Mid-project evaluation:
Currently I am half way through my unit 3 personal project, at this point I am happy with the way the project is going and the images I am producing. The topic I am focusing on is style, more precisely the style of beauty and makeup. I have enjoyed this topic so far and find that more photographic skills have developed. I have completed 5 shoots at this point have have varied between a small amount of portraiture and some studio/advertising based shoots.
What's improved:
I think that one improvement that I have made so far in the unit would be my work in the studio! Both shoots 4 and 5 were studio based and essentially the same topic however when looking at the shoots you can see massive improvements once shoot 5 was completed. The reasoning behind this is that once i had completed shoot 4 I was not completely happy with the images that had been produced. After seeking help from my teacher and reconsidering my techniques i decided to conduct a re-shoot. In this shoot my lighting was more thoughtout and i was more considerate of the background and composition. The aim for the re-shoot was to attempt to make my images look as if they had been produced for a magazine or advertisement. I think that was something that i was able to achieve as my images were better lit and my editing made them look appropriate for a magazine.
My aims for the next part of my project:
Throughout studying photography I have always enjoyed location photography more than studio photography. Something that i have been enjoying during this unit is looking at advertisement and product photography. However i think that for the next part of my unit i would like to make an animation of some sort i think that this will be able to show some of my skills in both photography and photoshop. Another thing i would like to look at would be a small documentary topic, i would like to look at personal possession of beauty items, I'm going to look at the difference between age and gender and the types of products that they use.
My aims for the next part of my project:
Throughout studying photography I have always enjoyed location photography more than studio photography. Something that i have been enjoying during this unit is looking at advertisement and product photography. However i think that for the next part of my unit i would like to make an animation of some sort i think that this will be able to show some of my skills in both photography and photoshop. Another thing i would like to look at would be a small documentary topic, i would like to look at personal possession of beauty items, I'm going to look at the difference between age and gender and the types of products that they use.
