The shoots

(i) Watching TV: The camera was set up outside on the front lawn on a ripod, at approximately 9pm. The composition was framed using the middle window frame. The figures were asked to sit and watch tv in their ‘usual’ chairs. The images were taken without any guidance of where to look or what to do, they were as natural as possible.

(ii) Looking into the kitchen: Inspired by the test shots the idea was to completely stage this shoot. Father Brian was asked to stand by the sink as if finishing the washing up, with mother Alison standing leaning, with the back against the door frame, as if chatting to Brian. The idea was to create a sillhotte, and to place Brian as the focus of the images.