Just the Facts:  You have 7 days to take a photo portraying a “mood”.

Feeling down? Feeling up? Somewhere in the middle? This week is all about capturing a feeling. There are many techniques we can use to convey certain feelings, like bluish tones for melancholy and bright orange tones for joy.

There’s also lens choices. Notice how when shooting wide and from above, you can convey a sense of loneliness. Shooting from below can give a larger-than-life superhero look.

Finally there’s body pose and context. Hands raised in the air on a mountaintop? That will convey a certain feeling as opposed to someone curled up into a ball in the corner of a room.

WATCH: Off the Rails ep. 108 - "Shoot for Emotion" (for patrons)

WATCH: Off the Rails ep. 42 -  "How to convey emotion by breaking composition" (for patrons)

This is a great opportunity to really think about lens choice, angle, lighting, model pose, and color to convey the story that you are trying to tell!

If you want to simplify, I’d just focus on model pose and lens choice (or how close or far you want to capture the scene).

Don’t forget to “pin” any BTS (behind the scenes) photos you may have as a comment under your photo, as it’s a huge help for others to learn!

Posting to Socials? Our hashtag of the week is #52frames_mood