Structure
1. What was the project theme and what did you think of it?
The theme was architecture doing both interior and exterior shots, and also compositing the interior and perspective warp tool for exteriors.
I thought that the challenge of compositing was memorable to me from the recycle brief, but the idea of doing full frame shots with every angle of one building with minimal traffic or disruption seemed difficult.
2. What part of the project did you enjoy the most/found most interesting (making the photographs? Optimising images? printing?)
Making the interior photographs, because I believe that they turned out the best, due to light resource.
3. What new techniques have you experienced?
Learning perspective warp tool, and learning verticals of buildings, sometimes need to be corrected in the photographing process whilst still keeping the integrity of the building intact.
4. What technique would you like to develop further?
I would like to develop my use of the prospective warp tool and the blending of layers, when one single exposure can't capture all elements of the room, such as my one interior shot where I bleed both tungsten light with window light, and also focusing window reflection, etc.
5. Which photographers did you research throughout this project?
I looked at the work of Henry Cartier Braeson, specifically because I enjoy historical photography and one of our research tasks was to look at how cameras could take accurate photos of buildings before modern technology.
6. How have they influenced your photographs?
Since looking at both modern and historical photography, I had learned that there are many different aspects and details of building that can make for interesting photography if displayed and exposed correctly.
7. Which technique did you enjoy the most?
Compositing and correcting verticals through prospective warp tools.
8. What do you feel is the most successful part of your project and Did you encounter any problems in your project?
Capturing the building from an unseen angle, including my interior shots, I felt like a lot of people had chosen to photograph the same building, due to resources and time management so I wanted to make mine stand out.
10. How did you learn from them and how did they affect your final images?
I encountered flat dull lighting, with small breaks in cloud movement, I looked for the best timing overall with minimal traffic and minimal pedestrians. I brightened up my images by looking at levels and adjusted them by 1.2+-1.4 +
11. What would you do differently given the chance to complete the project again?
I would wait for better lighting, and compose my images slightly differently for the full exterior shot as I originally converted my shots into black and white, and then converted them back. I would have spent a little bit more time editing.
12. Discuss any technical issues with your final images? (Focus, sharpness, exposure, highlight/shadow detail, )
For my 1 full exterior shot, I would like there to be a higher level of sharpness and focus, that I tried to correct through editing software but can't be compared to in camera.
