Target audience

We can consider quite a lot of people to my target audience for the genre of photography that I have chosen to present in this project. I have decided to do fashion combined with portraiture, as they can be easily done together. Therefore I can have many kind of people looking at my work. First of all, we can consider fashion designers as my first target audience. They would definetly want to look at talk about my photos as it's going to be all based on fashion. It's going to be all about the models and the clothes that they are presenting. Of corse, fashion photographers may also be my another target audience. Most of my models are going to be age 16 to 20, therefore I would consider this aged girls as my other target audience, they would like to know what's in fashion now and what looks good on pictures. But there are also going to be kids in my photos which expands it a little bit, and we can also include girls aged around 10 as well as their parents to my target audience. There are a lot of fashion blogs now, all other the world, and I think fashion bloggers can be my target audience as well as I got a lot of inspiration from many fashion bloggers that I have found. As I also want include portaritures, my next taget audience can be make up artist as well as hair dressers.

Preliminary Primary Research Task

My preliminary primary research task, show photos of ideas, that I am planning to do for this final project. I want to represent different kind of fashion through portraiture as well as different kinds of photo shoots. Unfortunately some of these photos are done in the same location, as I didn't have much opportunity to go anywhere that day. Even thought I was using similar location in all of the photos, I have tried to capture different person and their style each time. After this task, I know what I need to concentrate more on, which is the pose of my models. If I would ask them to do different kinds of poses then the same location wouldn't matter that much. I was thinking more about the composition of the photo as well as the settings, rather than the models pose, which are in this case more important as they are the main subject in these photos. It also helped me to understand what kind of style I want to do.

Evaluation on Unit 36

Task 1A - historical and contemporary photographers

   This task, as any other research task have really helped me with understanding of this project. After my research about contemporary and historical glass photographers, I had a rough idea of what I wanted to do already and it was important that I did, because I had to really think forward while working with film cameras, as processing the negatives and developing the images take a long time.

Task 1B - ideas for my theme

   This task, has also really helped me to understand my theme, as I was able to research different kinds of themes and pick one or in my case two which I really liked. I have decided to do reflections in the mirror, because I thought this would be quite challenging as it's hard to take a nice shot with a reflection of someone, because you have to be really careful and I have also decided to do still life of different kinds of glass objects using different kinds of lights (lamps, flash, natural) etc. 

Research Task - 10 digital images

   Research task, where we had to take our first glass photos was also really helpful as I could see that what I wanted to do, which was the reflections in the mirror, wasn't as easy as I thought it would be. I have also done a lot more of different glass photos to see what I liked the best, and if the theme that I have picked is good for me. For this task we were also asked not to edit the photos in any way, and after this task I have decided to not edit any of my digital photos in this project even if there's a small detail to edit. This has really helped me to take my film photos, as I was more confident with framing the photo and looking at all of the small details within the frame of the photo.

Task 2 - reflection digital images

   For this task, I have decided to do reflection in different thing of my self, while taking out door photos. I thought it would be quite an interesting idea, as we were asked to take photos of reflections. It worked quite well, because I got few nice distortions and also the weather was nice, so I got nice and live colours in the reflection. For the second part, where we were asked to take reflection photos in an indoor location, I have decided to do few different kinds of photos. I did some on the light box, and also using the natural light.

Task 2A - creative glass photography
   This task we were asked to photograph light bulbs in digital. It was helpful task, as we were asked to use a light bulb and be creative, it was quite hard, but I have managed to be as creative with them as possible.

Task 2B - continuation of creative glass photography
   The continuation of light bulb photos, was a lot more interesting as we were asked to photograph them with an interesting background. It was interesting task, as I was able to also use the light metering and measure the light of the background as well as the subject that I was photographing, which was the light bulb. By photographing the light bulb I have created some distortions of the background, which I have found really interesting. For the second part of this task, we were asked to photograph our chosen object at home. I have decided to take them photos in black and white, and I'm really happy about them.

Task 2 Continuation - breaking the rules
   This task at first, seemed to be really easy, but when it came to doing the photos I found it really hard. I think it's hard to unfocused your camera or use distortion to make a good and interesting photo. It was very challenging, but I have tried as many different kinds of techniques as I could.

Task 3 - black and white film glass images

   I really liked our third task in this project because we had an opportunity after really long time to use film cameras again. I was able to practise once again how to use the camera (including putting the film in the camera and taking it out). I had to do this photo shoot twice, as for the first time I didn't roll the film back in properly and opened my camera, which meant some of my photos would not come out. I also liked going into the darkroom again, it was a good reminder for me of how to develop the photos and I also really enjoyed concentrating on developing the photos on my own. 

Research Task - photographic processing laboratories
   This was very useful task. I was able to research any other places where I can print my photos from. I was also able to see the difference in prices as well as the time it takes to develop the photos or negatives. With all of the informations that I have gathered I was able to plan the time of when I can take the photos to one of the photo processing laboratories so that they are done on time and I don't have to worry about not getting them on time and not having any photo to give in on the day of our deadline.

Colour film glass images
   I also did some colour film, but unfortunately didn't have time to go to the colour darkroom and I had to print them out in ProAm.

Extra research - reflection in the mirror
   I have also done some extra research about reflection in the mirror, as this was my idea for this project. It was very helpful as I got some ideas and tips on how to capture the reflection in mirror.

Overall, I have really enjoyed this project. I am really happy that we were able to use film cameras again, as well as the darkroom. We had a lot of photo shoot to do, during this project, which gave me a lot of practise with film as well as my digital camera. What I also really liked about this project is that I was able to be very creative, because of the theme of the project, and I am happy with what I have presented. 

Colour film images of glass

These are my scanned in, photos from colour negatives. I'm not very happy with the final result of these photos, as they were taken quickly at the last minute, because my previous colour negative with all my final photo didn't process correctly and there weren't any photos on it.

Research Task - photographic processing laboratories

ProAm Imaging  

ProAm imaging is the first photographic processing laboratory that I have found in Bradford. I have decided to use this one, as I have used it quite a lot now. ProAm also gives us an opportunity to create our own photo albums from different kinds of occasions at low price, and they also look really interesting. The price of developing is only £1.99 and with a CD is only £1 more. Printing the images from negatives is also very cheap, all around £5, depending on size and amount of images. I have found their website very interesting as well as helpful. It is nicely organized and easy to use. We can get a lot of information as well as all of the details if we want to print our photos.

• Film

Film processing is also available at ProAm. All sizes of C41 process films can be developed and the most popular formats like 35mm can be printed in a traditional way. Other sizes can be scanned first and then printed. They also offer us, after developing the negatives, scanning them to CD and supplied us with print. 

• Digital

ProAm offers high digital quality print for keen amateur as well as professional photographers. They have been doing this for nearly three decades now, which means a lot of people can trust them and they are the UK's favourite professional photo lab. Their clients include - photography students, school photographers, wedding as well as portrait and fashion photographers, industrial and commercial photographers and everyone else who need top quality prints. The prices in ProAm are really good, for example 10" x 8" is only 50p or an 5" x 4" is 10p. They also do deliveries all around UK within 24 hours. It is really easy to order prints as well prepare them for printing in the lab. It is easy to get them prepared as on the website they give us step by step as well as a lot of different kinds of advises. With ProAm you can get your digital photos printed within 1 hour or 24 hours. 

CC Imaging

I have also found another photographic laboratory in Leeds. I really like their website, as it gives us an overview of what they do, and how they do it. It doesn't say much about them, but overall I think they're quite expensive. But they have a lot more to chose from than ProAm. 

• Film 

Film developing and processing is still a popular thing in cc imaging in Leeds. They give us a lot of choices to chose from when processing or printing negatives. First of all, we have the opportunity to develop the film, colour as well as b&w films can be developed. The cost of developing is around £6, depending on the film. On their website we can see what chemistry they use for each kind of films. They also give us an overwiew of what it looks like, so we have the idea of what they're doing.  They also offer us hand black and white as well as colour printing in the darkroom. But this cost a lot more, as one print of size 10" x 8" cost £10. They have few different kinds of paper to chose from, as well as different kinds of offer packages.

• Digital

Digital printing of images has a lot of choices. We can have different kinds of paper, size etc. Print's are from 10p, which is a similar price to ProAm. The prize all depends on the size of the pictures as well as the amount, because if you wan to print more then they come out a little it cheaper for each photo. They also give us a lot of different kinds of examples like printing pictures on t-shirts, mugs, calendars and any other photo related books etc.

