Evaluation

Overall I was very happy with my outcomes of this project. I managed to create sets of photos that I thought were interesting and I pushed myself as much as I could get capture the best images and shoot as much as possible so I had a good selection to make my final selection from.

I feel this project has helped me appreciate that your initial ideas are just as important as your end photographs and that the concepts and technical side of photography come hand in hand.

I did struggle with the in the city project as I was finding it hard to select a subject to shoot. I didn’t want to photograph people as I had done this in the street portraits project and felt that if I did shoot people both sets of work would end up the same. Once I had a subject I did complete some research and found a photographer (Gregor Graf) who really helped me envision the photos I wanted. I would have really liked to follow Grafs work more and maybe use a neutral density filter and a really long exposure to capture as few people as possible and make the streets seem desolate as I think without the people and signs a city looses some of it's identity.

For the street portraits project I was happy with my final images as they all shared the same framing and composition, which was my ultimate goal. I didn’t want an underlying link between the subjects I just wanted 6 photos of strangers that shared continuity through composition and I feel I have achieved this. I would have liked to have shot a lot more people but I was finding it hard due to weather and commitments to other aspects of the unit. I will definitely take this project on again in my own time and see how far I can push it as I feel it was a great confidence boost and I really enjoyed meeting people and hearing a little about them and sharing a connection through photographing them.