I intend to base my project primarily around image-enhancing elements such as lighting and setting rather than subject, contrasting from my previous project. I am aiming to focus my project on portraying simplicity and complexity from the insider vs. outsider viewpoint and intend to do so by creating images heavily influenced by rich, vibrant lighting to convey emotion, relying on the colour theory; for example blue to reflect sadness or isolation, red to represent intimacy, chaos or energy. In my work i still want to photograph youth culture but instead of my last project, i aim to take away the focus on teenage lifestyle and instead project it onto elements that make up a photograph. To guarantee my images will be eye-catching, I am deciding between either framing my images up on a board in a grid or producing a small zine.

Ideas for photoshoot setting is limited, as due to living on an Island with not much nightlife my choice of places to photograph are few – however i am now 18 so plan on bringing my camera to bars and clubs as i am heavily inspired by the photographic style of club and party culture in the 90s-00s. Since places are limited i am relying on objects and texture to help enhance my images – for example, my artist reference Nan Goldin often used textures such as tiles or fabrics to create a more interesting image. Therefore i will be photographing in rooms like bathrooms as they usually have tiled wall patterns which i feel could appeal to the aesthetic i am aiming to deliver in my work. Other objects i will use to enhance my photos are LED lights which can change the lighting colour and make the image more vibrant – for example my artist reference Tobias Zielony uses artificial coloured lighting (car headlights, streetlamps) whilst photographing in a plain setting to make his image more interesting. Inspired by this, i plan to use the LED light whilst capturing images in ‘plainer’ settings to enhance the image and provide an atmosphere that relates to my insider vs. outsider narrative.