Future trip

500 word review

I think overall since joining Crawley College and taking photo’s on a regular basis my photography skills have improved, the quality of them and the way I take them. The quality of my photos has improved because I’m using a better camera and now I understand how to take a good photo, this means that I’m more concentrated and I will wait until I think I have ‘the perfect shot’.

When we first started studying the history into photography I came across a woman photographer called Diane Arbus and I automatically fell in love with her style of work, her simple but effective black and white images. 

That’s when I started to base my early images around her work because I found her work to be inspiring, I would say that I got one of my favourite images based on Diane Arbus.  The image I achieved was of me and it was taken using a Canon EOS 500D and a tripod.

I then took another photo, which I then edited so you can only see my mouth, bottom of my nose and some smoke. I based this photo on Diane Arbus as well, but I then wanted to bring her work into today’s world. I did this by putting some white lines horizontal, I wanted to break up and simple image and give it more dynamics.

Another image I have taken and I feel has come out well is from the rock concert at the hub in Hayward’s Heath College. The photo is of the main singer of a band called Skurvi; the photo that I took was pure luck. He was posing and I had to quickly take the Image, it wouldn’t have looked so good if I just missed it and he was moving his arms down.

I’m also extremely happy with the portrait of Amy Bacon, which I didn’t have to edit in any way. This means that I set up the light rig well and I’m really proud of how the final images came out.

An image that I’m not so happy with is the edited one of Izzy, I think that the photo’s that I got could have been stronger so the final image would of looked better. I personally think that the three images that are edited together at the moment don’t look that great; I would of rather taken more than three photo’s so I had a choice.

Broken glass project

I decided to use a background picture of a pig. I then had to copy across the broken screen affect, chose the right layer then press "sceen" which makes it see-through. I then added it over the top of my original image and it created this.

post card from the future, leaflet

here is my finished postcard from the future leaflet:

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1Py5m_276MMVUt0bktERUtRNUdIZVpZRlMzTE1jdw

postcard from the future extra photo

i decied to take another one of my photo's and edit it in a different way. i decided to add in a UFO and an alien, i then changed the brightness of this photo and make the colours darker, so the photo looks more dull.

postcard from the future

To your right is what i think the future will be like in Crawley town center, i have a before and after image. For my finial image's i have deiced to add in aliens and ufo's in photos of different parts of crawley.

To your left is another photo of Crawley being taken over by aliens, i decided to use a normal street road and show how if aliens do come to this world they will need places to park their UFO's.

The last photo that i have chosen to use is taken from Crawley College tower block on the 9th floor. I wanted to get a high up prospective of some of Crawley thats why i on purposely went to this side of the building so i could get some of the college in the photo and the County Mall.

I dont personally think the world will be taken over by aliens, but i understand that many people think it will happen and thats why i wanted to see what it would be like.

izzy

alen sugar

i used the lasso key (L), quickmask (Q), turn the selection inyo a layder ( cmd j), movr the layer to another photo (move tool = v key then drag) and copy the layer (cmd j)

post card from the future treatment

(L3) Photography Project Treatment Form

1 Type of production and brief details on Subject/Concept that you wish to portray:

I don’t want my photo to be taken seriously, that’s why I want to use cartoon UFO’s.

2 Facilities: What facilities do you need for this project list all including software and hardware for the whole project I will need a camera, preferably a cannon and photoshop to edit my photos on CS5

3 Finance: If you produced this project outside of the college you need to show how much it would cost to hire the equipment that you intend to use. List the item and the purchase/hire cost next to it

Item Purchase/hire cost Canon eos 550d with 18-55mm IS lens Purchase £530.00 or 3 day hire at £64 Adobe Photoshop cs5 Purchase £488 or

4 Codes of practice and regulation: What regulations to you need to be aware of. Think about college policy as well as regulatory bodies that you looked at in Term 1 Assignment 2, Worksheet 1.6 Regulation and Safety notes. Say why they are relevant to your project.

Health and Safety at Work Act (1974), Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Regulations (2002), Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (1998), Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992 found here: • Introduction to Rights & Licensing by Pro-Imaging • Organiser’s Guide to the Bill of Rights by Pro-Imaging assessments

5 Contributors: Who do you need to help this for you project? This includes talent and crew.

Crew and Role: Megan Seamer Photographer and editer Talent and Role: none

6 Presentation: How will you present the pictures for the factsheet/leaflet? Can you give some rough thumbnails of the final layout?

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