My Evaluation

Daniel Gates   Page 1  5/22/13

My Photo Project – Evaluation

Theme 1 – Exhibition – Skateboarding.

The main subject for my first theme is focused on Skateboarding. I took these pictures because it was on a subject that I was familiar with and I found it really easy to take pictures of something close to me. To me, these photos relate to the main subject, skateboarding, which I enjoy doing in my own time and found interesting to take pictures of.  The photos on this theme all focus on the main subject as they all have something that relates to skateboarding. The elements of design I used on my first theme is rule of thirds, I used rule of thirds so that the audience focused on the main subject of the photograph. Overall I am very happy and proud of my photos, but there could be some improvements such as more shots taken outside or have a wider variety of shot distances. When I asked one of my friends for their opinion on my photographs he said that they were all really good. I improved my old photograph that I had taken and used Photoshop to improve it. I improved the photo by adding a neon glow to the edges and dimming the brightness. I took the ideas from the professional example like the camera angle and sepia filter.

                   Old                                                                     Improved.

 

When it came to comparing my photo to a professional example I used the ideas to make my own version of the Photograph. For example I copied both the sepia filter and shot angle.

My version                                           Professional example         

 

Theme 2 – Client Requirement – Photos advertising technology for a newspaper.

The main subject for my second theme is advertisement on technology for a newspaper. I took these pictures because it was easy as I had lots of items of technology so it wasn’t hard to get some photographs. I made sure that my photos focused attention on the main subject. I did this by specifically making the main subject stand out from the rest of the photograph. The element of design I used for this theme was ‘balancing the elements’ this was very affect for the pictures I had taken. Overall I am happy with the photos I had taken for this project, but however some of them could be improved by taking more time taking them. When I asked some people what they thought of my photos for this project they said that I did a great job taking them. When it came to comparing my photo to a professional example I used the ideas to make my own version of the Photograph. For example I used the same shot angle and I also copied the main general idea.

                                                                                            

     My Version                                                                                       Professional Example

                                                               

Theme 3 – concept – Taken pictures of logos.

The main subject for my third theme is different logos. I took these photographs because it was different and I thought it would be interesting as I had a wide varity of different logos. The elements of design for this project is ‘extreme close up’ I chose this because most of the photographs were very close up and gave a lot of detail. Overall I am happy with the majority of the photos that I took, but however It felt like on some of the photos I was rushed on time so took less attractive photos which could have been improved. When I asked for other peoples opinion on my photo they said they were good but could be improved by taking more time shooting them. When it came to comparing my photo to a professional example I used the ideas to make my own version of the Photograph. For example I copied the camera angle and position to get every piece of detail into the photograph.

         Professional Example                                                                My own version

                            

My photographs of Logos.

In this photograph I made sure that I got the correct angle so that the audience could see the whole main visual image as well as the shadow and the logo. I took this this photograph with the vintage border turned on with my camera.

This is one of my favourite photographs because of the angle I had taken it was perfect. I used the macro function on my camera to get all the details in and I even managed to get the light to shine on the metal frame of the logo. I took this picture with the old film filter already attached.

I took this photo with an extreme close up distance and used the macro function on my camera to get all the scratch details on the logo itself. I took this photo with a vintage border around it.

With this photograph I made sure you could see the whole logo but with two objects. To do this I had to place one can slightly to an angle on it's side and then the other can closer to the camera and more closer to the camera. I took this photo with the sketch filter on.

I used extreme close up on this shot as it gave all the detailing of the threading and stitching on the hat, to get all the detail in I used the macro function on my camera. I also took this photo with the vintage border on, I think it made the image more interesting to look at.