1. Ryan Harris
Evaluation
Create a media product of our own choice. I chose to create a blog and
produce a variety of photos, I chose to do a photography project and
post my photos onto an online blog because I love working with cameras
to capture creative images to share with people I know. At this point I still
did not know what I wanted my photos to be about, so I did some
research and looked at different types of photography and which types
appealed to me the most. There were three types of photography that I
found the most interesting and creative. There was Haduken, levitation
and light photography. Once I had decided what types of photography to
use I had to come up with a theme for my project, as the types of
photography I wanted to use were very creative I chose to base my
project around people with supernatural powers. I was then asked to
create a name for my project. So I started to think about what name
would best suit my project and ideas for my photos. I came up with the
name “The world of the supernatural”.
Once I had a rough idea of what I wanted to do for my project I had to get
some set ideas and put them into a proposal, this would be the structure that I
would compare my final project with.

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At first I needed to think of whom we wanted our target audience to be, I
decided that I would
aim for mostly
teenagers and
young adults
because I could
come up with a
much more creative
and fun product for
teenagers and
young adults rather
than thinking of one
for an older
generation such as
a middle aged
adults. I started to
think about my
project more and
after lots of over
thinking I decided to
attempt to produce
5-10 photos, each
photo will include
somebody posing a
supernatural ability.
I will then post the
photos onto a blog
with an explanation
on how I produced
them. I thought this
would be a good idea as I don’t think anybody in my class is doing the
same thing as me so it will make my project look unique, therefor
creating attention.

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After I had thought of all of my ideas I decided to put them into a Prezi
to make it look more dynamic and professional, this is what I had
created.
Before After
Before After

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Before After
These are the photos I have taken, I took these specific photos because I think
that they would have been the easiest to produce and they correspond with
my project the best. I wanted these photos to look as realistic as possible and I
believe that I have made my photos as realistic as I can.
Here is a step by step tutorial of how I edited one of my photos.
First I had to import the
original photo that I had
taken into Adobe
Photoshop

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Once I had chosen my file
I started to edit my photo.
First of all I had to unlock
my layer so that I could
make changes to the
photo. I did this by double
clicking the ‘padlock’ on
the layer I was using.
I then wanted to change
the colour and contrast of
my photo, so I clicked on
the gradient tool at the
left of the page.
At the right side of the
page there is a box with
adjustment options, I
clicked on the brightness
tool first.

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Once you click on the
brightness setting it adds
a layer to your photo and
this box comes up, I then
adjusted the brightness
and contrast to suite me.
I then wanted to change
the Hue/Saturation of my
photo, so I did the same
as what I did with the
brightness and adjusted it
to my preference.

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I believe that I made my photos look very realistic as I used props to help me, I
also believe that I edited them fairly well. But I think that there isn’t enough
variety in my photos E.g. location, type of photo, clothing used. If I had to do
this project again I would put more thought into my photos and try to wear
costumes to make my photos look even more believable. I would try to think of
ideas straight more quickly as I couldn’t think of any ideas quickly so I got off to
a slow start meaning I had rushed some things to get them finished. I then
created a blog to display my photos so that anybody that was researching
Haduken or light photography they would come across my blog and hopefully I
could help them out.
This is what my blog looks like, I chose
my profile picture and my background
so that it links in with my project. I
have uploaded my photos so that
anybody can see them for ideas on
projects they might have.
My main weakness was time. It took me a while to finally decide what I wanted
to do for my project so there was a lot of catching up I had to do. One strength
would be that I am pleased with how my photos came out, especially once I
had edited them. If I were to do my project again I would plan my time out
better to make it easier for myself so that I don’t have to rush some of my
work to get it all done. I would spent more time doing my photos, so that I
could wear costumes and use more props to make it all look a little more
realistic.