As I have a lot of pictures, contact sheets help to show them in a more condensed form and it helps me to see all the different colours (pictures in black and white or colour) and the kinds of lighting each photo has. It also helps me see the quantity of photos and what they consist of. Most of my photos are portraits or of people, so I would like to get more of different objects.
Image selection
To help separate and select my photos I have used a star rating at the bottom and have flagged the ones that I think that I would want to use the most. The pictures with the highest rating I will look at more closely and highly consider using them as one of my final images. By the using the flag I have been able to narrow down and pick the photos that I have chosen to edit and might use in one of my final pieces.
Photoshoots
My first photoshoot was over Christmas while I was visiting my family in Ireland, I took pictures at the New years eve party that we had where I would be able to all of my family. I got a lot of photos there which I would like to use as in my final images as they just give a little insight into what my family is like. I also got photos with a lot of different people from my family, most of the photos aren’t ‘professional’ or taken how you would in a studio, they are quick snapshots of the night which show different elements of each of their personalities.
My second photoshoot was of my Dad and brother holding up their flags, my Dad was born in Belfast, Ireland and moved to Jersey in his twenties. My brother has both Irish and English heritage which comes from my mums side as she was born in Birmingham, England, but like me he was born in Jersey. I had my Dad hold up an Irish flag and my brother hold up an Irish flag and Union Jack, I am planning to edit and Jersey flag behind my brother so it can show all three.
I have also used the copy machine take photos of older ones which I brought into school, these are phots of my Grandparents when they were younger and my parents while they were on different holidays. I also have some old headshots of both my mum and dad which I am planning on editing together. I like using these as they show how different and how much people have changed from when they were younger to how they are now.
