PLANNING SHOOT: SCOUTING LOCATIONS FOR SHOOTS & GATHERING MATERIALS

For the first shoot with Qetina, I decided to use the living room in my house as the location, because the main colours of the room are orange and red. I went out to charity shops to look for clothing to style her with because I have a tight budget. I found a tan dress that was a little see-through, so I decided I would layer it with a plain black dress. The rest of the styling was going to be done on the day of the shoot, but I planned on having her styled in dark accessories with dark lipstick, to represent the subject matter at hand; Death.

For the lighting I wanted to keep using colour gel lighting, but I decided that the plastic bag way of working wasn't good enough, so I travelled to Hobbycraft in Croydon and bought coloured cellophane rolls, similar to the ones I used in my experimental photoshoots. I bought around 6 rolls in several colours incase I needed any different colours to work with, as well as the colours I already intended on using. This didn't hurt my budget too much as it only cost around ten pounds with student discount.

Callum's shoot was a little harder to plan because of the switch in locations. I decided I would shoot the first half in the exact park on the exact round-a-bout he had his head stuck under, which is only walking distance from my house. I planned to go during the daytime when children would be at school so that I would have privacy to shoot without disturbing kids' playtime and without them disturbing my shoot. Styling Callum was a little harder to plan as well because he wasn't very co-operative about my ideas, which did ruin it a little. I eventually just decided to style him in casual wear, with vintage jeans, a casual jumper and Dr Martins boots.

The second half of the shoot was easier to plan. I used the bedroom that he said he remembered almost starting a fire in, as my grandmother used to live in the same house we live in now. I found a box of large matches, which was ideal because I wanted them to be visible on camera. Styling for this half of the shoot was also difficult, as again, he was unco-operative. After this I decided I wouldn't use him as a model again, despite the fact he is a good one. I styled him in the same vintage jeans as before and in a Superdry t-shirt, just so that he didn't look too plain and not fashion enough.

Round-a-bout in Dulwich park