  The BGO-OD experiment at the ELSA accelerator facility uses an energy tagged
bremstrahlung photon beam to investigate the internal structure of the nucleon.
The setup consists of a highly segmented BGO calorimeter surrounding the
target, with a particle tracking magnetic spectrometer at forward angles.
BGO-OD is ideal for investigating low momentum transfer processes due to the
acceptance and high momentum resolution at forward angles. This enables the
investigation of strangeness photoproduction where $t$-channel exchange
mechanisms play a dominant role. A detailed understanding of this low-momentum
transfer region is also crucial for constraints in hypernuclei
electroproduction, and sensitive to any extended, molecular-like interactions
that may contribute to reaction mechanisms. Progress in the study of
$K^+\Lambda$(1405) differential cross sections and line shapes, $K^0$
photoproduction, and differential cross section measurements for $K^+\Lambda$
and $K^+\Sigma^0$ photoproduction at extremely forward angles is presented.
Opportunities for hypernuclei studies are also discussed.
