The next stage when focussing on more contemporary perceptions of love was experimenting with my Cousin, Will. His relationship with one of my closest friends, Emily shows how being in a relationship can change the way we look at them micro-cosmically  in a social structure. Just like everyone else, I wanted to envisage Will with a dual character with a range of his own individual personas. I captured him wearing smarter clothes, casual and more laid back wear as well as using different landscapes and setting to characterise him in a more symbolic way.

Smart Wear

I composed this image of Will on the stairs, however I wanted to frame him with the essence of including his surroundings. By doing this, it makes him the most central subject as well as making the reader question his significance. I wanted to compose Will this way as I felt this abnormal setting reflects his relaxed side, making him be seen in a more casual light.  Asking him to wear smart clothes can also possess some elements of wealth, contextually referring to his place within a modern society.

A Casual Lifestyle 

Referring contextually to the elements of wealth once more, it could be said that Will lives in a nicer area than some, as his views from his house are beautiful. I pictured him facing against me as I felt this could re-embark once more as to how the truthfulness in relationships can occur. If Will was to use Tinder, or any other social media websites that consist online dating, and used this photograph, I feel this could symbolically and metaphorically repress how people in this modern day and age perceive themselves on these types of websites. I definitely wanted to make this ambiguous, as truthfully this element sets it aside to be ‘un-truthful’.

This image below I though was significant in a way which was the objectification of Will’s teenage persona. In consideration, Will wouldn’t necessarily include an image like this on a Tinder app or any other online dating website yet I figured that for the processes towards my final outcomes, It was important for me to include images that could reflect will personality as an objectification rather than a clear statement.

This image above suggests a alternate side to Wills persona, yet can surely be seen as a realistic one. I feel this image below on the other hand shows a different side to Wills character. The idea at his age of owning a teddy bear in reality can be seen as a laughable matter, so I thought capturing it might be a good way of getting across to the reader the boundaries I have crossed in order to put the ‘real will’ onto a ‘real’ online dating website or app.