For my shoot within St Helier I will be assigned to a designated area to photograph, by doing this it will allow me to come to a greater understanding of the buildings and overall structure that defines the section of town whilst broadening my knowledge of the design the parish set-up in. To do this I will be exploring the grey zone (seen below), which covers the south-east area of town, consisting of the tunnel and royal square:My plans for the area are to photograph the variety of buildings and designs which each one seems to uniquely take up. This consists of old unique buildings such as the ones surrounding the royal square, to the more financial area which completely contrasts, by doing this it allows me to bring up the subjects of how (in my opinion) the structure of town is completely mixed with no real idea of where it is trying to go, and presented through the range of coloured buildings and glass office blocks shows the almost abstract and odd design of it all. To add onto this I plan to visit the graveyard behind the car park next to the new police station, I intend to show the randomness of St Helier and how some parts just seem to be utterly unrelated to the future that area should be heading towards.Helping me with this project are Jersey Archives who preserve historical photographs over the years to keep record of the events that have unraveled throughout Jersey’s history. Examples of this consist of the German occupation to the queens visit and even delving into modern-day events, I can use this to help me show the development of the grey area I have been given such as the old car park which has now been converted to a police station and the process which covered it. Areas that this could include is the old bus station which has now be changed into a square where various games and events occur such as the portuguese and french fairs, this would be great to capture how the use of an area overtime has been changed from a business to a place of social interest.

A photographer that I will be using to inspire this is Ernst Haas, Haas focuses on abstract details and situations that occur in-built up busy areas, however takes on a more unique style choosing to photograph how abstract imagery can define the area of a certain place through vivid colour and pattern. Haas usually focuses on the place rather than the person, and so avoids the use of portraiture to define the people and culture of the given place, and instead uses the colour, simplicity and even bustle of an area to try to define what its like to be there. I would like to link this to my project and how the abstract areas much the time in a town or city can define and even emphasize features that you wish to explore, such as the architecture and green areas.As seen above most of Haas’s images use lighting as a primary source for creating abstract and vivid imagery. I found in this case that by using this technique it would allow me to experiment with how I portrayed certain areas in certain lighting, for example I could use high exposures to create white blinding structures out of buildings, and a low exposure to emphasize the illuminating effect lamps and other sources of light had on the area.