Inspiration

Unit 57 - Photography Learning outcomes:

1- Understand different applications of photography

2- Know how to use photographic equipment and employ photographic techniques

3- Be able to plan and produce photographic images for a specified purpose

4- Be able to reflect upon photographic work.

My inspiration within photography spanned into my power-points of the types of photography I studied, spanned mainly towards Irvine Penn and his photography (work).
In this evaluation of myself in this subject, to start with, the applications of photography, my knowledge began to grow and understand how all the steps work. Missing days on this subject, due to absence because of university, ill, hospital, doctors, started to become tricky to catch up with information collecting for the coursework needed to hand in, however I caught up gradually and gained a vast knowledge in these aspects.

To know how to use photographic equipment was something I was quite covered in before, as I studied parts new a lot about digital cameras and editing, so I focused on film and the old fashion, you could say, of how photography used to be taken. I adored it, it's very in-depth and interesting to create and make, feels like you created a piece of art more, than using digital where it's too easy.
So, the equipment and employing the photographic techniques started to become another strong point with my knowledge, as I gradually got the hang of it all.

My plan was to do fashion with film, I produce a collection of shots, developed. I feel very proud of some, the focus and you can almost get a texture feel from some of them. I feel like some could be use for fashion advertisements or animals advertisements (include a fashion aspect).

My reflection of my work is sentimental, as I'm incredibly proud, as it was tricky to produce some, however now, it's a fascinating subject to go into as a hobby, only with film. I find digital as an easy subject to conquer. The disadvantages I would state about film, is that damage can come to your work when you leave it too dry, as this happened to a piece of mine (I was very proud of it now), however the damage it creates a vintage feel towards it. The other is that you need patience for this, it takes determination and will to want to learn about every aspect, to be able to create the image you would like.