Assignment 4 - subject considerations

Here's some extracts from recent email exchanges between me and my tutor relating to subject matter for the 4th Assignment.

Me
"I’ve already got some way through the exercises for Part 4 and I’ve started to think about subject matter for the Assignment. I’m not sure which way to go though. In many respects I’d like to do landscape, but I think it could be difficult to find a suitable “single object”. It would also be interesting to do portraits of specific person, but I’m not sure I’ll be able to find a suitable volunteer. So I’m starting to think that finding an interesting object (on ebay or something), to photograph as still life could be the way to go. I’d appreciate any recommendations or thoughts you might have on this."

My Tutor
"Most students pick an object for assignment 4 and photograph it in a makeshift studio.  This seems like an effective approach and can lead to excellent and interesting results if you pick an interesting object.  A good example is an assignment 4 I wrote feedback on last week for one of my students, Andrew Crowson.  You can view it on his blog here: http://adcatoca.blogspot.com/2013/08/assignment-4.html"

Me
"The link to Andrew Crowson’s blog was also useful. I think I’d struggle to match-up with his studio style shots - and in honesty while I thoroughly respect these examples the idea of doing similar studio style work doesn’t excite me. I found an old  pair of boots under the bed the other day and I’m starting to think of using these as my subject in a combination of:

1. setup exterior settings where I can choose the day according to the weather and position the subject in order to control the light effect (e.g. on a roadside or something)
2. setup interior shots where I can use some studio techniques to control the lighting
3. some more typical studio setups   

There’s not much colour in them, but for the “Colour” part I should be able to emphasise the richness and sheen of the leather.

Does this sound workable?"

My Tutor

"Yes, the boots sound fine.  The goal of the assignment is to learn how to control lighting in a variety of settings to get the reults you want, so just spend some time making the photographs, experiment and above all enjoy it."