Evaluation
By doing artist research throughout component 1 I have been able to produce work that has been inspired by what they have done however this has also enabled me to go beyond he artists concepts and create work that is more than just a replication of the artists work. An example of this within component 1 is within my landscape blog post when I focused on Victoria Siemers geometric reflections. To develop my work I have tried to replicate her work using the geometric reflections technique in photoshop and then to try and go beyond her concepts I tried to add in more than one geometric reflection and use geometric shapes in other ways within my edits. Another artist that has influenced me is Elena Oganesyan. This artist research is within my portraiture blog post. This photographer uses movement within her work to make peoples faces less visible and in some cases it creates a surreal effect. Initially I recreated her images by using the model to move their hand across their face whilst using a long shutter speed to take the photo. I liked the effect that this created however I then decided to go beyond the artists concepts by taking photos of graffiti and putting this in the background of the photos. This made the photo a lot more aesthetically pleasing and I felt as though it gave the photo a edgy feel.
This is Elena Oganesyan's image. I tried to use the artists ideas to then go beyond them and incorporate my own ideas.
This is the image that I have created in relation to her work. My image is similar to Elena's because I have explored the idea of movement within my images. This is the main thing that she looks at within her photography. This also shows that I have gone beyond the artists concepts by using photo of graffiti to add to the background.
During component 1 I have gained knowledge of different technical skills which have allowed me to take a wider range of images. Firstly I have learnt and understood the settings on my camera in a lot more depth. For example I have learnt that to capture motion I would need to use a long shutter speed and when taking landscape images with a wide depth of field I would need to use a high f-stop. By knowing these camera settings I have been able to capture images that have even exposure and are in focus. I have also been able to include the use of narrow and wide depth of field within my photos. I have also learnt how to set up a photography studio and which different parts of equipment I would need to shoot in a studio. By learning this I have been able to have a lot more freedom in when I can take my photos as I do not need help to set the studio up. This enabled me tho complete more shoots and get my work completed more effectively and independently. Within the studio I have leaner that using soft boxes aimed at a 45 degree angle to the model will create a smooth and soft lighting effect. By knowing this I was able to manipulate the lighting within the studio to create softer and harsher shadows. Especially during my portraiture blog post this was very useful for me to be able to express a range of personalities within my images. The way that I have taken photographs has changed but also improved. This is because I am able to use my camera in fully manual mode enabling me to alter the settings depending on the location of the photos I am taking and the weather conditions that I am taking the photos in.
During component 1 I feel as though showing how I have experimented throughout my work has improved over the course of completing this. For example during my landscape and portraiture blog posts I have experimented in greater depth when editing my images. Throughout this component I edited a lot of my photos on photoshop therefore I feel as though a weakness within this component would be that I did not complete enough physical experimental edits during my work.
I feel as though as whole my work has developed in the direction of looking at composition. This is because I feel as though I have expressed using different compositions within my work to make the photos I am taking more aesthetically pleasing. An example of this would be within my tone blog post. When taking photos of different buildings I used many different compositions within my work to make the photos look different from one another. This is evident in my formal elements portfolio.
Overall I feel as though I was successful in identifying which areas of my work were strong and what parts needed improving. I have done this when I looked at my best images and images that needed improvement for each shoot. I also feel as though I completed a sufficient number of shoots within this component in order to create the best portfolio that I could. By doing a wide range of shoots it gave me a lot of options when selecting which images I wanted to edit and I feel as though this helped me to be able to select the best images. As I previously mentioned one of the things that I felt was unsuccessful within component 1 was that I did not physically edit enough of my images, the main editing that I did was on photoshop. I also feel as though I could have improved on using diagrams to explain the planning process for each of my shoots.
This is Elena Oganesyan's image. I tried to use the artists ideas to then go beyond them and incorporate my own ideas. 
This is the image that I have created in relation to her work. My image is similar to Elena's because I have explored the idea of movement within my images. This is the main thing that she looks at within her photography. This also shows that I have gone beyond the artists concepts by using photo of graffiti to add to the background. During component 1 I feel as though showing how I have experimented throughout my work has improved over the course of completing this. For example during my landscape and portraiture blog posts I have experimented in greater depth when editing my images. Throughout this component I edited a lot of my photos on photoshop therefore I feel as though a weakness within this component would be that I did not complete enough physical experimental edits during my work.
I feel as though as whole my work has developed in the direction of looking at composition. This is because I feel as though I have expressed using different compositions within my work to make the photos I am taking more aesthetically pleasing. An example of this would be within my tone blog post. When taking photos of different buildings I used many different compositions within my work to make the photos look different from one another. This is evident in my formal elements portfolio.
Overall I feel as though I was successful in identifying which areas of my work were strong and what parts needed improving. I have done this when I looked at my best images and images that needed improvement for each shoot. I also feel as though I completed a sufficient number of shoots within this component in order to create the best portfolio that I could. By doing a wide range of shoots it gave me a lot of options when selecting which images I wanted to edit and I feel as though this helped me to be able to select the best images. As I previously mentioned one of the things that I felt was unsuccessful within component 1 was that I did not physically edit enough of my images, the main editing that I did was on photoshop. I also feel as though I could have improved on using diagrams to explain the planning process for each of my shoots.
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