Focus group

As part of exploring my idea in more depth, I have spoken to fellow classmates and explained said the idea with given feedback. Some notes and quotations they provided are as follows, and I will consider all points when finalising my contextual case studies and progressing further into theory practice.

• The idea of image manipulation seems to link well with truth, make it more clear that I am focusing on image manipulating when actually photographing, as it can be easily confused with post-production editing in Softwares like Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop.
• Could explore experimental photographers, how they experiment with objects and many other elements -
• What other elements of photography are there to explore in terms of photographing on set/location - yes, aperture, white balance, filters, etc... what else?
• Could look at war photographers who manipulate the truth - therefore not only exploring the manipulation of truth visually but also contextually, politically, etc. 
• Include the story about 'the vulture and the little girl' - I had explained this to my group members, in reflection that I should include it within my contextual research. 
• In linkage to my Final Major Project, thinking about the concept behind what I plan to make - as I am planning to explore the technique of creating a photo montage - creating smaller images into one big image.