Chosen Locations

For my shoots i have chosen locations that really stood out to me when i went visiting different places. I wanted to capture interesting backgrounds and theatrical settings, but i also didn't want to chose to many places because i only have a model for one day so the locations needed to be near to each other for the time i had.

In the end after going to visit the several location on my list i settled for two locations.

. My First location was (Grace Dieu Priory)

When i went to visit Grace Diue i was shocked at how perfect it was for my photo shoot, the light was interesting, the shapes of the ruins gave me loads of ideas for poses and story boards. I chose this location especially because of its theatrical aspects, the big, over the top walls and windows add outrageous dynamics and colours to the backgrounds.

. History of Grace Dieu Priory;

Although the area around Grace Dieu has historical connections dating back to the Romans and beyond the Priory came into being around 1235-1241 as a house for Augustinian canonesses, and was dedicated to God, the Holy Trinity and St Mary and was founded by Rohese (Rose) de Verdon. Rose was a member of a landowning family with estates around Belton. Her father Nicholas de Verdon had been given the land around Snape by William Wastneis, lord of the manor of Osgathorpe, to add to his park at Belton. Rose endowed the priory with “all my manor of Belton… the park, warren and mills’ and with the Manor of Kirby in Kesteven, Lincolnshire. The charter of the foundress, confirmed by Bishop Grosseteste of Lincoln in 1241, describes the priory as “the church of the Holy Trinity of the Grace of God at Belton dedicated to God and St Mary”. This provided the priory with the epithet Gratia Dei or Grace Dieu by which it is still known. Rose was buried in the priory chapel, and later records state that an annual sum of 12d was set aside to maintain a light shining on the tomb. The tomb and effigy were later removed, possibly at the Dissolution, to the parish church of Belton, where it can still be see today.

. My Second location was (Belgrave Hall) ;

When i went to visit Belgrave for the first time i fell in love with it, because it is such a big place there were many different settings i could use in the shoots. When i was there i went and asked about booking the stately house out for a photo shoot. I thought i would have to pay quite a bit of money but they said because i was a student i could book it for free. Apparently if i was taking wedding photos or publicity shots i would have to be charge.

There was quite a bit of a waiting list so i was lucky i went early to visit the place.

. History of Belgrave Hall;

A Queen Anne-style house built in 1709 in the midst of 2 acres (8,100 m²) of walled gardens in Belgrave, Leicester. The Hall was opened to the public in 1936 as a museum. Today, Belgrave Hall shows the contrasting lifestyles of an upper middle class family and domestic servants in Victorian society.