Cousin Kiera and her friend Vicky

Just a few from a test shoot I did the other day with my cousin and her friend Vicky...and yes that is a Justin Bieber quote on the wall.

More 35mm

35mm Christmas

Here are a few of the photos I took over Christmas with my dad's old 35mm camera. 

Black & White Christmas

Lytham Cemetery

A lot of people think I'm a really morbid person who has a fascination with death due to the nature of some of my photography, the latter is true but I don't think I'm particularly morbid. I had a roll of film I needed to use so decided to drag my tall friend Liam to a cemetery in Lytham St Annes to take some photos of the graves.

As we walked round I photographed the ones that made us stop and think. It does tend to be the graves of young people that catch your attention and shock/sadden you, because it makes you wonder...what happened? 

There's something voyeuristic about looking at stranger's headstones I know, but I am interested in how people cope with death and how they react to it. The messages on gravestones and objects left next to them can often give you an indication of what the deceased were like or how the family are feeling. It was obvious that a lot of people had visited the cemetery over Christmas as most had flowers/gifts by them. Quite a few of the graves of young men had cans of beer next to them which some people may find tacky but others will believe that if social drinking was a hobby then why not? 

P. S Not colour balanced - don't judge me all you photographers

The first and second images were the gravestones that stayed with me the most.

Final Edit of Images

Here is my final edit of images in order from the 'Ginny' series.

A Short Film

This is a short documentary film that about a dog, I'm including it in my research for my project on Ginny and suggest you watch it. It really made me cry but it's a brilliant piece of work. Thanks to Ross for showing it to me:

http://vimeo.com/awards2010/about