Evaluation of Project

In conclusion, I think that I completed this project well, making sure I created detailed blog posts about everything I made and learnt. I think one of the strongest areas of my project was the number of photos I took, as I believe I photographed quite a large number of objects for each section of the photographing process. This enabled me to have a wide variety of photos that I could later print and edit. However, I think I could’ve produced a greater amount of experiments so that I could choose the best images from a bigger variety of edits as well as try out more photo montage techniques. On the other hand, I believed I applied the knowledge I gained about different aspects of photography (such as aperture and shutter speed- but also topics such as still-life) in my work well, making sure each photoshoot linked in well with the topic/ skill. Another area of my project that I think was successful was linking my work in with the different artists and photo montage techniques we studied. For example, the photoshoot I did in the style of Mary Ellen Bartley resulted in a good selection of images that closely linked in with her work.

Strongest Edit Evaluation

Firstly, I think the unedited photos I used were already quite strong photos, including two personal objects to create a simple still-life image. Furthermore, both images included continuous, coloured lighting- which immediately made the picture more interesting. I like how the two images put together created not only a interesting photo montage edit (since one of the halves was flipped upside down to create the unsymmetrical look), but also contrast between the background colours in both photos. Furthermore, I was inspired by Idris Khan and decided to duplicate the photos, slightly rotating them and reducing the opacity to create a sense of motion in the edit, resulting in this cool, merged effect. Overall, I think this edit is very effective since it clearly resembles a photo montage as well as linking in with an artist.