I have enjoyed this project and it has gave me a good understanding of photography, I have learnt about photography in both a physical and textual way. The definitions of all 10 formal elements provided me with describing words which made it a lot easier to go out and shoot, and then by shooting I was using the formal elements which made me understand even more. the image banks also helped me a lot because by looking at others photos I imagined what I could reconstruct and when I did go out to shoot, when I saw something I could visualise the formal elements.
The thing I enjoyed the most about this project was being in the studio, I enjoyed the studio because I could plan what I wanted to shoot rather than going out on location and having to search for it. In the studio I felt I could be more imaginative as opposed to location. In the studio I like to take portraits of people and take pictures of their specific body parts, one of my favourite pictures that I have taken is in the studio and it is of Amelia's legs and it is Robert Mapplethorpe inspired. Since Robert Mapplethorpe I have also taken self portraits of myself with a head scarf on which I enjoyed as I felt it was an individual and personal topic which no one else could do, making it quite original.
The thing I least enjoyed about this project was the work diaries, I felt they were prolonged and they took me a long time to do as I felt they were a lot of effort. I think they would of been a lot better to do if I had done it after each formal element as opposed to doing them all together in a block, this would of broke it up so they didn't feel as if they was taking me forever. Therefore, in my next project I will do the work diary after the lesson instead of having to catch up, however I did join photography late so I sort of had an excuse.
I think what I did well was taking pictures of literally everything, even if I thought it wouldn't make a good picture, because most of the pictures I took which I didn't think would make a good picture, actually did as opposed to ones that I specifically went searching for.
I think what I could improve on is my time keeping skills as there were times when I didn't think I would meet the deadline which made me stressed. With my next project I will make sure to get a certain amount done by a certain date, so setting myself deadlines.
What I found hard was catching up due to joining photography late, which also falls into my struggle with time keeping. I think the next project will be less stressful as I wont have to catch up constantly. However I feel that because I had no choice but to catch up quickly that I learnt photoshop quickly.
Now that I have completed this project I think I will watch editing tutorials to extend my knowledge on the editing available with photoshop.
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