for the Condé Nast magazines Vogue and Vanity Fair while also working for many advertising agencies including J. Walter Thompson. During these years, Steichen was regarded as the best known and highest paid photographer in the world. In 1944, he directed the war documentary The Fighting Lady, which won the 1945 Academy Award for Best Documentary.

After World War II, Steichen was Director of the Department of Photography at New York's Museum of Modern Art until 1962. While at MoMA, he curated and assembled the exhibit The Family of Man, which was seen by nine million people.

Here are some of his works: