Conceit Evaluation

Evaluation

Despite having changed my idea midway through the project, which can be a risky thing to do. I am pleased with the final result of my images and the completed slideshow. I have never attempted to do a photographic series using solely myself as the subject and have relished the challenges faced and overcome, both technically and emotionally.
The biggest reservation I had during this project, was whether the images would be believable, and display the right tone and sentiment without looking too contrived or potentially, ridiculous. This I think was the greatest challenge I had with these images, as in order for the them to be truthful and effective, I would have to let all self-consciousness go, and break down any barriers of pride and (ironically) conceit. The most difficult shot both technically and personally, was without doubt, the 4th shot. The image where I am naked, with my back to the camera. Technically, it was challenging due to the focusing, and composition. I wanted it to be clear that I was nude, without exposing any part of myself, which proved to be quite difficult and in the end, I had to crop the image to the right arrangement. The focusing of the image was also quite awkward, and I ended up having to use a mannequin set in the right place on the bed, focus on it then with the camera on timer quickly take its place. It took several attempts to get this one right as and inch out of place, would render the image blurry.
It was also challenging for personal reasons, as the image is quite an unflattering one, and I am literally exposed and vulnerable. However, I feel it is quite a powerful shot, and if I had been modest about it, it would not have been as successful.
In conclusion I have enjoyed producing this series. I feel it has taken my photographic skills in to new territory and have learned some new skills in the way of presenting images and sound together in using Garage band. I have enjoyed the process of creating photomontages using text and imagery as I have never done that before and am happy with the overall piece.
However I am pretty sick of myself now!!

The Final Slideshow

FINAL IMAGES

Here are the final images for the series "Conceit" starting from the top.

Image Story Boards

These are the story boards which i created for the "Conceit" image series for the photo project.
story boards, much like mood boards in design, are a good and quick way to produce a visual guides to ideas either for your own remembrance or to show other people. They are good things to get in to the habit of doing.

This is a how i would like each page to progress. for example if the user were to click on gallery, the "logo" would become the title of the page and the navigation bar through that page would move to the left hand side of the page and vertically.

Things to Remember

Another thing to remember is when saving the sliced images, apart from saving them as JPGS, is to try and save them with lowest resolution as possible, as it will take less time for them to upload in dreamweaver. So when saving for web, have the page on the 2up tab, so you can see the difference between the original and the eventual; and play between medium and low res to see which you can get away with!

Once you have sliced up your titles and headers and go to save for web devices; when it comes to saving text titles be sure to save them as PNG files, in order to make them 'transparent.'

Slice and Dice

This is a useful step by step youtube tutorial on how to slice up web designs in Photoshop and take them in to Dreamweaver. There are several different ways to do this to essentially achieve the same result but this is the same way we learned in class.

Web Design 4

I recently posted my most current design of my website on my Facebook Photography profile (below) asking for views and comments. And the most constructive ones i received were that although the pattern was good, that it is slightly to overpowering. so i have created a 4th design with this in mind. All i have done in order to make the pattern less forthright is change the colour to a darker shade of grey on the layer in photoshop. Another change i have made is the font of the logo. Having thought i had exhausted everything Dafont.com had to offer i found this font called Dust Mites, which i liked as soon as i saw it and am almost certain will keep. I think it is much more captivating and memorable than the last one which was a very basic font, without being too much.Due to this i have removed the swirl brushes which originally flanked the logo as i feel the font is loud enough on its own.

Web Design 3

Having acquired a few more strings to my bow and looking at more websites and designs, i have completed a 3rd design for my web page. I have added to the background a textured layer which i found on the web and simply added in as a layer in photoshop to the current design and have also flanked the triptych of images in the centre with corner brush strokes on the bottom left and top right corners. I like the added texture layer as i feel it gives the site a bit more depth and makes it more personal and inviting.

Contact Sheets

Photo project -Why the Echo?

Even though i have incorporated text into the images i always wanted there to be sound. As i said before i love playing with slideshows to music, but i also love narrative over slideshows, so often seen in documentary photography and news reports, which is why i have chosen to add an echo effect to the reading of the poem, as i feel it is a compromise between music and narrative. below i have posted a link to a recent slideshow with narrative of Capt. Alexander Allans capturings of the Iraq war which i admire.

PLEASE EDIT AND COPY LINK INTO YOUR URL. UNABLE TO EMBED CONTENT

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8518479.stm