– Surfer in luxury accommodation

• In this photoshoot I was aiming to combat the stereotype of surfers being poor and scruffy. Due to the old nature of the sport, surfers are stereotypically beach bums who live out of their vans and don’t give much to personal appearance. Which is why, to link my project to identity and place I am combatting this stereotype by showing the surfer combating the stereotype as the identity with personal appearance and the luxury villa contradicting the stereotypical place.

• The areas where I chose to shoot in the villa, were places where the light was strong, there was vast amount of scenery and great views (meaning mostly outside) and in minimalistic areas for example, where the colours were plain so the colours of the object or person I was photographing would stand out and in places where the architecture was very prominent in the photograph. This added some depth and tonal range to the images as well. However, I think the best images were created when I wasn’t focusing on where I was shooting but what I was shooting as it allowed me to properly think about the techniques I had learning and camera skills which would help me capture the most effective image instead of worrying about cramming all different things into the photos.

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