For this assignment, I have been using skills i have not previously on this course. Using photography to create illustration and narrative. I would like to think i have began to use these skills well. Every photograph i have taken i have taken with the outcome in mind, the narrative. How well each photograph helps to tell a story and whether it would be easily interpreted by the viewer/ general public. For this i would think i have been quite visually aware and relied highly on observational skills.
I have perhaps at times been to wary of this, and kept it maybe on the safer side of things.
Quality of outcome - Content, application of knowledge, presentation of work in a coherent manner, discernment, conceptualisation of thoughts, communication of ideas
I have done my best to explain each photograph and why i have taken it or placed it where ever. I have tried to add additional comments to my photographs to reiterate what the narrative is and explain slightly in more detail and my reasonings. I would like to think my thoughts have flown well onto paper and have been expressed coherently.
Id like to think my photographs are fitting for the subject matter at hand an that they are of a decent standard. As i have previously stated i have done everything with the subject/ outcome in mind and i hope that has shown.
I could perhaps have thought a bit more out of the box and used symbolism as talked about in the course material more to express actions as opposed to more obvious or literal photographs.
Demonstration of creativity - Imagination, experimentation,invention, development of a personal voice
I would like to think i have been quite imaginative as i thought in terms of magazine publication when shootings, imagining how it would look, and what i would want it and my photographs each to look like. Some of my photographs could have been more creative perhaps. I have tried to include a variety of different photographs and techniques. I'm beginning to see a style within the photographs i take now, and think i am beginning to find my personal voice in photography. I now need to hone in on that, and begin to improve and perfect it.
Content- reflection, research, critical thinking
I have made a conscious effort to do more research within this assignment time frame. I have done a lot more than i have previously, but it is something i need to continuously be aware of and could still do more.
I have tried to reflect and evaluate everything i have done as i am going along. I have tried to be quite clear and logical in doing so and would like to think this has shown within my work.
Looking back at the first assignment/ exercises i did for this module, i feel i have come along way. To begin with, my lighting was not that great, and it is something i feel i have improved on greatly and am rather happy with now. Some times my tutor may say things look a little under exposed, and sometimes they are. But i quite like a dark, bold appearance to some of my photographs, and it is done intentionally, i suppose it is my style, and not something everybody will appreciate. I have also toned down my editing of photographs a lot. Looking back, some of my photographs were way over edited, almost to the point of embarrassment. Im not sure if this is due to improvement within my work, or due to purchasing a better quality laptop, where these visual issues become a lot more apparent, that weren't on my old laptop. Whatever the reason, i only edit where i feel necessary. and then compare to the original copy to see if i prefer the edited state or not.
But i am comfortable with where i am / where i am going so far. I have enjoyed exploring the more artistic styles of photography, and the simplicity of some , and it is something i hope to do more of, and when starting this course, it is something i perhaps would not have thought of.
My ideas of photography and what i want to be doing within photography, have not changed. I still enjoy photography for the same reasons and i still have mindset and likes and dislikes within the topic. I still want the same things out of this. I would say i have simply expanded my ideas. As my knowledge has grown, so have my ideas and the paths that i want to be on.
It has definitely made me more confident within my photography, looking back and seeing how i have improved, and having absorbed the knowledge in which i have.
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