My Photography Evaluation.

I decided on my topic of Abstract and the using the sub-genre of

horror because I personally love abstract images and I believe that

you can create very unique images throughout using that genre and

you don’t have to stick to certain angles and/or ‘rules’ as such. I got

inspiration from non-specific photographers by looking at images on

Google under the word abstract horror and abstract images, I also

got told by a friend to attempt the horror sub-genre as I already have

an interest in the surreal things you can find in horror. I used a Canon

1100D camera to take all of my images apart from the half skull and

half human face; I used the camera (which I also believe is a Canon to

take that image in the photography studio). I edited all of my photos

in Photoshop, some have a lot more editing than others, some I just

tinted the colours or made the background contrast more, but on

others I have totally changed the image to make it better! During

editing I have learnt how to change the colour contrasts of images

and how to ‘tidy things up’ with the image and create a slightly

creepy and vintage look to some- shown here.

I believe that there are many strengths and weaknesses to all my

pictures, for example, some of my pictures are edited more

creatively, such as the image above of the half face half skull, that is

edited a lot to create cracks in the skull face and a generally darker

image, whereas the piano is only slightly edited with the colour

slightly tinted to give it a more creepy vintage look to it. The images

of the plant (shown below) also has very little editing as well, I only

slightly adjusted the colour contrast to emphasise the raindrops on

the leaf but the skull and crossbones necklace resting on the wrist

has a modification on the background contrast as well as the general

colour tinting to create a more chrome style image.

I am very pleased with how my final images have turned out, and I

believe I have drastically improved as a photographer, because I now

know how to use editing software effectively and know how to use

the different settings on a camera.

If I did this project again I would make sure that I came prepared

with all the right props and equipment on the right days as

sometimes I was slightly unorganised, therefore I had to improvise

on some of my images and change my plans at the last minute but

other than that I am happy with how smoothly the project went and

I am proud of the work I have produced!