William Zhou is an eager high school photography student in Vancouver, British Colombia and recently completed a class assignment where he set-up a crime scene. On top of photography, William has proven to be quite an entrepreneur and is a designer and co-founder of  Design Vetica, an agency he created with a group of fellow high school students. Very impressive!

Few days before the end of term two for my photography class, I was told that if I don’t hand my assignment in, it will never be marked. Although a lot of people skipped this assignment, I thought it’d be fun to do. It was a shoot for a setup crime scene. After buying some yellow crime tape from the nearby dollar store, I called up two of my buddies, David Kim and Kevin Lee, to help me out. To make matters simple, I decided to shoot near my place around a “loading bay” (I don’t even know what to make of it.) Since crimes usually happen at night, I also had to mimic the night effect by using a faster than usual shutter speed. Couple that with a snooted Nikon SB800 flash, and I got myself a pretty darn good setup for doing dramatic mood shoots. Kevin, to my surprise, brought an beaten-ed up bat. (Don’t ask me where he got that and he looks pretty dangerous with that thing.)…

Continue reading and see more photos on William’s blog.

On a side note, William’s camera was broken by a careless security guard….he’s looking for help to purchase a new camera and if you’re in a giving mood, you can help him out!