For my location shoot I decided it to be at my nan’s flat where I would be able to capture the theme of time and have photos with her wallpaper and furniture and little ornaments in the back ground to show the old and new, old being the flat, the new being the updated garment. I wanted to use my nan’s flat because I thought it was quite editorial using old furniture which is what I considered for my customer. When I was researching for model positions I came across a lot of photographs with the use of furniture that was vintage, hence why I wanted to use my nan’s furniture. I wanted to use something from each of the rooms. From my research I found that a lot of the images where polaroids so I wanted to take some of the pictures with my polaroid that I have at home. When taking the pictures I absolutely loved the positioning especially the Polaroid pictures where my favourite with the natural colour that the polaroid added to the film. However, when I had my one to one with my tutor he liked the polaroids but the other images he didn’t like and thought that it was simple that I done it at my nan’s. I agree to a certain extent, I agree with the other images I didn’t like the colour in which the app on my phone was taking them and some of the rooms where really busy full of furniture and objects that you lose sight of the garment. However, I wanted my research and the photos to be clear that they connected with each other. I look at the objects and then I come back round and compare the objects that I used from my research and compare to the garment that I made showing time of old and new. It links with my customer because they like going to exhibitions and being immersed in the art, so taking the images in my nan’s flat immerses the viewer into my research and the journey of my nan’s past and present life in Bermondsey.
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