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1. Evaluation
Step by step
I decided to pick a macro theme for my
exhibition because when we had to do task 1
(which was taking my own photos of
different photography topics e.g. portrait,
abstract etc.) I found that macro was my
favourite topic out of them all and I found
that I would be able to achieve taking
images in this category.
I got inspiration from photographers like
Heather Angel’s because I found that there
images were really sharp and had a lot of
definition on the object that they were taking
close ups of. Because of the way they did this
I wanted my images to have the main focus
on the close up subject I was taking my image
of.
For my images I used a canon 1100D on
macro setting so that I could get really
focused close ups of the object I was taking
an image of.
For my final 6 images I edited all of them in the same way. I wanted to make
my main focus of my image stand out the most so I decided to make my main
focus in bright colours and make the background and other surroundings in
black and white because I found that this made the images look more effective
and then you can focus on the main subject of the image. Doing this effect also
really makes the image stand out because of the different contrasts of colours.

2. To do this I used Photoshop to edit all my
images. First I would use the quick selection
tool and go round the parts of my images that
I wanted in colour, going round as neatly and
precise that I could. I then right clicked and
selected layer via copy, this would then create
another small image on the right above layer
0 and say layer 1. I would then click on layer 0
and go on images and then adjustments, then
black and white and make it as dark or light as
I wanted. After doing this I would then select
layer 1, image, adjustments and I would either
select brightness/contrast or colour balance to really enhance the colour on
the selected parts of the image.
Evaluation
The strengths on my images is the actual macro close ups I think for the images
like the eye, flower and leaves the images are really effective and I have
achieved what I wanted. Also the Photoshop edits of those 3 categories I think
have worked out well because the detail from the images really shows up with
how I have edited them and make them look intriguing. My weaknesses
through this topic I think was actually having more ideas of what to take
images on because I found that I did basic macro images e.g. plants, facial
features and because I ran out of ideas I took some images that I didn’t like e.g.
the tree bark and close up grass images. These images were also very hard to

3. Photoshop because when editing them how I did with the others images, they
didn’t look very different and were very time consuming and hard to use the
quick selection tool around every grass piece for example.
I am pleased with my final edited images because I
think that I have edited them the best that I could and
wanted them to look like. I like the contrast of the
different colours involved in the image because I think
that it makes the image more interesting than just
either in black and white or just colour. Most of the
images I have planned turned out the way I wanted
apart from on my plan for my sixth image I wanted to
6th shot from my plan
do an extreme close up of an orange. However I didn’t do this because I didn’t
actually like the idea and I felt that it would have been a random shot because
most of the images that I took tied in well together. By doing this task I think I
have improved my camera skills by using the macro setting as I have not used
this before and by using this setting it involves keeping a steady hand and
focusing on small detailed parts of objects.
If I had to do this project again I think I would make sure I plan more
interesting objects to take images of so that I can follow my plan throughout
and not have to change a few shoots. I would also choose a different category
as well as macro e.g. taking portrait and macro images so that my images have
more a variety of photography techniques.

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