Seasonal Affective Disorder shoot ideas.

I think producing work in relation to the Season Affective Disorder will be an interesting task.
One approach to this would be to reach out to people who suffer with the disorder and take honest images of them while engaging them in conversation about how the disorder makes them feel. One debate around this is that the images could never truly capture the truth of how the person is feeling as an image is just a representation of a moment, not an actual captured moment in time.

When thinking about this I begin to plan another approach to the project, and that would be through staged and styled images. As this approach fits in with my developing style of photography, it is definitely an option I will consider strongly. I could create images around the feelings that are typically felt during each season by people who are affected by Seasonal Affective Disorder. I could find out these feelings through producing a survey or doing some research into it. The images would not be as honest as the afore mentioned idea but they would hold an element of truth in what they are communicating and they would stay true to my style of photography.

I think the second idea would be most appropriate to my project as I would have full control over styling the shoot and the way it comes together with the lighting and model choice to tell the story I want it to. This is appropriate because as a photographer in the industry, I would need to be able to produce my own personal work that tells what stories I want to as well as working for something and telling their story. Through having full control of the styling, I manage to add my personal twist to the shots while still communicating the feelings that are felt during certain seasons ( the other peoples stories).