Reflective Statements

Reflections:

• Overall I am very pleased with the photographs, I think they tell the story quite well and they create individual character personalities as you go through the photos. 
• As I do not live in London anymore, I struggled with getting enough time to go into Brixton and take a large amount of photographs which resulted in me having less photographs to chose from than I would of liked.
• Initially I was going to do an entire collection of Brixton Village photos but decided to focus on one aspect which I hoped would allow my audience to feel a personal connection with those in the photographs
• I regret not getting enough photos of the oyster bar at night which would of created a better contrast
• If I was to do the project again I would dedicate more time to going into the area and maybe taking a tripod and setting up a shoot for the entire day to see the changes. 

Decisions and Revisions

After deciding that the Fishmongers would be the focus point of my photographs, I had to capture the movement of the people around the stall in order to illustrate how busy the area is during the day. I struggled with being able to get the workers to feel comfortable around me. I did not want the workers of the Fishmongers and the rest of the area to feel I was being intrusive so I experimented with taking pictures far away and using the zoom.