Final Evaluation

Final Evaluation: 

My work has improved and developed, along with my style of photography as a result of my artist’s researches. One of the most influential on my work was Irving Penn.

 I loved his dark style of photography. I also like the portrait shots of buildings by Bernd and Hilla Becher(below). I've drastically improved my Photoshop skills, I’m now able to edit photographs and create new photographs, such as composite imaging.

  

I’ve changed the way I take photographs as I’m now more considerate in what I’m framing and how I want to angle the shot. I can choose appropriate camera settings for each environment and know how to experiment with them to achieve the shot I want. For instance I know that the higher ISO I use the grainer the image will be. I can also use this knowledge as well as my knowledge of hardware; for example if I’ve used a directional light source like a torch I can diffuse it against a white surface to make the light softer.

I’ve displayed my ability to use computer editing, such as Photoshop by creating composite images from my own photographs. I’ve displayed my knowledge and the development of my techniques, like camera settings in my further shoots where I’ve experimented and improved on some of my initial ideas.

My work is developing into my own style, influenced by Irving Penn’s darkness and also Henry Cartier Bresson’s decisive moment. How my taking photographs has stopped being about what I want to capture in the image and more about what I want the viewer to see or feel.

Here are some examples of my work:

  This image relates to Hilla and Becher.

 These two relate to Irving Penn.