final evaluation

Final Evaluation

During this Project I completed five photoshoots within:

·         Lister Park

·         Indoors in my home

·         Gardens in Bradford three area

I enjoyed this project because it allowed me to be more independent and free to choose the genre that I preferred to explore. Throughout the project my ideas and plans changed, during the first few weeks of the project I was determined to explore images related to Abstract of wood and nature, but after my first shoot I came to realise that I did not enjoy the theme, so I decided to change my entire project to still Life of flowers.

Still life of flowers was very interesting because I had the chance to work with vibrant colour tones and textures; most of my images contained the following effects.

·         Vibrant colour tones

·         Smooth and rough textures

·         Peculiar shapes

I also used camera and Photoshop effects such as:

·         Depth of field

·         Colour popping

·         Rule of thirds

·         High angle

·         Low angle

·         Worms’ eye

First shoot – My first shoot was experimental I wanted to see if I could capture the texture within abstract images of wood and nature including objects such as, leaves, wood and flowers.  Unfortunately I was disappointed with my results because I found it difficult to get the right composition and detail when shooting close up shots.

Second photoshoot – After changing my Project theme I decided to experiment with still life images of flowers, I carried out a photo-shoot within my home using a makeshift studio background using a cardboard box lined with plain white paper. I used a bouquet containing images of roses, tulips and blue bells.  My images were very interesting because I used rule of thirds depth of field and different angles.  I realised that my images were very eye catching because of the vibrant colour tones.

Third, fourth and fifth Photoshoot-  when shooting my final images I used colour and black and white film along with a digital camera, for my location I chose Lister Park within Bradford because it contains exotic flowers and a botanical garden,