I embarked on my second photo shoot on the weekend with Pip and Pop in mind and what I learnt from the first shoot. I decided to also play with lighting this time around and made sure I didn’t delete all the photos I didn’t use like I did on the first shoot (I have a strange addiction to deleting things from my computer). I would say I take about 6-9 shots of the same composition on different shutter speed settings. 

200 photos later and I emerged with yet again 9 somewhat successful images with a more interesting setting/narrative.

The hippo falling (which happened naturally) was a great little accident that made me realise how simple narrative gestures can be created and realised through comparing photographs or stills. I prefer the images with lighting as I think it adds far more narrative and looks less contrived.

I think I will have to do one more shoot though. I would like to make a more detailed setting and tidy it up a little bit. I have also grown fond of the triangles on the photographs. They add a great sort of rhythmic element. I will think more about those triangles!