Task 4 - Review
I evaluated my work and reflected back on what I believe I did well and what could have been improved.
Evaluation Title
of project: Island Quest reference pack
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1. Original intentions
What were the original intentions
of your project? What were the photographs for and what was the creative
intent behind the brief? Has the project met the original intentions and
why?
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To create a
reference pack to be used to make ancient Greek styled characters. The photographs were for
said reference pack, the project met the original intentions well enough
despite the animals being a little less “Ancient Greek” than desired.
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2. The
production of meaning. How have
audiences responded to your images? Was the audience response what you
expected? Do the photographs create the intended meaning?
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Based on feedback
from my classmates the images apparently do their intended job well of giving
a good reference to the designer of the animal or parts of the animal.
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3. The production
process.
What techniques did you use to produce
the work? What skills did you develop? What went well? What difficulties did
you encounter?
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I used manual
settings on the camera, Some canted shots and mostly portrait or landscape
close ups and extreme close ups, I believe I developed a better eye for
photography in general as when I put my mind to the second shoot I believe
the pictures came out quite well.
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4. How do your photographs compare to similar professionally produced
examples? What are the similarities to your work?
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The similarities
between my reference packs and professional reference packs is the style of
photography I tried to keep the subjects as centred as possible. However I don’t
believe my work could be passed off as professional just yet, I would need to
brush up my work by conducting at least 1 or 2 more shoots.
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5. What are the strengths and weaknesses of your photographs? Following audience feedback for your photographs,
how effective are they at communicating with the audience?
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The strengths of my
photographs are the images came out clear and focused and you can see the
details of the animals. The weaknesses are that some of the pictures are
angled slightly awkwardly for a reference pack such as the canted shots of
the rabbits.
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6. If you were to do this project again, what would you change?
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I
would take a lot more pictures of the animals even if I believed I had the
perfect shot I would take more just to be sure, I would also widen my
selection of animals I could take pictures of by taking a trip to a zoo or
wildlife sanctuary.
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