Discussion- Mood and atmosphere

When first looking at this topic, I originally thought I would have to do lots of different moods which would be quite hard to pick out a good and wide variety. Except when looking further into mood and atmosphere, I have discovered different ways to edit the images which can help influence the mood and the atmosphere- this would then make the number of moods I need to do much less- I could look at a small number of moods but just change the way I use my lighting and edit it. Additionally, the exam paper talks about placing the subjects precisely, at first I thought this would ruin the image and make it look "too fixed" and fake, although, through my research, the placement in the subject does appear to be very important.

These 3 images all resemble moods and show how the positioning of the subject is very important alongside the lighting.

The first image; To me this image portrays isolation. She is sat alone on the chair with a plain background. This photographer has positioned this subject to be further to the right hand side to show the empty gap in front of her. Additionally, the editing helps show the isolation/ alone mood, as the lack of colour implies this emotion.

The second image; This photographer positioned their subject is a narrow gap in a wall- an almost box shape, creating a claustrophobic sense in its self because it makes this person appear to be trapped- suffering through herself. This also helps add to the mood of isolation of her being alone. It also links with the mood of depression because of the black and white theme (like the first one), she appears lifeless. Additionally the position she is in suggests she purposely hiding her face, perhaps she is crying, she doesn't want to see anyone.

The third image; This photographer has cleverly positioned their subject with what appears to be car lights in the distance and lots of smoke. This creates a mysterious atmosphere to the image because there is a contrast: a subject whom you cannot see the face of, just the silhouette forming that eerie mood, but the vibrant colours bursting from the balloons show a happy/ childlike atmosphere. These two effects together help form the questioning/ mysterious atmosphere.

These images above have clearly shown mood and atmosphere in really intriguing ways and are different ways I could potentially explore my question. They have shown me that mood and atmosphere can be portrayed in different ways, through editing my images by also by positioning my subjects is precise places to form that chosen mood and/or atmosphere.