I’m happy with the look of my photos, but I don’t feel as though they convey the meaning I wanted them to. I’m trying to show a more realistic red riding hood, by portraying her with a black eye (after resisting the wolf and having been eaten, she’d be pretty black and blue) however, I don’t think this comes across in my photos. The point behind my project was to demonstrate how we experience photographs through memory so I’m going to have a re-think about how I can achieve this.
Experimentation (screenshots)
I’ve been experimenting with making my photographs look slightly more ethereal/unreal. 
Red Riding Hood Illustrations
I’d like to make my photos look like paintings or drawings, like classic storybook illustrations, so I searched on google for ‘red riding hood illustrations‘ for some inspiration.
http://corygodbey.carbonmade.com/
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Little_Red_Riding_Hood_-_Project_Gutenberg_etext_19993.jpg
Locations
I visited three possible locations for my photo shoot yesterday, all woodland areas. I took some snapshots for reference.
The first area I went to bordered a golf course and houses, it also involved a walk to get to it which is not ideal when carrying equipment.
The second area (below) was my favourite visually of the three, but it is on a hill which will be difficult to set up lighting and tripods if necessary.
The third area was most secluded and easy to get to, so I have chosen to photograph here.
Commercial Photography as a Tool
Like Simon Norfolk uses beauty as a tool to discuss difficult subjects, I plan to utilise the visual language of commercial photography within my photographs. This type of visual language is a part of every day life, we see it in magazines, on posters and TV. The fact that this language is familiar to everyone will work to my advantage. I will use it to construct my photographs so that the audience accepts them and feels comfortable with them immediately. Then as the viewer gets closer, the true story of the fairytale will become clear.
Below are some examples of this style of photography.
Steven Meisel- State of Emergency
Steven Klein for Interview magazine
Lady Gaga, by Steven Klein
Nick Knight
Mario Testino
Mario Sorrenti
