L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L JJ4JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L Numerous issues and ideas may arise during the development of a project and you are best placed to manage these if you are prepared for change. Keeping a positive attitude is useful when there are setbacks; if a project does not have a degree of flexibility it may prove very difficult to accomplish. If, for example, an application for funding is rejected, your proposal can be reworked and resubmitted elsewhere. One body of work can lead directly into another and several small projects can eventually join to make one much larger one. If you start your research thinking that this is a possibility, then the doors are always open for the growth and development of an idea. As your plan evolves, it should be updated together with an evaluation of what has changed and why; this will assist you in tracking the evolution of the project and may play a valuable role in future work. Using change to your advantage You may find your project will evolve differently from the way it was originally planned. You could be shooting outside and bad weather may slow down your progress ­ rather than feeling behind schedule, modify your shooting plan to take this into consideration. This way you can stay positive and in control. Some changes, such as the weather and poor health, cannot be helped. However if, during the creative process, you see that your original intention would be stronger with a different resolution then you must allow space for your plan to naturally evolve with the project. Wendy Pye has been photographing Beachy Head, on the south coast of England, for more than five years. Making work over this length of time was never her original intention. Pye first planned to explore roadside shrines to the victims of traffic accidents, looking at how society expressed grief. However, being unable to control street lighting frustrated her and slowed her progress. By chance, she came across shrines of a different sort at Beachy Head, known both as a place of natural beauty and as a notorious suicide spot. Pye modified her plan to explore these shrines, and has created several successful pieces through this modified approach. Pye's working relationship with this location was only possible because she was flexible and adapted her original plan. 132 Modifying a plan 5.7 Title: In Memory Of 7... from `Beachy Head' Photographer: Wendy Pye In making this work Pye explored the floral shrines placed as a memorial for the suicide victims who have jumped from one of Britain's highest cliffs. Through quality of light and feeling for nature, these shrines become symbolic of human fragility and our relationship with loss, tragedy and death.