My feedback from last semester:
"Good research and experimentation, moodboard is a little vague in places and could definitely be better put together, its looks a little messy as some of the images are stretched and the gaps are uneven, not a big deal but something to consider for the future - is everything you hand in is an opportunity to be creative! I cant believe I'm going to say this but your final images are in desperate need of some post production, overall they are nicely exposed and well composed. Just a little tweak with the contrast and some spotting would've gone a very long way indeed. looking forward I want you to get some feedback before submitting next time on your pictures and I think spend a bit more time doing those finishing touches that make all the difference."
Evaluation of my last semester
Looking back on last semester, I feel I come along way since then, even though I learnt the basics and I was very apprehensive with getting on board with this topic. I took the time to really find out my strengths and weaknesses when reading back on my feedback. First of all my moodboard needed tidying up more structure and to paint a clearer picture to the audience with what exactly I'm trying to show, I struggled with this because I didn't take enough time to go over and adapt this or gather feedback from my peers in class, which I have been able to do this term which has worked in my favour. I completely took this constructive critic on board and have practiced and played around with these skills this semester, even though there is always room to improve during my first year in order to prepare myself for the hard years ahead.
I also need to get used to using indesign and photoshop because these will be my best friends in the upcoming years to execute my work to its best. I was a bit messy with making sure my images from my mood board were in line, I have taken this on board and will take time to go over these programs in more depth, I feel when it comes to using programs on the IMAC I struggle and find it hard to get to grips with it all, but once I learn the new skills and repeat the process it will stay and will not forget how to work it.
The on the other hand, I feel my strengths with my photography had strengthened coming up to the end of my final semester and even now I can see myself improving further and becoming more adventurous and creative; I feel looking back on my images I submitted for my digital production 1. I played it to safe and I needed to adjust and make changes in post production. I was happy that my exposure and my models were well composed, I feel directing my models I feel comfortable with now and even then I made them feel relaxed in my presence, well I like to think so as I achieved images in the way I wanted and they had fun with this.
I feel I needed to work on editing my photos more, with tweaking the contrast and editing out spotting/ blemishes, I feel I didn't do this because I didn't feel confident at the time and I feel we only looked over photo shop very briefly but this has been taken on board for next time, to enhance my models features and remove unwanted spotting etc.
When seeing Chris for my one to one, I found it very useful and took on board the constructive criticism, working on exposure, contrasts and slight editing, nothing much but just by changing slight things can make all the difference and will bring out the colour and beauty of the models. He was pleased with how far I had come and I just need to build confidence and just test different equipment and test shots, its best to make as many mistakes as this can only build your skills further and confidence; I have taken this on board and have seen the vast improvements in the last month of being back.
