photography eveluation

Mark Epton

Photography evaluation

In photography lesson we had to create a freaky image using objects we find that are unusual. I researched freaky pictures to find something for inspiration and I found a lot of pictures that were freaky but they were from the Victorian times and they were of people that were in freak shows. For a freaky image you have to have something that is unusual or freaky or something that just isn’t right. The freaky images I found weren’t just freaky because of the things the people were doing or looked like they were also freaky because they were black and white. The cameras that were used in the Victorian times were called bellows camera and you had to sit in front of them for up to half an hour, so for the pictures from my research you would have to sit very still or the picture would be blurred. I also did some research on the bellows camera, and I found out that the photographer would move the backwards and forwards to focus the camera and they would then add a glass plate with chemicals on to take the picture. My idea was to have some freaky objects that stand out to people and create a final piece using those images I wanted my final piece to look as freaky as possible but with the blue background it didn’t work. The location I used to take the photos was the room next door because it was empty and there was room to set up the lighting and tripod. The props that were used were unusual but not that unusual. I could have made them weirder using the tools in Photoshop but I didn't because I wanted to leave them how they was. To editing my final photographs I used the curves tool in Photoshop to make the pictures lighter and darker and the pen tool to merge the pictures together to make a collage of photographs. For my final task I made an advert that was advertising a film.

If I could do the project again I would make the photos look more weird using the tools on Photoshop, I’ve learned to not waste time with the lighting and get the photo's done in a short amount of time so  I can get them edited to get my final piece done and make it look better than it does. I don't think the my final piece matches the proposal because I did something different and I don't think it meets the assignment brief because the brief asked for a freaky image but my image want freaky enough to meet he brief. If I was to do the vase again I would have made the opacity lower to make the glass see through and I would make it a bit lighter and I would add I little shine using the paint tool.