this is one of the photos i like. i like it how its really dark in the background and how the beads and broach are sitting. I have a feeling just using the candle is going to be too dark for the rest of my photos.

Ive started using candles just to see how it will work with my other ones, i like how some of the photos turned out but the others are blury but next time i will try use a tripod. the photos that worked are really repetitive and i don't like it, i think next time i use the candle i will also use my phone light to give the shadow even better. the flame really just represents my brother. i am going to bring photos of my nana older and photos of just me my nana and my mum from christmas etc and try make the shadows cover me and maybe me and my mum as my board progresses even more

I'm researching photos that have used lit candles and thinking of using the candle light to give the shadows, the flame can represent my brother who had a bigger part in my grandparents lives, i can work it to make it somewhat over powering. I will take a few test shots next week to se if it works and if it doesn't i will go back to using my phone light but still bring my mona lisa watch into it. i haven't as of yet finished my board because i was unsure about using the candles and i knew that if i leave it any later in my board it will look out of place if it even works at all. I am going to get some other photos of my nana, one that my mum put in a frame that sort of looks like a daguerreotype, it is an oval which will also relate to the oval mono lisa broach, and the shadow from the very first photo on my board how the shadows is circular sort of. then i can start going into the more vintage type of photos, as the photos do look quite old.

I can only find one photo that uses rule of thirds that I can use right now, it is the closest thing that uses rule of thirds that I can see. The edge of the wall is on the bottom line (roughly) and the glasses are on an intersection. I will try use rule of thirds more in my work from now on.

These are some of the photo's i took yesterday. i will definitely be using the top three photos ( not my contact sheet ) on board and the last is yet to be confirmed as i am not sure how it will fit with the rest of my photos. i like how the beads give a really cool looking shadow and i used the cold ones because my nana loved gold, pretty much all of her jewelry was gold, i might bring in some of her jewelry soon like her Mona Lisa broach

Centre of interest

I have circled roughly where I personally think the centre of interest is in each of the photos. In the picture of the beads and the shadow the first place look is where the light catches the beads with the bright colours.

So far

These are the first few photos of my board of my new still life objects. I am happy with the light and how the shadows work. I also like how the red stands out alot. Next I am going to get an older photo of my nana and put the photo and my other objects together.