This document contains 4 evaluations of photographs taken in London. The first evaluation is of a nighttime photo of the London Eye, capturing its beauty and elegance in a sepia tone. The second is of Big Ben with the background burned out to make it stand alone. The photographer increased contrast and detail to improve a blurred shot. The third uses soft lighting and intensity around the skyline's edges to draw the viewer in and experience London's buildings. The fourth photographs red telephone boxes contrasted against a building, with their fronts blackened out and interiors vibrant to create a warmer atmosphere.

1. London
Independent
Magazine
Photo
Evaluation 1
This image is of the London Eye, an iconic London
landmark, it is host to hundreds of visitors a day, I
captured it at night to show off its’ beauty and
elegance. With this high contrasting sepia toned
image I feel that I have portrayed it exactly how it
deserved to be. In comparison with the level of
professional photography that I have witnessed I
would say that it comes to the mark but could be
bettered with a higher class of digital camera. The
style of editing is to create a sense of solace.

2. London
Independent
Magazine
Photo
Evaluation 2
The Big Ben is full of history so I wanted to try
and capture it without any background noise. I
burn out and lower the brightness of the back-
ground; to give the impression of a stand alone
icon at the forefront of the photograph. The shot
itself was originally slightly blurred, to recover
it I increased the contrast and detail levels. This
removed the blurred lines to an extent, but again
with a higher level of digital camera the shot
would have be much improved. If I was to take it
again then I would definitely use a digital SLR.

3. London
Independent
Magazine
Photo
Evaluation 3
The photograph to the right has a strong
element of nostalgia, I believe because of the
softly lit skyline and intensity of the edges,
this really leads the viewer into the image, I
have applied the effects for this reason as I
want the viewer to stand and admire the image
for some time, looking across from side to side
and really experiencing some of London’s most
attractive buildings and monuments.

4. London
Independent
Magazine
Photo
Evaluation 4
The telephone box is one of London’s red icons;
along with the post box and double decker bus.
It truly screams London, and is part of the
English heritage. I have chosen to blacken out
the front of the boxes because it think that
they contrast really nicely against the
building that lays behind them, but bringing
the vibrancy out inside them really adds to
the colour pallet and also creates a much
warmer atmosphere within the photograph.