I was able to fully complete 2 photoshoots in preparation for this exam, I followed the plan I made for the exam by taking photos of buildings as well as industrial sites to portray the theme and topic of Anthropocene.

Shoot 1

I was able to capture a total of 200 photos in shoot 1 which is more than enough to work with to produce final outcomes to the best of my ability. For shoot 1 I took photos in and around the la Collette industrial site .

I used the flagging technique to select the best photos from this shoot to use for manipulation and editing. After using the flagging technique, I had 60 photos to once again choose from to use for editing and manipulation. To narrow down these photos, I used the rating system to select the best photos from these 60 photos. Using this technique I came up with 20 photos to use for editing and manipulation.

Shoot 2

For shoot 2 I captured a total of 260 photos to work with and narrow down to select for manipulation I also used the flagging technique for this photoshoot. For this shoot I took photos around gorey aswell as some from town

After using the flagging technique, I came up with 44 photos as a lot of the photos were blurry or too dark or too light to be able to use. I then used the rating technique to once again narrow down the photos to use for editing and manipulation. After using the rating technique, I had 13 photos to edit and manipulate to create final images.

Review of photoshoots

Although I aimed to take 4 photoshoots with at least 75 photos in each, I managed to get 2 photoshoots. Even though I only did 2 photoshoots I was able to get 200 photos in shoot 1 and 260 photos in shoot 2 which was well above the amount of photos I aimed to take. With a total of 460 photos I believe I have more than enough photos for me to create the most effective final images for the Anthropocene project. I believe the quality of the photos I have taken overall are quite good and I managed to photograph the locations I planned on photographing, a couple of photos I have taken have not come out as I would have liked as some have been blurry, too bright or too dark. Using the different filtering techniques on Lightroom I am happy with the final selection of images I will be using for editing and manipulation with Lightroom and Photoshop in order to come up with the best possible final outcomes I am able to produce.