4. Evaluate: ideas eg analysis, results;
How well do you feel you have realised your ideas and intentions and what results have you got? Ensure
you talk critically (compare, contrast, assess) about your work. You should reference your influences and
assess how your work compares.
This is the first photomerge I created using the photographs of the members of my family. I used three
photographs altogether (myself, my father & my brother). It was my idea & intention to produce a portrait
photomerges using members of my family. I only used three members in this photograph & I would like to add
more members in future photomerges. Like mentioned on the previous PowerPoint, I was inspired by David
Hockney & his photomerges. I used Photoshop, whilst he would use many different photographs he took
himself & lined them up manually.
Qualities:
Consider the aesthetic qualities of your work. How does it look? What do you like about it? What are the
strongest and weakest elements from an aesthetic point of view?
Aesthetically, I like the way this piece of work looks compared to the photomerges I produced with just one
model. I think it looks better due to the fact there is more than one person featured in the work. I like the
way the photos work together & I have been told it does look just like one person. One of the weakest points I
believe is the use of my hair on the photographs as I think the sizing is slightly too small for the head. I will
keep this in mind when producing photomerges in the future.
Consider the technical qualities of your work? How well done is it? What elements are strongest and which
could need further work and development? Be sure to use technical terms in your work such as exposure,
shutter speed, aperture and talk specifically about any post-production techniques you have used.
As mentioned in the previous PowerPoint, I used the clone stamp tool instead of the eraser tool & I prefer the
look of the clone stamp tool. I believe its increased the quality of the work overall as the tool is a lot my
refined and specific about its job, compared to the eraser. Work could be done blend the lines better e.g. the
hairline, but I can make sure this problem doesn't happen again in future projects. The exposure, shutter
speed & aperture were kept theme same for each photograph, which allowed the photographs to be worked on
together very easily.
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How could you improve your work? Could you develop your work further with additional work? What
would you try to achieve with this? Could you undertake further experiments? If so, what would they be?
This work was a development from the work I did on the model. But to improve this work, like mentioned on
the previous slide, I would like to get the sizing right for the different parts of the body e.g. my hair on my
dads head. I will just carry on producing these photomerges and learning what works and what doesn't work.
When talking about your work, consider formal elements such as lines, shapes and patterns as well as the
colour and contrast and also tone of your image. Think about the composition of your work and where
this could be developed.
The human face has countless different lines shapes & patterns within them. Although there may be
similarities, if you look closer you can see the real changes from person to person. I wanted my work to
highlight the similarities and differences within a family. I believe my work has done this well so far, as this is
the first photomerge I have done using the photographs of my family. The colours within the photomerge are
typical colours of the human face. As I kept the aperture, shutter speed & exposure the same on every image
they are easy to work with.
Finally you should consider if the images you have produced fulfil the brief you were set. Do they match
the theme? Are they experimental? Explain your answers using specific examples.
They do fill the brief. Featured in the photograph are members of my family & I have used the style of
photomerge to produce them. Yes they are experimental as I am still experimenting with the style of
photomerge.
8. Evaluate: ideas e.g. analysis, results;
How well do you feel you have realised your ideas and intentions and what results have you got? Ensure
you talk critically (compare, contrast, assess) about your work. You should reference your influences and
assess how your work compares.
This is the 2nd photomerge I have created using photographs of people in my family. In this one you will find
my father, brother, myself & my granddad. This one features four people, whereas the first one I made only
featured one. Compared to the first one I produced, I feel like this one went the same way as the first one.
Some of the sizing was not right for each person featured in the photomerges body part. This will be
something I will have to make sure I work on to get right in the next photomerge.
Qualities:
Consider the aesthetic qualities of your work. How does it look? What do you like about it? What are the
strongest and weakest elements from an aesthetic point of view?
This is quite a weak photograph aesthetically compared to some of the other photomerges I created in the
past. I believe cutting a face in half didn't work well aesthetically, compared to just changing different facial
elements (like what I did with the first photomerge with my hair on my fathers head). I will stick to specific
facial elements from now on. Something I do like about this is that it is obvious to see who is who, which is
much more in the typical style of photomerge (like David Hockney), although this wasn't the look I was going
for, it was nice to see what the work could look like.
Consider the technical qualities of your work? How well done is it? What elements are strongest and which
could need further work and development? Be sure to use technical terms in your work such as exposure,
shutter speed, aperture and talk specifically about any post-production techniques you have used.
