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Finally I have decided I don’t need to just create death scenes. So next I am going to d something more subtle, but I could still invent a scene and a character. Sticking with the interesting and “birds eye view” angles I am going to do a night scene outside. I have decided to do it at night time because I liked the uses of flash in my other shots and want to revisit it.  This photo shot is going to have a more real life feel to it, unlike the others as I wanted them to look staged. 

Location Planning    I am going back to my first shoot a little bit because I have decided that my sets of pictures are creating characters. I am going to add more props to the images so there is a story in the picture, which the viewer will try to work out. However, instead of just placing random objects in the frame I am going to create a scene, again sticking with the vintage theme. This time it is going to be outside in the day time so I won't need flash. My aim is to make a vintage picnic, using fancy, old cutlery and dressing my model in a vintage style dress. 

For my second shoot I am keeping with the vintage theme but making it more simple. Taking out a lot of props because the pervious images looked to busy and you weren't sure where to look. However, I really enjoyed to 'birds eye view' angle so it is defiantly something I am going to stick with.  When looking at early crime photos the ladder that the detective was standing on was often in the framing. So I am going to experiment with this and see if it works for my images. 

For my first shoot I am going to take it from "birds eye view" just like many of the photographers I am looking at have done, for example Weegee. It is going to be taken in a my bedroom because the dark brown, wooden flooring will be perfect for the old fashion, murder mystery feeling I am going for. I want it to look staged over, over the top and theatrical, like an original Agatha Christie movie. 

I place these against a brick wall instead of a gallery wall like the others. I did this because it matches the colours and the scene in this photo shoot.I imagine them in a big empty warehouse with just these hanging around the walls, one single spotlight above each one, representing the street lights the shine one her. This then brings the viewer into the story and makes them feel apart of it. 

Although, with my Macro images, I feel a few of these on a different wall would look ideal in a large format, as long as it is only a couple.

Steve Mccurry - Research

My idea for the project is centered around people that use the sea. This could be for pleasure or work but the ocean draws many different people towards it and I am interested to explore and document this culture. Accompanied to my work I would like to research the history of Brighton’s connection with the sea and the development of what was once a small fishing village. I would also be interested to get different quotes and text from people showing the thoughts and feelings about the beach.