Final Evaluation

Final Evaluation

Though out this project I aimed to photograph CMYK and RGB because that is what this project was aimed on. This was difficult sometimes depending on what you had to photograph but it also opened up a lot of opportunities to take photos of pretty much anything you like.

For task one; we had to create mood board based around RGB and CMYK. We had to create mood boards from magazines, the internet, and library and also from found objects such as leaf’s and flowers. I think that personally this was one of the harder tasks because it was the beginning so I was just getting back into the swing of things and mood bored takes up a lot of time and effort. We only had 3 days to complete these mood boards and create extra if we can. I think that the mood bored helped me with inspiration and help me develop my own ideas for the project.

Our first photo shoot was in Bradford Town where we got a sheet of old photos of Bradford and we had to try and find the same places again, and re-shoot them as they are now. This was also a hard task because some of the places looked completely different and the map wasn’t very helpful. But I did managed to get some photos, but not many I only got 9 and I don’t even think most of them are in the right place but you had to try and match the photo the best you can to the old ones. Even know most of my photos don’t fit and are not very good I think that they are still good photos because of how they was shot, the contrast in the photos with the lovely light blue sky. Also a lot of the photos were really crowded with people and cars as they were near main roads of in the centre of town where it was really busy.

Our 2^nd Photo shoot was of advertisements still focusing on CMYK and RGB again this was interesting but hard because you just come across the same sign and advertisements. Also you were unable to take photos of shops such as Bank and Primark because they think its copy right so you had to be careful not to get caught. I really enjoyed this task because it was more open to what you could take photos of but you still had an objective but it was different from the other tasks, also because you were taking photos outside and in you could see the difference between natural and artificial light on your photos. But this was harder to photograph so I think I would need more time to plan and look for more and interesting sign so that it wasn’t the same as everyone else and a little unique.

Our 3^nd shoot was in Saltaire but I was unable to go so I had to take my photos at home and I had to go out to places near my house to find all the colours because there wasn’t very much red or green things in my house. But I personally think that this helps my work to stand out from the other in the class. Although I missed out on a lovely trip and probably some really nice photos I still really enjoyed this task. When I take photos I use the grid on my camera almost like guide line to take a good photo. This helps me a lot when I am trying to focus on a certain object. Most of my photos was taken outside so most of them had natural light which I really thinks helps to brighten up my photos and to help you see the depth and detail.

Task 3; I really enjoyed this task even though I thought it would be hard because I hated using photo shop, but when you get the hang of it isn’t too bad. I really enjoyed changing the levels and seeing how grayscale and Duotone can change the effect, feeling, detail and everything in your photo, it amazing how such a small change can make such a massive difference to yours work.  I really did enjoy doing this, I found it easy but interesting and I did extra because I never thought it got boring. I personally don’t think that it works well with all your photos. I think that your photos have to be really bright and vibrant or the Duotone just doesn’t work very well.

For task 3 part 2; We had to do another shoot but this was still life, so we had a variety of different shoots. I decided to use different coloured paper clips and photograph them from different angels and on a pale mute background so that the main object of my photo stud out and so that you didn’t get distracted by anything in the background. I also tuck my photos on a windowsill so that I had natural light because I really think that helps with the detail and the effect of your photo. I think that the pale back ground makes the photos look more dramatic and bold.

Task 4; This is another one of that task that I really enjoy doing, I think now that I am getting more used to using photo shop that I am enjoying making the mood bored and grids then I would do before, and print screening the technique so I can look back and remember how to do everything is really helping. I really enjoyed making these grids and planning and thinking of different ways I can present my work. From original to Grayscale to Dunotone and how I present the colours and what order because sometimes simple change like where you put your photo or how you place it can make a massive difference.

I think that analysing and evaluating my work is a good thing because it helps me to really look into my photos and how I shot them. It helps me to see where I could improve next time and how I can make my work better. This also means I can pick out bits I do and don’t like so I know for next time to try and not make the same mistake. I think I just need to slow down and think a little before I start taking my photos. This can be different with every shoot I do and it totally depends on what I am photographing. With my Bradford shoot that was difficult and even know you had things you had to photograph your photo was nothing like how it was supposed to be because of all the cars and people so you would really have to think how to not to get any of that in your image and still shoot the right street or building.

I have present my two grids RGB and CMYK on a piece of green paper because that links with the colours we had to photograph and my images look really good on the background, I think the white boarder around the side helps my work to jump out and look bold on the green background. I have tried to be very precise on the placing of my final grids by measuring the gaps between my photos and from the bottom of the page to the bottom of my image so that it fits really well and so that it isn’t crowded or look spacious.