Evaluation

We were given a number of tasks which was to take a number of photo's of three different purposes, which were decay, school brochure and photo essay on a day in the life. 

When trying to reach the purpose of decay I was trying to make my photo's as interesting as possible by using various techniques and range of of different locations. When doing the school brochure I tried to make them look professional and show some of the best features of the school. When doing the 'day in the life' photo essay tried to make the purpose of the pictures as easy to realise as possible.

I found taking the photo's and learning more uses of photoshop, the most enjoyable process throughout the project. 

I would have had more to time to take more photo's so I would have a wider variety to choose from such as the decay section as I think I could have taken better photo's if I had more time to look for more interesting objects.

My favourite image would be one of my 'day in the life' images as I felt the colour contrast worked well. I have compared it to some professional photo's of similar contrast of colour and design of the image with dark colours in the background but on object which is bright and brings focus to the center of the image.

My least favourite image was the picture of Joe and Max on the sledge as I felt it blurred so I tried to make the main focus point Joe and Max but I still feel it didn't work. Compared to the professional image I feel the trying to get an action shot shouldn't blur and should be clear and show the purpose of the image.

Having more experience and having some construction criticism from friends who have been a photographer for a longer period of time such as Ken who gave a good opinion on some of my photo's.

I improved my skills in editing from watching youtube videos and also Will as he is very experience when using photoshop and also gave me some great ideas for some of my work. Also just playing with photoshop gave me a good experience and gave me more ideas I could use on some of my images.

I uploaded my pictures and presented them in different ways because using the flickr slideshow looked professional and also could be embedded onto my blog which means all my images are in the same place. I used the school brochure layout to show the purpose of the images and how they would be presented if they were used for a school brochure.

To get feedback for my images I used a website called Freedback which let me design my own questions for my feed back. I have found I haven't concentrated on some of the subjects in my images such as my school brochure. I should also improve the focus of some of my images such as the action shots.

This is feedback I have got back from my questionnaire.

Questionnaire

Name:
Are the images suitably edited for the school brochure?
What impression do you get about the school from the brochure images?
In general, how could the images be improved for the brochure?	Better original images Improved focus More interesting subjects Less obvious editing none of the above they're all great
Looking critically at the photo essay images, is the focus of the subject clear? - please comment with your reasons.
What impression do you get about my subject from the photo essay images?
In general, how could the images be improved for the photo essay?	Better original images Improved focus More interesting subjects Less obvious editing none of the above they're all great
Looking critically at the Decay images, is the focus of the subject clear? - please comment with your reasons.
Is it easy to understand what the Decay images are about?
In general, how could the images be improved for the Decay?	Better original images Improved focus More interesting subjects Less obvious editing none of the above they're all great

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Essay

Flickr Slide show

Thomas Adams School Brochure

Decay

I have darkened the image using contrast and saturation. Also I cropped the image and selected a main focus point by blurring the left bringing more focus to the window

Decay

I darkened the edges of the image which brings focus more into the center of the image, also I also blurred around the edge of the image which gives the same effect. I changed the saturation and contrast bringing out the  natural paint colour, which also gave a good perspective of the light and dark areas of the image.

Decay

I have changed the contrast and Hue/Saturation of  the image to bring out the vibrant colours of the brick. It darkens down the image and focus more of the detail in the middle of the image.

Decay

I have darkened the edges of the photo to bring focus to the center of the image. I darkened the contrast which gave better light onto the slate and focuses more on the center.

'Day in the life' images.

I have blurred the left side behind Max to bring more focus onto his facial expression. I have changed the colour contrast and saturation to give it more vibrant colour to catch your eye.

'Day in the life' images.

I cropped the image to get rid of any unwanted objects. I blurred around the photo to bring focus onto the two people riding the sledge. I changed the colour contrast on slightly to darken the image.

'Day in the life' images.

I have cropped around the image slightly bring the focus more on to Joe surfing. I also blurred the background slightly bringing more focus onto Joe again. I changed the colour contrast dimming down the bright green behind him.

'Day in the life' images

 I cropped the image to bring focus to Joe and the sledge and got rid of unneeded items. I also coloured some of the snow which got rid of some of the grass which brings more focus to the center of the image.

School Brochure

I darkened the corners of the image bringing more focus to what he is doing on the keyboard. I have darkened the image as I thought It was to light and decided to darken the brighter colours such as the hand colour and the wood effect.

School Brochure

I have blurred the outside of the image to make the end of the corridor the focus point. 

School Brochure

I have changed the contrast which gives a golden colour to the bell. I have also turned down the brightness which brings out the colour and detail of the image.