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Please comment on the suitability of the edited images for the SCHOOL BROCHURE
What impression do you get about the school from the BROCHURE images
In general, how could the images be improved for the brochure?	Better original images Improved focus More interesting subjects Less obvious editing none of the above
Looking critically at the PHOTO ESSAY images, is the focus of the subject clear
What impression do you get about my subject from the PHOTO ESSAY images
In general, how could the images be improved for the photo essay?	Better original images Improved focus More interesting subjects Less obvious editing none of the above
Do my pictures suit the theme of the school brochure?
Do my pictures all roughly about the same one topic in the photo essay?
Does the school brochures pictures go together well or do they clash?
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Unit 9 Evaluation

The 3 purposes of nature and decay, school brochure and photo essay was to show people different ways of presenting the pictures i took. I mainly used Photoshop to edit any of my pictures then posted them to my blog. I struggled using Photoshop but soon got used to it yet some things i didn't know how to use on there. I asked help and slowly learnt how to do certain things on there. 

Nature and Decay was an exerbition of picture so it had to be clear pictures with mild editing to each photo. I mainly cropped and did little but effective edits which improved the pictures massively by most of the time making the colours stand out more. My pictures were defiantly improved. 

The school brochure was to entice people to come to the school, Hence the need of good long shots of the different parts of the school and what the school has to offer people. I made the school brochure bright and attractive so it stands out and attracts attention. 

The photo essay is to present pictures in a way to tell a story. In the photo essay i chose to focus on the life of my dog. 'bert' I thought it was appropriate as the photo essay is a good example of telling a story and how easy bert's life was. 

I was 'after' my pictures to look attractive and to have clear, focused photos. This was to make them look better and fit the purpose of what i was taking the photos for. 

I enjoyed taking the pictures as i could get different angles and different shots. 

I didn't enjoy editing as i cant use photoshop that well. Luckily i know the basics for photoshop and that still helped me improve my pictures yet i would like to learn more so i can edit my pictures better than i have. I generally enjoy editing i just dont like the fact i dont know how to use certain things on photoshop. 

My best image is a long shot of the school this is because it shows the surroundings of the school and the school is a nice place to look at so it also stands out and looks nice. In the current brochure there is a picture very alike. This makes the brochure look very professional. 

In the photo essay there is a picture of Bert running in the garden. This is to show the chilled out life this dog leads. I practiced taking photos so i could take photos to the best of my ability however there is always room for improvement. 

I didn't like the nature and decay section as the photos were very dull. I had a look at many photos of the internet of nature and decay even though i only did decay. I mainly looked at examples off google and got a few ideas. I edited all of the decay pictures which improved the look of the dull photos i took. This made the pictures stand out more. 

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I improved my skills of as a photographer by practicing taking photos and looking on the internet of professional images. Also my teacher provided help sheets which helped. I mainly practiced at home taking a few photos of my horse while moving to get good angles of animals movement. Then i took photos of my dog which also helped me produce some good movement images. I enjoyed the whole experience of taking and editing the photographs. 

I thought that flickr,youtube and blogger was a good way of presenting my pictures in certain ways. I liked using flickr because i made a slideshow and it was a good way of presenting my pictures and i liked the way they was set out on the slide show. 

i got feedback on my images by using 'freed back' this was a way of making a easy way of getting feed back. This website made it better for me to get feedback. This helped me find out what i did good and not so well in my work for unit 9. 

Photo Essay For Unit 9

Completed School Brochure

Nature And Decay Slideshow

Picture Essay

I changed the picture to black and white because i feel it made the picture stand out and make more of a statement. The reason i only cropped and turned my picture black and white as i feel my picture did not need much editing but the editing i did do has now improved the pictures. The orignal colours were dull but the saturation worked. (Top picture before, Bottom picture after.) 

The techniques i used was changing the exposure. I did this because i thought that in places of the original picture was dull. I also put the brightness up a bit as i wanted the whole picture to light up more to bring out the colours. However The orignal colours were mixed and have benefitted from this edit. I also cropped the picture to attract attention to the middle of the picture. (Top picture before, Bottom picture After.) 

In this edited picture i have used selective colour as certain colour then can stand out. I also used brightness and contrast to darken the picture and possibly lighten the picture in certain places. I made the picture darker for the purpose of the background, things were going on and i now think the picture has defiantly been improved with the editing that has been done to it. (After top picture, Before bottom picture.)

I have edited this picture and changed it to black and white, i did this because there was a range of dull colours and this picture looks a lot better now it's just black and white. It brings out the white in the picture and the background of the photo also stands out nicely in black and white. The purpose of this edit was to block out the mixture of colours in this picture. the background of the picture took the colour away from the centre of the picture which didnt make the picture look as good. ( Before top picture, After bottom picture.)