First Experiments

Since I began shooting a few weeks ago I have done about six shoots of photographs to make up my sequence, (contact sheets in book) here I thought I would upload some of my edits I am most fond of and think that I would like to follow through with the rest of my edits for the work,

In relation to how much I edit my photos I am not a fan of too much over editing so a lot of the images are either desaturated or black and white as these are both styles I would like to play around with for my final pieces. However I am a tad unsure on how I feel about my Black and White images not only do some not look quite right but it will take me a lot of time to have to do two sets of edits, so I need to decide whether it is worth me experimenting so much over something which may not work so well in the end and consequently not get used at all. To figure this out I will edit a few more Black and White images to make up my mind without getting too carried away with it.

The first image is one of my favourites as I really like how the smoke is brilliantly highlighted by the flash, I think this is very dramatic and very Noir like in its style, this is something I do not think would work as well if it was without colour, but with a little desaturation I feel it works beautifully. However in contrast the very last image works very well without colour it has been made to look dark and eerie with a slight sinister feel to it by being dark adding dramatics to the mix which is of course something I am trying to create, it is just a case of me choosing which route I wish to go down.