Exam- Final Review/ Evaluation

 Exam Review: 


How have your original ideas / concepts changed from the start of the project? 


My final idea changed a lot from my first idea because at the beginning I wanted to do 'Sports Experiences' and at the end I chose to do "Five Senses". I think that I chose the right idea because it gives more options and I can take variety of photos for it which I think will be more effective. 


How have your original ideas developed through experimenting with techniques, materials and equipment?


My ideas developed in a more effective and interesting way because before the experiments I only had few simple SLR camera photos and film negatives. After the experiments my photos have developed because I had more options like: reversals, joining negatives together, photoshop experiments like artistic cutout, selected colour, water effect and also splatter spray. It gave me a lot of brief ideas for my final outcome. 


How have your original ideas developed as a result of researching the work of others? 


My final ideas haven't really developed through looking at artists because in the exam I wanted to be more independent and just do my ideas rather then having it influenced by others. However, the artists I looked at, did gave a bit of help in my experimentation because they showed my that my photos don't have to be simple, they can be fun and original. 


Do you think your ideas will continue to change and develop as your work progresses? Do you have any further experimenting / research to do that you think might change / improve your ideas? 


Yes my work will change because I think that every time I do something and finish it , I review it and I know that I can do better and make it more effective so at the end I always add some things and experiment a bit more with different techniques. I have no longer any more experiments to do as I tried everything that I wanted out. 


EXAM EVALUATION: 


Before the exam I prepared everything that I needed, this includes: taking photos, getting materials like the sketch book and stuff to stick in my book and also printing out digital photos. I also planned everything out so that on the exam I won't be confused and I know what I will be doing in the right order so that I can finish on time.
 Before the exam I also did a lot of experiments in the darkroom and using photoshop so that I can have an experience with everything and so that I can learn new skills which was very helpful during exam because my final outcome shows a range of experiments and not every photo is simple which I think is good because it shows that I can do a lot of skilful things in photography not just few, simple ones. 


My final outcome was a sketchbook that looked like a photo album/ book . What I did was take photos of all five senses and what links with it. When i took the photos I edited the digital ones before printing them out and I developed my negatives in the darkroom during the exam. The rest of the exam consisted of me sticking the photos in making them more effective by adding few more edits, sticking things in like materials so that there is an artistic side of the book and finally painting,writing and drawing stuff in so that it doesn't have any blank pages. 


The artists that influenced me during my exam was Rankin and Gerdline Georges because they showed me that photos don't have to be boring and simple but they can have an artistic side and that you can add drawings and other materials to your photos to make them unique. Without looking at these artists I wouldn't have that much knowledge that I have now and I wouldn't get as far as I did with my exam experimentation and final outcome. 


I think that my final outcome came out really good because I did everything that I planned doing. It is not simple, it has an artistic side to it so it shows bigger range of skills. I am happy with my final outcome as it is effective and original from all the other work and this is was I was aiming for. 
If i had time to improve my work I would edit more of my photos to make them more unique and effective as some of the photos are a bit simple and not in focus. I would also add more art materials as some of the photos seem to be a bit blank. 

Adobe Photoshop Experiments

Adobe Photoshop Experiments 

Original Image:

PHOTOSHOP EDITS: 

This was an experiment to make my photos look like a comic or a acrylic painting. I edited these photos using photoshop using the hue/saturation adjustments and also the filter-artistic-cutout options. I think it looks interesting because the effect gives it a nice look especially with the colours. I will be using this technique in these photos during my exam to put in my made-up book.

Original Image:

PHOTOSHOP EDIT:

This was also done using Photoshop, I edited by getting an image form google of the black splatter spray, then I got one of my black and white images and colorised it to make it look purple-bluey colour. I then combined these two images together so that my image is in the middle of the splatter. Before i did this, I had to make my image smaller so that you can see the screaming face exactly in the middle.   I think that this was an interesting thing to experiment on because it was fun and the final outcome came out great. It is effective because it can be used in a lot of things like photos, posters and film/cd covers.
I will be using this image in my exam.   

ORIGINAL IMAGE: 

PHOTOSHOP EDIT:

ORIGINAL IMAGE:

PHOTOSHOP EDIT:

This was a fun experiment of making bits of of my coloured and making the rest black and white. The second image is also blurred out so that the final effect is more interesting and so that the focus can be only on the colour bit. I enjoyed doing this experiment because it helped me explore more options and what I can do to make my photos a bit more interesting and effective. I edited these photos using Photoshop by turning my image black and white and then selecting few things to make them in colour. I will be using these photos during my exam.

ORIGINAL IMAGE:

PHOTOSHOP EDIT:

This is another artistic cutout that I did using Photoshop. In my opinion the cutout looks better then the original photo because it gives it an interesting outlook and contrast. The pink also indicates love and as you can see there is more shades of  in the edited photo rather than the original. I am going to use this photo in my exam.  

ORIGINAL IMAGE: 

PHOTOSHOP EDIT:

ORIGINAL IMAGE:

PHOTOSHOP EDIT:

These photos were blurred out to give them and interesting water effect. I like them because the focus is only on one part of the picture which makes you focus only on that. the blurred effect also looks good because it makes the photo look mysterious, like you don't know what is behind it. 

Overall, I enjoyed doing these experiments because I have learnt new skills. It also helped to make my photos look more effective and interesting which is a good thing. The photoshop experiment gave me idea that not all my photos have to look simple. It also gave me experience so that I know what I will be doing for my final exam.