Stage 10 - Developing your work

You're now into the Plan - Do - Reflect stage.

By repeating this process, you'll improve and develop your idea and technique, the work will be seen to get better and improve. It's also essential to develop the work as this is one of the criteria you're assessed against.  There are a multitude of ways of doing this...

• You should continue to look at photography and videos associated with your theme (On-going research) and if you see something that you can realistically add or incorporate to your project and so improve it, do so, but identify it. This may be another set of images that inspire you. You can do this by adding a minimal reference to it in the planning stage - a single image with an explanation of what it is that you've been inspired by or copying in terms of MTP's or equipment. 

• Change your light, consider where the shadow falls and whether the contrast needs to be reduced on increased. 
• Use reflectors to reflect light back into the subject and fill-in the shadows to control the contrast.
• Change your view-point and field of view.
• Change the background - use something that works in terms of the colour or texture or somehow reinforces the narrative.
• Use a different camera and approach.
• Shoot in the studio
• Use a tripod

To be continued...

So, let's say that you've been decisive and you've made your mind up that you're going to go with the shiny aluminium drinks cans