The document summarizes the student's reflections on an experimental photography assignment exploring different techniques. For reflections photographs, the student felt one candid shot through glass was most successful as it was natural and kept the subject in focus while blurring the background. Issues with other reflection shots included poor lighting and movement. For movement photographs, the student liked two blurry shots where the camera or subject was in motion as it captured the effect well. The student felt out-of-focus shots were difficult but liked one where raindrops added interest, though colors could be improved. Overall, the student felt playing with settings like shutter speed and editing photos in Photoshop could improve their experimental photography.

1. Experimental Photography
Shannon
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2. Reflection

3. After looking through the reflection photographs I took, I believe this is the best one, as the
photograph is not posed for and is natural, so its more of a candid photograph and I think the candid
type are the best ones. While Chloe chose to look through her own photographs and I took the
opportunity to take the photograph through the reflection from the door glass, I think it looks better
than the rest as its more focused and you can still see through the glass and also what's behind
keeping what near the lens of the camera a tad blurry means you focus more of the reflection. I also
think this photograph is better as I was just messing around with the settings and what would be
good reflection.

4. I think the problem with the rest of the photographs I took of reflection is the lighting
and the movement of some, for example, the first photograph on the second row is
very dark, however the reflection looks pretty good, as you can see into a classroom
with the light on so is shows the reflection of a person, however I think the photograph
would look better if the lighting was adjusted to be brighter and also if it was more
focused on the writing on the board and to have the reflection on the man more
blurry, however I think this photo could be edited more so I could play around more
with the lighting and colours on Photoshop. Also the photograph with the door and fire
extinguisher is pretty bad quality, I think its too blurry and the ‘push’ materials didn’t
give much of a reflection as I thought it would, I think if I did think photograph again I
would put the camera in auto focus and get closer or zoom more to the surface to get a
better photograph. As these photographs are more about reflections, I kept the
exposure the same on all the photographs and kept the shutter speed short to capture
the photograph quick as if the shutter speed was long the photograph would end up
blurry as I did not have a tripod to keep the camera still and it would capture any
movement which could make the photograph look bad. Although most of the
photographs came out bad I thought the first and last photograph were the good ones
because unlike the locker and board, the lightening was really good so you could see
every detail and the photograph was clear and also because its not blurry like more of
the photographs as I think if they were any more blurry they would not look as good.
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5. Movement

6. Movement

7. I have chosen 3 images that I like the most, I like the more
because these ones were not expected as I was just playing
around with the camera settings. Although im not quite sure what
the top two are pictures of I think they show movement well, as
the images are blurry, I especially like the top right one, I had the
camera on a low shutter speed and moved the camera around
fast, you can see the background of the photography however its
not very clear which makes the lines of lights stand out more
which gives it a better effect, I think I could edit this brightness
and colours more on Photoshop to make it more colourful. The
one on the bottom right, I took also having the camera on a low
shutter speed and made Chloe walk in front while the camera
went off, I also had the camera out of focus as I think it added to
the movement of Chloe. However I don’t like the lighting on this
photograph as I think its not clear and looks a bit orange, however
playing around on Photoshop with all these photographs would
be best as I think they would end up looking better and more
colourful.

8. I think the movement photographs were quite easy because they did not take
much thought, you either moved the camera while taking a picture of leave the
camera still while taking a photograph with a low shutter speed. I think the
photographs of the fire extinguisher, green sign and the carpet were the worst
ones because they were the first ones I took and they just don’t look as good as
others. I think they ones of Chloe moving worked well because on some you can
faintly see where she moved from before also I think the lighting of the corridor
made it look better as it helped you see the faint figure from before. I think if I
were to do this photography again, I would use the low shutter speed more as all
the photographs I took were done from moving the camera so I think using a low
shutter speed would be more professional and look better overall.
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9. Out Of Focus

10. Out Of Focus

11. I like this out of focus photograph more than the rest because the whole
photograph is out of focus yet you are still able to figure out what everything is. I
also this the raindrops are a good effect to the photograph as I think without them
it would be too boring and wouldn’t look as good. I still think the photograph could
be better as I could add more colour to it however I also think it would look good in
black and white.

12. I think this type of photography is harder than it looks because although your
photograph just needs to be out of focus it also needs to look professional, which is
something my photographs lack as I don’t think they look as good as they could. I
think if I redid this type of photography I would think more of what I could take the
photograph of and something more different and more interesting rather than a car
park. However I do like the photograph of the bar with the raindrops on because
although they are not in focus you can tell what they are and its more interesting
rather than just a window, I'm quite glad it rained that day because I think the
raindrops made the photographs better and without them they would be quite
boring.
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21. Use this slide to annotate your final image

22. 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.
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?
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.
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