Photography evaluation

The assignment for photography was to create a freaky image by taking photos of unusual objects and merging them together to make an advert.

I took pictures of a blue varse and I also took a picture of a clapperboard. I first researched freaky images so I had more of an idea of what to do, what I did to find the freaky images I searched in google images 'freaky and weird images' and I got a lot of results, some of them I didn’t like as they was to freaky and would of not been suitable and then I found some that I liked and got inspiration from. The characteristics of a freaky images is anything from bulging eyes to a weird ornament found in someone’s home but my favorite part is when there are freaky images and when they are real and haven’t been Photoshoped so people will look at them and admire them, these are my favorites as that they are unique and unusual. I also think a freaky characteristic is when something is terrifying but makes you want to look at them twice and they are creepy and weird.

 I’ve always been into photography, but I didn’t know what all the fancy words on the top of the camera did, but now I know that A is for Apature the aperture is the opening in the lens, formed by a set of diaphragm blades. By changing the aperture setting, these blades can be made to open and close and consequently allow more or less light to hit the camera sensor, M is for Manual mode which gives you complete control over the three elements of exposure, S is for Speed, shutter speed is a measure of how long your camera’s sensor is exposed to light and P is for Program, program exposure mode is the thinking person's auto: the camera chooses the most important settings for you.

My idea was to merge my image to make a freaky home decor advert for people that like unusual things and for the people who collect freaky objects. I used my camera to take photos, I took them in the room next door because it was quiet and easier to concentrate, the main reason I wanted to go into the other room was I needed to concentrate so I didn’t mess up the photograph. I used a red head light and what a red head light do is flood the light out of large areas, and are also useful to fill and backlights.

Through the editing process I used Photoshop and in Photoshop I used the level tool to make my images lighter and the quick selection tool to cut out my images. I also used the pen tool to get smoother edges.

If I could do it differently I would take more pictures and put more pictures onto my final design. I think my final images does meet the brief because it is freaky and weird.