My idea for the project is to explore my Filipino heritage through the national costume, pre-colonial writing system and Philippine flag. Initially I was going to shoot the project on a photostudio but the studios on the week where I intended to do it was fully booked with workshops and other people’s shoots. Therefore, I had to move my shoot to my house which had advantages and disadvantages. The shoot was down in my lounge area which was quite tight due to the sofas and desk we had there so I made use of the space and since I had my own backdrop stand that was retractable I was able to successfully do it. Also I only owned a f1.8 50mm len therefore portraits were great but full body shots were a miss. I have previously mentioned that due to COVID-19 restrictions it has affected my shoot. Getting a response from a modelling agency, I intended to use a model but agencies decided to restrict their models from taking work, hence why I used my family instead who were more than willing to do so and Im was able to became closer with them. The downside to using my family is that I had to work around mine and their schedules since my sister had school (which actually was another reason why I was not able to draw more tattoos (henna) on her) at the time and my mum usually only gets one day a week free. Moreover, I was going to use my friend as a stylist since her aunt had the Filipino clothing I needed for the project but she did not get in touch soon enough before my intended shoot date hence the use of clothing/fabrics my mum owned. Lastly, the reason why I chose to still included the film photos of my mum and little sister is because I had no other photo eye-catching enough to use as the cover and plus I enjoyed photographing film at the time of the shoot.

Overall, there were loads of changes to my shoot but nonetheless I am satisfied with the outcome of my photobook.