Feedback Evaluation

A very detailed and well presented research blog, really pleased to see your lighting diagrams, these would've definitely benefited with their corresponding photographs immediately next to them for reference, this is something you can add for the future. Photographs are well exposed and really sharp, there's a few little details that you can improve on - e.g the middle colour image has a big hair going down the face, that's a really quick fix on set, but much longer in post production. I really love the central monochromatic image, lovely tones, really strong composition and very nice lighting it suits the subject really well. It's a shame the image to the left is so different, posing/composition is really strong, but the lighting being so dark, It doesn't flatter as well as it could. I really like your approach to this brief and I wish to see you continue this into your next one.

I was extremely unhappy with my feedback from the prior unit, I have worked out my mark to be in the B section, as two aspects of my work met the A3 - A4 box and the other hit the B1 - B3 box. The aspects where I failed to meet a first was in cognitive skills and practical and professional skills. However after reading the comments I do understand why I have been marked down. When doing my project I focused on an editorial spread called (Place name here) so I deliberately made one of my photos very dark as I thought this would mirror my research, so I shot my low key shots with 2 different set ups, I can see how this didn't fit the brief as we were only asked to show one lighting set up, and the photo does just look really dark and underexposed and does not fit in with the 2 other images so I can understand why my work has been marked as unfamiliar and unpredictable. Another aspect I think I failed on is Photoshop, I should have researched Photoshop more actively to give myself a better understanding of it instead of expecting the skills to be given to me. However I am extremely happy that they liked my approach to the brief as I wanted to make it a little bit different, and I am also really proud of my posing/ composition as I myself do believe it is very strong.

What I need to work on

• Take time looking at images to see if there is anything I can correct on set, for example if I had moved the hair on the face on set the image would have looked a lot better, I need to slow down look and think about my images.
• I need to really understand the brief, and make sure that the changes that I am making will still fit the brief.
• I need to make sure that I am shooting on the right aperture, or at least an aperture that will be flattering for the model and evaluate changes if I do any.
• Practice, practice, practice!! I think my work would benefit A LOT from just taking the time to practice shooting, posing and camera set ups.