Task 3 - black and white film images of glass

These are my scanned photos, from black and white film that I took. I have processed some of them, and analysed them in my darkroom folder.

Task 2 continuation - breaking the rules

Spherical aberration research 

Using spherical aberration we can be very creative, and it can give us a really interesting effect at the end. In spherical aberration we include things like, unfocused cameras, distortion, putting things over your lens, using an old camera and removing the lens to make a pinhole camera or double expose the images. Especially with glass, all of the above things that I have listed can look very interesting and we can be very creative with it. Spherical aberration is an optical problem that occurs all incoming light rays end up focusing at different points after passing through a spherical surface. This results in the surface point appear to be a blurry circle.

My spherical aberration photos

This is my first photo of glass with breaking the rules. What I have decided to do is take a photo of a window but to make it look more interesting and related to this task, I have decided to put it on a long exposure, to create this effect. Not only I have decided to put it on a long exposure but also after pressing the shutter button I have decided to zoom it in on a window to create this effect of a window pulling us in. I really like this photo, but I think it would look even more interesting if I would have placed my camera on a tripod to get rid of camera shakes.

This is my next photo for this task. I have decided to take a photo of the bottom part of guitar which had some glass parts on it. Once again I have decided to set my camera to a long exposure to create moving effect. I am happy with the result I got, as the photo looks different and really messy and it's something I would always prefer not to do.

For my next photo of breaking the rules, I have decided to unfocused my camera on the first two bottles to create the foggy effect on the bottle in the background. I really like how this came out, and it shows that breaking the rules can sometimes be creative as we focus on the photo and try to figure out what's going on.

This is my next photo of breaking the rules. I have decided to do a lot longer exposure this time and do some photos of a movement. I like this idea, as I have only used to nail varnishes, and have been moving them around so that it looks like there's more. I know that you can see my hands, but it's good for this photo as it actually shows that I was using my hands to move them around.

This is my next photo of breaking the rules. This time I have decided to do a double exposure, I did this straight away from my camera. I have decided to take a photo of a building and then a photo of a crossing lights. I like the difference of the colours between them, I think it looks interesting.  

Task 2B - continuation of creative glass photography

Light bulb with background photos

This is my first image, of a light bulb with a background. I have decided to place it in front of a building to get a nice distorting effect, which I think worked quite well. I like the idea of it, but I think I should have straighten the photo a little bit, as it looks really messy. For this task we were also asked to use a light meter, so I had to measure the reading of the background and then the light bulb, to make sure I have the right setting.

This is my next bulb photo. This time I have decided to do a close up, and focus it on a background rather than the light bulb. Either of them is in good focus, but the background is a little bit more focused than the light bulb. This was a hard photo to take, as well as taking the measurement for both, the background and the bulb, but I like the final effect of it.

This is my next photo, this time I have also decided to focus my camera on the background of the photo and I am happy with the final effect. First of all, I really like the colours on this photo, the really nice blue sky, match very well to the green fence as well as the orange vehicle. The colours make the photo eye catching, and I am also very happy that the building in the light bulb is perfectly focused. The depth of field also brings a positive effect to this photo, as we concentrate more on the light bulb and the building that we can see through it.

My next photo of a light bulb is on a green background placed on a window. By doing this, I really like the sun shinning through the green paper at the top left corner. I have tried to more or less frame the light bulb in the middle of the photo, but I don't think it looks interesting and there's not much happening, except the nice sun shinning through the transparent paper. 

For my next photo, I have decided to place in on a floor where I got a nice reflection. I really like this photo, but I'm not sure what's good about it. I like the reflection, but the yellow paper in the background makes the photo a little bit messy. Overall, I'm happy of how I have presented this light bulb in this photo. 

My next photo of a light bulb has been placed on a green transparent paper, I have used natural light coming through the window to take this photo. It's just very simple photo of a light bulb on a green transparent paper, the composition is thought through, as I wanted the bulb to be perfectly in the middle of the photo frame. 

This is my next photo of a light bulb. I have decided to place it next to colourful flags, where we can also see a little bit of reflection at the bottom. I have decided to focus on the light bulb as it's my main subject of this photo. I wasn't sure how to change the white balance of this photo, as it is a little bit yellow, and by this the photo look a little bit fake.  

