For Fun Photos - What are British values, traditions and symbols? The flag? The pubs? The stately homes? Red, white and blue to create something new.


 Starting with values: Simple and easy to remember. the five core values include

1 Democracy

2 Respecting people of all religions and none


Traditions include the pubs, stately homes and the Union Jack flag.

How do you show these in a photo? By waving a Union Jack flag or standing beside one.  By wearing the Union Jack on important days.


Background Or Foreground Landmarks

 By featuring landmarks as backdrops. By featuring pubs. Tower Bridge. 


Waddeson Manor, England, UK. Angela in dress of the day, reversible orange.

British foods. 

British brand crockery. 

Holding a Toby jug.

You assume things are done the British way until you go abroad. Then you find the Chinese really do eat rice with chopsticks. Therefore visually you can show joint values, or contrasts, the British flag alongside an American or Chinese flag. Contrast weather in another country, in a photo. 

Self-Captioning Photos

I used to look back at photos and try to identify them. I remember looking at holiday snaps or photos. Where was that cathedral? Eventually I would find a picture of a church or a hotel or shop with its name, a street signpost, or visitor wearing a tee-shirt. If I wear a Chinese outfit such as a cheongsam I look for chopsticks or a picture of China to add to the atmosphere. I am sure professional fashion shoot photographers and wedding photographers and many amateurs do the same.

Flag Colours

If you have a holiday outfit and you don't have the access to a suitable prop or the time, you can use colours to provide a co-ordinated effect. Any theme party does the same. 

Red and white to matches the Chinese or Singaporean flag. As soon as I show myself in red and white in the last weeks of July and the first week of August I get comments that, 'You are wearing the flag colours!' 

Red and white and blue for the Union Jack. The red and white from the England flag, the blue and white from the Scottish flag. Unity. 



Useful Websites

https://www.youngcitizens.org/resources/citizenship/british-values/

https://www.gov.uk/life-in-the-uk-test

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Vilico-Protection-Breathable-Adjustable-Sustainable/dp/B09C62JY5Q/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&keywords=union+jack+face+mask

Many more union Jack masks on ebay. About three pounds each in the UK.

Multi-symbol mask

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/194317509452?hash=item2d3e39e34c:g:YwQAAOSwQIZf9ZrU

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