For our week 5 workshop, we had to expand our knowledge in Surrealism and plan and shoot a photoshoot showing our knowledge and ideas. I really enjoyed researching about surrealism. I found the concept really interesting but also bizarre, which encouraged me to dive deeper into artists and what made something surreal. I noticed many aspects that are included in art work and photo shoots, like the pattern of melting clocks that were repeatedly noticed during my research. Surrealism is just so unique, and so creative. I researched a photographer called Ronen Goldman, who used editing to create the surrealism effect. I was amazed by his work and found it very clever how he interpreted ideas of commonly used phrases like “when life gives you lemons” or “tree-huggers”.

Moving on to my photoshoot, although I really enjoyed researching and was inspired by the whole concept. I really struggled to get my ideas out and turn them into reality. Although my final outcomes were “cool” photographs, they didn’t portray surrealism very clearly. It was more my editing that may show the concept a little bit more, as I used vibrancy and black point to create an unrealistic colour to life. I styled my model in bright and colourful clothing, keeping a bit of a random theme to show a surreal aspect. I also had painted on unusual patterns on to my models skin to also create that surreal vibe. However they still didn’t meet my expectations and I was dissatisfied with the outcomes. Although I’m unhappy with my photos, it has pushed me more to work with surrealism again. I am so interested in surrealism and I know that I can produce much better outcomes, as I have such good ideas inside my mind. I just feel like I should’ve added something a bit more different and “out there”.