My next photo of a light bulb has been done on a mirror to create a reflection, and I have also put a transparent green paper on top, to get rid of messy background. I think this photo would be more interesting if I would get rid of the frame of the mirror which is framed in the front of the photo. 

This is my next photo of a light bulb done on a light box, using pink transparent paper to create a nice foreground and also to give a nice pink colour to the bulb. Once again I didn't think about the background carefully. It would look a lot more better if the background was also pink. 

This is my next photo of a light bulb rolled into a green transparent paper, against a window. I like the effect of depth of field, but I should have made the light bulb a little bit more focused. I have also tried to focus more to composition, therefore the photo is straight, and the light bulb in nicely framed in the middle of the photo. 

My chosen subject

This is my first photo of a chosen object at home that I have decided to photograph. I have decided to pick something relating to the project which is glass but also wanted to be interesting and looking nice. I have decided to pick three glass decorations from the living room. I really liked how they look when they are next to each other and I thought I could be creative with them. First of all I have decided to take thee photos in black and white as nearly all of my other photos are in colour. I have put them nicely on the window sil, and took the photo focusing on the three bottles.

This is y next photo, also at the window sil but at a completely different composition. I have decided to replace the bottles into different positions and take the photo from low angle, I think it looks really interesting like this. I have decided to focus on the two front bottles this time.

This is my next, quite similar photo to my previous one, of a chosen object. This time I have decided to take this photo from a different angle, I don't know what I have decided to cut most of the third bottle out of the photo, and also tilt my camera a little bit, but I think it looks interesting and it's also something different from my other photos, as most of them are tidy and nicely composed, where this is a little bit messy.

This is my next next photo of a chosen object. This time I have only taken a photo of the top of the bottle because I have put incense sticks inside of them and wanted to capture the smoke from them as well, which didn't really work, because there was not enough of the smoke. Other than that, the photo is not straight and the background is no thought through carefully. 

This is my next photo of a chosen object, that I have decided to take in black and white. I have also though it would be a good idea to add some light to it, as the photos are quite dark, because of the dark background. I have used my flash from phone, to put it underneath the bottle, and also have put the incense stick but unfortunately I didn't capture the smoke as it was very small and it was really hard to see it. 

This is my next photo of a chosen object from the photo shoot at home. This time I have decided to place them again a window where I can get a lot of natural light, because few of my previous photos, came out quite dark as there was not enough of natural light coming through to the room that I was in. I have focused the camera onto the two bottles and also filled them with juice and another one with water, to make them two a little bit different. Also used quite a small aperture number for a nice looking depth of field, this also makes our eyes concentrate on the main glass subjects.

This is a very similar photo to the previous one, but done at different angle as well as composition. I have also decided to spray the bottles with water, and capture the nice drops on the glass, I thought it would look quite interesting and in my opinion it does. 

My next photo of a chosen subject in my opinion was a good idea, it would be a really nice picture only if I would have cleaned the window properly after spraying water on to it. Other than that, the settings as well as the composition work very well. I think this is one of my favourite photos from this project.

My next photo have been done from a high angle. By using a small aperture number, I only wanted to focus on the ribbon a little bit of the top of the bottle to make sure that everyone can tell that this is a photo related to the theme of glass.

This photo, is quite similar to my previous photo, but this time I have decided to use all three of the bottles, and only focus on one of them. I like the composition, the photo is also straight which is a very positive thing as I usually make a mistake of not paying attention to my photos being straight.

My second to last photo include one of the small bottles in the front, and the other two in the background. It's not correctly focused, but other than that it's al right. The focused bottle has been framed in the middle of the photo, which also makes it look neat and eye catching.

My last photo from this task, is also one of my favourite photos. I like the small details in this photo, like the drops on the bottle, but also the composition. The bottles have been framed on the left side of the photo and it looks really neat. I have focused on the two small bottles, but if the third one would have been in focus as well, that would look a little bit more better as well. 

From this task, I have realised that I am more creative with working at home as I have a lot of more opportunity. I can really see this through this task, as my photos from college look boring when I'm comparing them to the photos that I took at home. I have realised that I need to get a motivation to take photos and that's when I'm being creative.