LO5- 8 Final edits with descriptions and evaluations/ What went well..

"Depression of the mind"

This photo was taken on the 18th of march and was taken at mid day in the assembly hall. The techniques i have used are single point perspective and rule of thirds. I used these in order to show of multiple aspects of the photo such as the person and the buildings. The photo depicts the subject (Callum) sat in front of the windows over looking Sheffield city centre. The editing techniques I have used in this are contrast, saturation blur and curves. I separated the model from the background in order to edit him separately from the background and give the idea that he is suffering from depression I did this by darkening him and making the buildings brighter in order to show the subjects state of mind.

"Seeing double"

This photo was taken on the 4th of February in the town centre. The technique I used in this photo was single point perspective. I used this in order to make the model the focal point. When I was editing this photo I wanted to convey the idea that the model was becoming the thing he was holding this. I achieved this by layering a picture of a ball onto the original image I then duplicated that image so that it would appear he is either becoming or apart of the ball he's holding. I also edited aspects such as contrast and brightness to further enhance the photo.

 "split wave"

This photo was taken on the 4th of February in the town centre outside winter gardens. The movements I took inspiration from were the surrealist movement from the 1920s. When i was taking my initial photos I used single point perspective in order to make the fountain the subject of the photo. When I was editing my photos I wanted to create the effect of two of the same object colliding with one another. I did this by duplicating the fountain and rotating them to look as if the two are colliding. 

"Skyscraper garden"

This photo was taken on the 4th of February in peace gardens. The techniques i used when taking this photo were a high exposure leading lines and emphasis of colour. I did this in order to capture the light of the sun coming over the roof of the buildings shown and the colour that was being given off.  When i was editing this photo i wanted to give a glow effect to the photo of the plants  to give the idea that it was something unworldly or holy. I then chose to use editing techniques such as contrast, vibrancy and curves to emphasise the colour and detail within the photo.

"worlds colliding"

This photo was taken on the 4th of February outside the winter gardens. The techniques i used when taking this photo were single point perspective and depth of field. I used these techniques in order to give the image a subject. For the meaning of this photo I wanted to give the impression that two different worlds were colliding. I did this by taking another photo and merging it with the first. I selected the fountain of the first photo and set an area in which I wanted to merge the two photos and then took a section of the second photo and merge it into the fountain. I then turned it green in order to have the two different sections stand out from one another.            

"aqua energy"

This photo was taken on the 4th of February in peace gardens. This photo depicts the water fountains in peace gardens. The techniques I used in this photo was leading lines and single point perspective. When i was editing this photo I wanted to have the water stand out from everything else in the photo so i created a new layer in order to separate the background and the water. I then used the saturation tool in order to make the water more colourful and the background darker. I also used contrast in order for the water to have more distinct edges and lighting.

"Urban ocean"

This photo was taken on the 14th of February in peace gardens. The movements i took inspiration were surrealism for the weird aspect and real world places such as the salt flats in Bolivia. I wanted to give the impression that there was a ocean or sea underneath the city creating the reflection. I accomplished this by using a technique i used in a previous edit of duplicating and merging together the same photo. I then used an effect where the transparency of bottom photo progressively got lower to give the effect you see on oceans or on the Bolivian salt flats. I then added a gradient of a light blue colour so that it still looked like some form of ocean or a even the sky.

"Descending orbs"

This photo was taken on the 14th of February in peace gardens. The technique i used in this photo was the rule of thirds. This photo depicts the subject (Callum) running through peace gardens. I then added another photo into the skyline to give the photo another subject. When i edited this i removed the sky and added the photo of the fountains and then added a glow to the bottom of the photo in order to give the skyline a weird or somewhat holy outline.

My edits fit the brief because i believe i have shown key aspects of Sheffield such as peace and winter gardens effectively as the theme of the shoot is the identity of Sheffield. For example I believe  that i have used aspects such as colour and depth of field to really bring the photos to life. Also i believe that my use of the photographic techniques helps give the photos more definition to them allowing the identity of the photo (Sheffield) to be the main focus of the photo.

I believe that what went well in these shoots were that they allowed me to experiment with many different photographic elements and techniques I hadn't used before such as exposure, depth of field and layering. What I think I could improve on for if I were to do this shoot again would be take photos in more diverse locations in order to get different backdrops and set pieces. Also I would take photos in different times of day other than mid-day so that I could experiment with different levels of light.