Evaluation

The work i produced for my final consist of Polaroid frame and large scale images. My images reflect a fine art approach and reflect on the photographers state of mind while constructing images that reflect on the body language and framing of the subject matter, all while keeping the subject matters identity anonymous as its irrelevant to the theme and concept of the project. The concept is diverse and is made up from a various aspects as in influential artists as well as personal experiences.

I think the work I have produced has had an exceedingly positive outcome and has been and experimental process throughout in which my work constantly developed and progressed. I found using Polaroid’s became a personal journey in which experimenting with changing the contrasting colours with the use of  distorting the flash gave me the technical ability I looked forward to re shooting Polaroid now that I obtained this new found technique. I think that I successfully expanded on my minor project and was able to take it in a new direction and explore other techniques other than darkroom.

However I did run into some difficulties throughout my project. As I shot using Polaroid film this became really expensive as it is so hard to get hold of. The reason this became a problem was because I was restricting myself and possibly missing great shots because I didn't want to waste film. This wouldn't have been a problem if I was to shoot digital. However the outcomes weren't the same and digital images just didn't possess the same qualities as Polaroid’s. It was also not easy going and enjoyable some aspects where difficult when I felt images where printing exceptionally light with a bland image. But after many attempts and becoming comfortable in the use of using Polaroid’s I felt it became apparent that this genre and style of work was really something that I had adapted as my own technique.

Looking back there a few things I may have done a little differently and that would have been to explore and document more images using different techniques so I could really access different styles photography as research while progressing in using Polaroid’s. Other things that I would consider changing is how I format my work in terms of how I intend to display my work.

Overall I think my major project has some exceedingly memorable break through on a personal level and I feel that this is something I would continue in the future so it a project that’s finished yet can be picked up and continued in the future. I believe I exceeded everything I had hoped to have achieved and believe that the personal journey has been put across and displayed in a manor that’s understandable yet still has aspects of other genres of photography portraying throughout. 

Evaulation

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After numerously researching iconic hero and villains I finally came to a decision on a portrayal intended to do. I choose to do my images based around to iconic and controversial people and use the public perception off them to draw a conclusion to which fits in better being labelled hero or villain ,there iconic images and controversial behaviour made it easier to do so.I choose to do Blondie /Debbie Harry as my hero and Madonna as a villain simply because Debbie Harry's iconic  image is based around being a women in rock music as well as being a fashion icon.Where as Madonna has created what could be argued either inspiring or negative image for herself because of the choice in clothing and music she produces i.e. lyrics which could be deemed sexually explicit and misleading as a suitable lifestyle to a younger fan base.My self portrait was the easiest of the three and i choose to express how uncomfortable i was with this topic by purposely cropping half of myself out of the image and the second image to consist of looking down .

This project for me was the one i found least enjoyable and i found myself putting it off as long as possible because of the uncomfortable feeling it gave of creating a whole shoot based around me portraying somebody else as either a hero or villain.Although when shooting i was in control of setting up equipment and organising the costumes i felt i had no control over the image being taken and found it hard to direct myself into position and although with help i was dissatisfied with the outcomes simply because it was not me in control and directing the outcome.I am not huge fan of dressing up and found the project awkward and felt unsettled at the thought of doing so. Id of much rather have been the photographer shooting someone else as a hero or villain it i believe that would have been a more enjoyable experience.

Evaluation

Evaluation


I have found creating a photo book more on the difficult side mainly because i struggled to form an idea but once i had eventually found something i could explore it became more appealing.I chose to document my time in New York and had chosen to use my film camera as the equivalent of choice .With this i had formed a theme A journey through the streets of New York although i found the title to be a little predictable there was no other way to describe it other than what you see.I found this module to more appealing because it was putting a themed collection of your work together and placing in a book yet this was more time challenging than anything i had done trying to be precise with where you wanted everything to be and how you what it to look but overall i am happy with the outcome and think that i have been precise in the choice of title and theme.

Evaluation 5x4

EVALUATION LARGE FORMAT

I'm overall pleased with the  outcomes of my large format pieces as i have been able to meet the briefs condition of short , mid , long depth of field .In doing this it was defiantly a learning curve and beginning to a real understanding .I felt exercises in which where created for us such as measuring short,mid,long depth of field with the use of different lenses was helpful.However actually going out on shoots and experimenting  and making mistakes is for me personally  a great way of grasping it.
I found printing my large format sometimes difficult in getting the right colour tones and also what didn't help is storing my paper in a warm environment leaving my large prints with a slight pink to it which is a little disheartening but somehow with the images i have printed it works and goes unnoticeable which i am joyed about.
Although i have used the large format camera before in other assignments , my knowledge on setting it up and shooting was a little out of touch so I'm pleased i had quality time in getting used to using the large format again.Which i can now say i am confident in using.Overall i think using large format shooting,developing and printing is time consuming but an enjoyable experience when you get satisfying results.

Evaluation

Using both digital and film had both pros and cons for me and i cannot say which i would prefer to use more than the other .There both very different from another and yet the same just very different processes.



  I  have never really dealt in digital so using the Canon 5D i felt clueless.I do think taking the camera and studio home and improvising was the best decision i could have made.I found i was over thinking everything in the studio and not really getting anything done unlike i did at home.This was mainly because i felt i had more time to spend adjusting the lighting to my satisfaction and not being a rushed process when in the studio.I also found working on my own i wasn't depending on someone there to help me if i was unsure of something, i kind of just had to figure it out.It was defiantly a learning curve and i think its something ill stick too in the future,if it would meani can do something best to my ability by working alone.
Never experienced doing landscape or using  the 4x5 camera but surprisingly  i felt comfortable and confident setting the camera up,loading the film and adjusting the camera settings.The only downfall in this area is being unable to drive i felt very dependent on people with choice of my locations i felt i would've have ventured further.Apart from that i felt i was more knowledgeable with landscape.I think i would of benefited more if i had put more time and effort in my blogging but overall I'm happy with the outcome of my images in both still and landscape.