For this image of the church I really wanted to have the orange pop out so I did selective colour to make everything except the church and the red light on the top black and white. I think the image looks alot cleaner like this and it really highlights the orange church better.

I wasn’t really sure the way I wanted this image to turn out so I decided to experiment by adjusted the contrast, shadows and colour until I turned out with this edit which I think looks so much better than the original photo

I took this image of some lights by the waterfront and I got this cool idea to make the lights different colours, so I basically divided the image into layers for each light and recoloured them using the camera raw filter which contains a wide range of useful tools. To achieve the different colours for the light I colour graded them and adjusted the hue, saturation and luminance of the specific colours. I also removed the light at the end as it wasn’t needed and was causing problems due to the other lights. I really like how it turned out and how colourful the image now is.

For this image I made slight adjustments to the lighting and enhanced the blue light to make it stand out more. I also added a green colour grade to the shadows and highlights which creates this nice green and blue effect in the reflection of the shop window which I think works well and looks really good.

In this photo I slightly cropped it so the building is more centred and inview, I also slightly enhanced the orange/red on the building as I am trying to show colour and its importance so I need it to stand out. I also added this greenish colour filter which give the image a cool/coldish feel and looks quite good.

In this photo I increased the Vibrance and Saturation to really make the colours pop and look even more beautiful. I also slightly adjusted the lighting to make the blacks and shadows more stronger. Overall I really like this photo because the reflections on the wet pavement are really nice and the photo really shows why colour is important in our lives as colour helps to create a vibrant and less dull world.

This will be the first page of my photobook, its a sentence stating that its hard to see whats right in front of you, its a symbolic sentence to some up my whole photobook that a lot goes on in a teenagers life, in their head, the reality, compared to what people actually see. As i find it very important to focus on these factors as a teenaer who’s not always loving the school life and stress.

these pages are to show stress and school and how school affect things that are meant to be so important, like sleep, all teenagers are told to get 8-10 hours of sleep as it keeps you wellrested and ready for the day but from the pile up of work and stress sometimes we aren’t getting to sleep until late in the morning, it also demonstartes anxiety and being overwhelmed by looking at the mess on the desk of papers and tests and homework and so on, and its also a mess that a teenager might get told off for.

This page continues on from the school pages as it shows what sometimes teenagers would rather be doing and use as a distraction.

This is how I was going to first present this page, when I looked at some Jim goldberg pages and realise this just didnt give the right affect it needed something more.

I then moved on to this page of adding the rain next to the image to make it seem like when you look out the window like archiewas this is what you can see, as rain gives a sad affect and also its a blurred skewed image of what might also be in the head.

this image actually didn’t end up staying in my final piece because it was more of a practise of writing on the image and didn’t look as good or professional as I wanted it also didn’t go with my other images.

this was my practice last page but I wasn’t feeling it as the images didn’t go how I wanted and it was too much going on.

I tried to give a continous balck background to all my images to add to the effect nd make the images stand out, I thought it wet well as it was dark and gloomier, and corresponded well with the majority black and white images, I also kept my writing on the images or next to them to keep the story because yes a photo tells 1000 stories but it was important that the teenagers stories actually ame out and was presented, it ry to keep a sequence of how I present my images ina decently together story.

These are all the photographs I picked to use for my photobook, but I only used the high quality images.

At first it was a struggle to find a title but I used the title “Paraíso” which means paradise in Portuguese. I decided to use the word paradise because being with friends and family and especially being in your native island feels like paradise, and feels like everything is just amazing. I then decided to translate it since my first language is Portuguese and most of the photoshoots in my book is from madeira.

This is my final print layout.

For my third photoshoot I took a photoshoot of different places in madeira and photos of my family there too. I decided to do this because it will show a bit of my family background and what culture I come from.

Below are some of the edited images I am going to use in my photobook. This photoshoot was very fun to do because it made me close to my family since we spent a lot of time together and we explored different parts of the island we have never been with amazing views.

For my second photoshoot I took portraits of my friends of them doing what they love doing, being at their favourite place, having fun and posing. This photoshoot represents teenage life with friends and some people who I grow up with.

Below are some of the edited images I am going to use in my photobook.

Most of the photographs are black and white because in my opinion it creates a sense of drama and mystery nut also shows the different tones of black and white which make it stand out.

