On Tuesday the 10th October, I had a study period and due to my school being in close proximity to a graveyard, I chose to visit the site and develop a feel for taking images ahead of my visit to the churches of Jersey on Sunday. As I photographed the scene, I noticed the pictures were increasingly dark causing me to decrease the ISO to around 100/200 which decreased the grainy texture of the image also, however, for my shoot on Sunday I will bring a tripod and adjust the shutter speed so it is longer, allowing more light in.

Among the tombstones were elements of nature, for instance, this mushroom. I found this tiny little fungi in the middle of dead leaves, that have dried up in the moisture of winter. These two juxtapositions were interesting to photograph and stimulated ideas in my head to capture elements of dead vs. living in my project by using the graveyards of churches. In my mind, I envisioned the leaves to be symbolic of graves and the mushroom to represent a person temporarily visiting the dead. The mushroom grows through and is attached to the ground of the graveyard, giving an emotional attachment to this place by either memories or the burial of a specific person, demonstrating how there is a correlation and common ground between the dead and living.