Evaluation

The project title for this brief was Everyday Life and I had to get a load of photographs of everyday life which is basically anything. For my finals 6, I made the theme name of “Destination Unknown” which meant looking at a person or a car etc. Going somewhere but no knowing where it would be going to. I felt this was a good theme to follow down because it gave a wide scope to look at different aspects of life. In my six photographs I looked at travel, post, and people. I feel that the post box photograph was a very in depth photo to look at for the unknown destination.

My first photograph was of a man walking down a set of stairs in a multi-story car park. I feel that the photo to start with was captured well because of the natural light that appears. When I edited the photo I just used the brightness and contrast tool to make the photo stand out and look even better, and this tool gave it a great look and did for most of my photographs. I feel that the negative space around the man is an aspect that also makes it stand out loads and the bold colours of the brick wall make it stand out. I had another shoot with the same man and this was down the same stairs but high up and the lighting didn’t play well that time, which is why I used the photo I did.

The next photograph I used was of a car using the underpass by the airport, I thought this was a good photo because there were a few different stories of what could have been going on e.g. dropping someone off, coming back from a holiday etc. After editing the photograph I use the photo that was black and white because I felt it made the mood better and gave it a creepy feel. Again in this photograph the light is a really good aspect that helps improve the look of the picture. To edit it, I used the desturate tool and then played with brightness and contrast to give this great look. There was another shoot similar but you couldn’t see the car to well which is why I used this photo.

The next one was of a lady running with her bags to the airport, as she is behind and running a bit late. I felt this one fit well in the theme because it gave such a wide range of unknown places she could have been going. To edit the photo I used the desturate tool and then played with brightness and contrast again as it gives such a stand out, bold feel to the image. I feel that there is a weakness in the photograph because of the angle I got, but there is not much I could do because it was just a quick snap, and was not set up. There wasn’t another photo I could have used which is why I used this one.

The one of the post box, is a really in depth look at destination unknown and looking at where the post would end up. I really like the fact that it is a close up as it takes up most of the photo frame and makes a good statement. I used a colour photograph so that it would stand out; being as the red colour the royal mail use is a bright and bold to make it stand out on the street. All I did to edit the photo was to make it bright and bold by playing with the contrast and again I feel that this has given it a really successful look. I didn’t use the other one of the post box because there was too much going on around the photo and wasn’t as successful.

The second to last photo that I have used was of a line of taxis waiting to be used, I felt that this was another photo that when looked at would be thought about but afterwards you could see that where is this next taxi going to end up. Again when I edited it I did the same as I did for the lady running and the underpass ones because it gave such a bold effect. I feel that the contrast plays well. I feel that I could have taken more photos just different angles which could have improved the photo.

The last of my photographs was of a lorry on the motorway which I felt fitted well in my theme of Destination Unknown. Again the natural sun light plays well and makes it very noticeable in a crowd. With the photo I played with the curves which made it a lot better to look at. I was very stuck with what photo to decide to use though because I had two very decent photographs of lorry’s but this one stood out that little more. Over all though i feel that my final six work very well as a group and on there own.

Destination Unknown

This is the last of my 6 photographs of the looking at where the lorry is going and what is in the lorry. I used this because the lorry could be either dropping something off or picking it up, but again we don't no from this photo, which is why again it fits so well in to the theme of Destination Unknown.

Destination Unknown

The second before last photo that i have got is looking at a lady running as clearly she is late for her flight. This is why, i looked at this photo and added it to the collection of six because the you don't have any idea where she is going it could be so far away from England, this reason i didn't zoom in to it, is because she is so small compared to where she is or could be going and that's why i feel she fits the theme very well.

Destibation Unknown

This is the fourth photograph of the 6 photos that fit to my theme of Destination Unknown. The idea behind this photo is where will the taxis being next, as they have no clue to where they will be going from this location. It could be very far journey or could be a quick 10 minute drive to a local place, again the Destination is Unknown.

Destination Unknown

The third photograph in the collection for my theme is looking at the post in the postbox and where the post will be going, it really could be going anywhere to a friend, family or business, also the main point is where it going going to. It could be that its a local place to the post box in Luton, or that it could be a far as Scotland or even further to Spain, America or New Zealand. Again the Destination is Unknown.

Destination Unknown

My second photograph was taken at the Luton Airport underpass. I put this photograph in my final six because I like that there are again many unknown stories about the car in the photo. The person/people could have been on Holiday and are on the way back home, someone could have dropped some people off to go on their Holiday, again there are so many stories the Destination is just Unknown.

Destination Unknown

This is the first of my 6 final photographs, the theme for each photograph is Destination Unknown, and in this photograph it looks at where the man is going to. I took the photograph walking downstairs from a multi story car park, the reason I feel this photograph fits well with the theme is because he could be going to meet someone, a group of people, he could have an appointment, the possible stories are endless to what her could be doing which is why his "destination" is "unknown".