The document describes 12 different photo sessions conducted by a photographer named Morris. Each section provides details about the subjects of the photos and notes on things like their posture, expressions, interactions with Morris, clothing, and the lighting and backgrounds of the photos. The subjects include families, individuals of various ages and backgrounds, pets and their owners.

2. Secrets and Lies 1
• Family – lower/middle class
• Nervous
• Typical London- accents, black taxis and father carrying newspaper in pocket – represents
Britishness
• Family are trying to come across as wealthier than they actually are – they’ve made an effort
with clothing, son gives it away that they’re not as wealthy as they are trying to portray
(tracksuit and tshirt)
• Key lighting – shines directly on to family
• Maybe some side lighting – shines on to boys face
• Sound is quiet busy, most of them talking, dad is coughing, Maurice is telling them what to
do
• Stereotype is a typical British family
• The child is being stereotyped as unbothered, overweight and lazy.
• The mum is like a regular mum – chatty, everyone has got to look perfect, trying to be funny.

3. Secrets and Lies 2
• English boxer
• Confident, cocky, proud, arrogant
• Gold belt represents wealth and achievement
• Happy with himself, possibly
• Photographer is getting him to play up to the camera by saying words such as “come on” and “yeah, that’s
it”
• Lighting – flash is continuously going – shows fame, also shows off his body more (sweat and muscle)
• The lighting is also focused on his belt to make it shine more and look more important
• Boxer is very loud, adds to his personality of being in your face and cocky
• Stereotyped as angry, arrogant, energetic, show off
• Flexes his muscles to show off
• Does a little dance for attention, tries to be funny and attract attention to himself
• Lighting is bright to match his bubbly personality
•

4. Secrets and Lies 3
• Posture – effortless – she doesn’t care
• No emotion
• She thinks that she is more important and better than the photographer
• Character feels as though the photographer is making fun of her
• “it took you 15 years” – her reply is said as though it was worthless and a pointless waste of time
• Her laugh is sarcastic and sympathetic towards the photographer who is trying to make her smile
• She was unimpressed by the photographers attempts to make her smile for the camera
• Lighting is dull to match personality
• Stereotyped as being clever and typically boring with no personality
• Nerdy and quiet personality
• Keeps herself to herself
• When the flash from the camera flashes, she smiles and laughs which shows a different side to her
personality… the darkness shows her boringness, and the light from the flash shows a different side to
her.
• Her voice matches her character as it is bland.

5. Secrets and Lies 4
• Mother is surrounded by a bright light, giving the idea of a miracle in the idea of baby jesus)
• Proud mother
• Baby fiddling with mothers hair and face
• The way she talks to the baby is in a very babyish manner, for example the way she says ‘baby’
• The lighting is as if it is baby Jesus and Mary – the birth of a miracle.
• Sound is quiet and gentle to keep the baby calm – babies usually cry and scream so they need to act more
relaxed in order to keep calm.
• There is no backdrop, just a white background to create simplicity and a focus onto the mother and child.
• The way the light reflects off of the 2 makes the mother look like an angel, that she has done something
amazing by bringing this child into the world.
• The clothing also is white to keep the photo simple
• The baby is naked to create an atmosphere as if the baby had just been brought into the world – to
recreate a happy and joyous moment and for it to be captured as a pure moment.

6. Secrets and Lies 5
• Typical dog owner – tracksuit with dogs on it, messy hair, old fashioned
• The way the dog is on a red, velvet cloth, it shows that she thinks highly of her dog, as though it were
royalty
• The fact that she is wearing red as well shows that she also thinks highly of herself
• The constant grooming of the dog shows her pride for her dog, and how obsessed she is with her dogs
appearance.
• Light is shining on dog from almost all directions to further show the importance of the pet.
• Dog not impressed with constant attention and grooming. Looks as if just wants to be left alone.
Dog looks hunched up into itself as in sulking.
• Red velvet cloth is a reminder of Britishness (The crown Jewels)

7. Secrets and Lies 6
• Typical cat owner – old lady
• The chair with the bow on it symbolises importance and that the cat is highly thought of.
• She is constantly touching the cat and reassuring that her cat looks good, she is also fishing
for compliments from Morris, the photographer.
• The background is a similar colour to the cat, and the bow and table cloth is also similar to
the colours of the cat.
• When the photographer compliments her, she agrees with him as if she already knows it.
• Cat is well trained – it stays on top of the chair. This shows that the owner has taken time to
teach the cat (aka she has no life).

8. Secrets and Lies 7
• Witty character
• Nervous, uncomfortable with idea of having another man
groom him.
• Foreign accent, but London slang such as ‘init’
• Nervous about getting married… this is shown in his facial
expression to Morris when asked about his marriage.
• Also sounds as though he is unbothered by the marriage-
the decision is not his, the decision was made by his family
and he doesn’t have a choice over who he weds.
• He jumps at the chance to mention his marriage as he
desperately needs advise on his situation.

9. Secrets and Lies 8
• Mime artist
• Morris mocks the man as at the same time he
says “I told you I don’t want flash”, the
photographer takes his picture using flash.
• Morris takes his picture without warning and
without the man being ready. (even though the
mime is holding up his hand as if to say “not yet”)
• The mime sounds annoyed and agitated as if he
has been over this many times.

10. Secrets and Lies 9
• 3 middle aged women (close friends)
• Dressed like teenagers
• Having fun
• Not taking it serious – laughing and screaming
• Behave like teenagers

11. Secrets and Lies 10
• General chat between women
• Grateful that she has 3 girl
• Proud of her children, it’s like an
achievement… she didn’t think she would
have any children and now she has 3
• Children all dressed the same – triplets
• ‘it’s a miracle’ shows how proud she is

12. Secrets and Lies 11
• Speaking to the child as if he was an invalid
• Maurace is trying to get the child’s attention
and distract him from his nose by telling him
to look at the cat
• Child looks quite smart and is dressed for the
occasion
• Mother is really getting annoyed with child as
he won’t be as asked but Maurace is chilled.

13. Secrets and Lies 12
• Woman clearly thinks she is attractive
• Flirtacious manner with Maurace
• Maurace is loving it. But is probably like this
with all his customers (he is being paid to do
it…)