We altered the shutter speed and aperture settings to explore the ways in which they affect the photograph in relation to movement and light. We also experimented with different angles of shot, in order to create cohesive series of photographs. 

The cigarettes in the first image are soggy, grimy and placed messily. The second photograph shows fallen leaves. These leaves have also built up overtime and share similar colours to the cigarettes on the bin in the first image. I felt that these similarities meant that the photographs complimented each-other. The cigarettes immediately made me think of how smoking affects human health. For example, the idea of “accumulation overtime” and “griminess” made me think of another interesting link between these two images. Smoking fills your lungs with grimy, blackish tar which builds up overtime (tar). To my mind, this can be represented by the accumulation of fallen, rotten leave overtime, suffocating the ground below, just as smoking reduces your lung capacity.