For my first photoshoot I took some pictures of different places that represent jersey such as the harbour, Gorey Castle, le fregate, fort regent, St Catherine’s representing the environment I had when I was born compared to my other culture. And showing the places I have been to the most growing up.

Below are some of the edited images I am going to use in my photobook.

I decided to edit out the car in this image because it looked pretty boring and too busy with a car and chairs in the way. Without it looks more of a calming place to just go for a walk and admire.

For the right image, I thought it was too dark so I made it lighter since it would be more eye catching.

These are my gallery mock ups of my best images and they showcase the most important places that my grandad loved when he came to visit the island.

To create my photobook, I used the book mode in Lightroom Classic.

Image Selection

First, I selected all the images, which I have highlighted green and edited in all my photoshoots under this personal study and put them in a new folder called photobook, as they are my best images and the ones I have chosen to use for my book.

Next, I went through my images a removed the images which weren’t in my top 50, as I had selected over 150 images, and this would be way too many pages for my photobook, so instead I aimed for 50 pages.

Setting up my Book

Once I had my finished selection of images, I went into the book setting in Lightroom.

Next, I selected the size and orientation that I wanted my book to be.

Then, I chose whether I wanted a hard cover or soft cover book, as well as choosing what paper I wanted to use for my book.

I chose a hardcover book, as I feel this would be more aesthetically pleasing for my book. I also chose glossy premium lustre for my paper, which is a glossy paper made for photographs, as I also felt this would be more aesthetically pleasing.

Experimentation

The first thing I did for my photobook, was that I deleted each photo, so that I could start with a blank slate.

Then, I started experimenting with the layout of my images.

Next, I started experimenting with whether I would like my images to be full bleed, or not.

I also experimented with double page spreads.

I also experimented with having a three quarter page spread for a specific photo, because the main viewpoint in the image, which was the subjects, were sat in the gutter, which is not aesthetically pleasing, or what I wanted.

I also experimented with the differing the layout of some of my images and having some of my images with a similar layout.

At the back of my photobook I am also going to include my essay, which I have written based on this study.

Experimenting with Front Cover, Back Cover and Title

First, I experimented with having a single front cover and a different single back cover.

However, I didn’t really like this and I thought a double page spread for my front and back cover would work a lot better, so I started experimenting with the different images I could use.

I liked this image, but it didn’t work well as a double page spread, because the main viewpoint of the image is on the spine of the book.

I liked this photo as a double page spread, but thought the front cover may be too boring on it’s own.

The final image above is the one I have chosen to use, because it works well as a double page spread, and the front cover of the book has the main viewpoint on it, so it isn’t so boring.

Once I was happy with the front and back cover image I could start experimenting with my title.

Some title options:

• Girlhood
• My Girlhood
• Girl
• The Girlhood

Once I had decided on Girlhood as my title I could start experimenting with the font, size and colour.

The tools were on the right hand side of the screen and the options were to change the size, opacity, colour and font.

First, I experimented with the placement of my title.

Then, I experimented with the colour of my writing, because depending on my placement the writing couldn’t be seen that well. If my writing was placed at the top of the page black text was better, but if the text was at the bottom of the page the white writing was better.

Next, I started experimenting with coloured writing, but ultimately decided on white text.

Next, I experimented with the size of the text.

Finally, I experimented with the font and decided on Ariel Rounded MT bold.

Now, I think the title and my name is too bright with the white ink, so I decided to experiment with the opacity. I set all my writing opacity to 70%.

Next, I needed to add my title and name to the spine of my book.

I had to position my title and name where I did on the spine, so that the writing could be seen.

The sky in the centre of my image was too bright, due to shooting facing the sun, so I had to go back into develop mode and select the tool on the very right at the top.

Then, I had to select the sky and lower the highlights and exposure, so the sky was less bright and had some more blue in it.

Adding my Essay

Next, I had to copy and paste my essay in. I used the same font as I used for my title and I had the size on 8pt. My subtitles however are on 10pt and my title is on 17pt.

Then, I had to import the photographs I have used in my essay onto my book in the correct place.

Final Layout

Virtual Gallery

Evaluation:

Overall my images have been successful as I was able to restage multiple older images and make them look similar. I also like how I have edited many of the images to suit the certain tones of the older photos. If I were to redo this project I would try use similar backgrounds while restaging some of the images.