I used the eraser tool on this photograph to see what would happen if I used it on pictures of my family. I
should not of used this tool as the technical quality of this work is lower than the first photomerge I created
using the photographs of my family. In the future I must stick to using the clone stamp tool. Like mentioned on
previous slides, I used the same exposure, shutter speed and aperture on each photograph so the would be
easy to edit.
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How could you improve your work? Could you develop your work further with additional work? What
would you try to achieve with this? Could you undertake further experiments? If so, what would they be?
Like stated on the previous slide, there are a few things I could do that would improve the look of my work
overall. The main improvement I could make is sticking to using the clone stamp tool & not the eraser tool.
Further development for my next photomerge will be introducing another member of my family into the mix.
Experimenting with how different parts of the face work with one another is an important aspect of this piece
of work for me.
When talking about your work, consider formal elements such as lines, shapes and patterns as well as the
colour and contrast and also tone of your image. Think about the composition of your work and where
this could be developed.
Again, like mentioned on previous slides, the natural lines shapes and patterns on the human face are very
interesting to me & I want to see how they change and contrast against one another depending on the person.
The overall composition of the work works well with my plans for the work.
Finally you should consider if the images you have produced fulfil the brief you were set. Do they match
the theme? Are they experimental? Explain your answers using specific examples.
The image fulfils what the brief states & they match my theme of photomerge. I believe this work is still
experimental because I am experimenting with different photographs & I also wanted to see if the eraser tool
would work with the photographs of the members of my family, but the tool did not work. I will not stick with
using the clone stamp tool.
12. Evaluate: ideas e.g. analysis, results;
How well do you feel you have realised your ideas and intentions and what results have you got? Ensure
you talk critically (compare, contrast, assess) about your work. You should reference your influences and
assess how your work compares.
I feel like I really produced a very good result when it comes to this photomerge as it really does show my
ideas and intentions overall. It features five members of my family (myself, father, granddad, brother &
grandma) & I believe this photomerge looks a lot more professional compared to my first two photomerges
using members of my family. This one works very well together and is of a higher quality because I took more
time on it, found out what worked and what didn't work (eraser or clone stamp) & experimented whilst
working on it (where to put each person, what worked best). Like mentioned on other slides I was inspired by
David Hockney and his photomontages.
Qualities:
Consider the aesthetic qualities of your work. How does it look? What do you like about it? What are the
strongest and weakest elements from an aesthetic point of view?
This is a very strong photomerge, aesthetically speaking. There are no clear mistakes featured in the work,
that I can see anyway. I like how this has built on from what I found out what worked and what didn't work &
you can see how the quality has increased compared to my previous photomerges. There are no obvious
weaknesses, although the quality of the work could be increased simply by taking the photographs in a more
professional setting like a studio, but this would be difficult to do with an entire family.
Consider the technical qualities of your work? How well done is it? What elements are strongest and
which could need further work and development? Be sure to use technical terms in your work such as
exposure, shutter speed, aperture and talk specifically about any post-production techniques you have
used.
The clone stamp tool was used to produce this photomerge. This I find gives a higher quality looking
photomerge compared to using the eraser tool. I will stick to using this tool now as I have not found one that
works as well as this. Like mentioned in previous slides I kept the aperture, shutter speed and exposure at the
same level so that the photos will be easier to merge together, which has proven right to do.
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13. How could you improve your work? Could you develop your work further with additional work? What
would you try to achieve with this? Could you undertake further experiments? If so, what would they be?
This is the kind of level of work I want to be producing in my next photomerges. I am very happy with the
result of this one. I just need to carry on producing photomerges at this level of quality. One thing I may start
experimenting with is changing the levels of brightness, exposure & the colour of the wall behind them to add
to the professional feel of the work. I will also begin experiments with the full body shots I took of the
members of my family.
When talking about your work, consider formal elements such as lines, shapes and patterns as well as the
colour and contrast and also tone of your image. Think about the composition of your work and where
this could be developed.
Again, like mentioned on previous slides, the natural lines shapes and patterns on the human face are very
interesting to me & I want to see how they change and contrast against one another depending on the person.
The overall composition of the work works well with my plans for the work.
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Finally you should consider if the images you have produced fulfil the brief you were set. Do they match
the theme? Are they experimental? Explain your answers using specific examples.
This image fits the brief and matches the theme & if have experimented. For example, I experimented by
using five members of my family together on the photomerge.
