Evaluation

Evaluation 

Throughout this unit I feel like I have done extremely well and I am happy where I now sit with my skills in digital image, I think there is defiantly parts I could improve on and I know what I will need to do better next time. 

I really enjoyed learning about the different ways of advertising and how and why they are used. I think understood this really well, which really helped me when it got to mind mapping our ideas for the editorial and also for the advert for our brand.

I found that learning the different techniques of how to shoot different images and how to create a mood with lighting really interesting because it’s not just the makeup, clothes and background. The lighting makes such a difference to a photo, which I also found out when taking my editorial images.

I would love to develop my skills further by doing more experimentation because I feel like that’s where I lack because I don’t have a lot of confidence to just try something out even if it does go wrong. I think that’s a big part of learning a new skill is learning what doesn’t work as well as what does work. To do this I would like to book more studio time just to experiment with the camera and get more commutable with lighting set ups , etc. I could also do this by doing shoots over summer and also doing more collaboration because this way I can watch what other people do and then they can help me out when I need some help with a project.

I also loved doing the research in this unit because I feel like I went a lot more in depth with it this time compared to last time when I done the basics and was almost scared to go off track. I kept myself on track and when I felt I was going off track I pulled it back by linking my ideas together. My research has influenced me hugely, without my research I wouldn’t have gotten any where near my final outcome. I think this unit has shown me how important research really is.

I did encounter some problems along the way as I had to reshoot a few times because it just didn’t turn out the way I wanted it too, but then I think practice makes perfect and this shows in my images. I think my main problem in the beginning was the lighting I just couldn’t get right but once I experimented with it I managed to get what I wanted.

If I got a chance to do the project again I would defiantly ask more questions in class because I think I held back and then when it came to actually doing the shoots I didn’t know the answers I needed to know to get on with my shoots. Which I think slowed me down a lot because I couldn’t understand why my shoots weren’t working and if I only asked in class I would know the reason why it wasn’t working?

Over all I was extremely happy with my final outcomes and cant wait to start next term and start learning even more skills I can put to the test.