1) The document discusses the selection and editing of 10 photographs taken in Salford Quays. Edits included adding blur effects, changing colors to black and white or sepia, and replacing skies. 2) The photographer's favorites were photos 6, 8 and 9 due to similar editing techniques used. Photos 8 and 9 featured black and white with selective color left, while 6 and 8 used similar depth of field. 3) Areas for improvement included lighting conditions, replacing small pixels when removing objects, and boosting blur effects to better showcase edits. The photographer achieved their goals of capturing professional-looking photos and experimenting with edits as analyzed in other photographers' work.

1. Unit 57: Photography and
Photographic Practice
Selection of final images & review
(P4, M4, D4)
Image No:
Number One

2. Number Two
Number
Three

3. Number Four
Number Five

4. Number Six
Number
Seven

5. Number
Eight
Number
Nine

6. Number Ten
Theme or focus of image & reasons for choice
From the Photographers I analyses in task 3 I can safely say that some of my images
that I edited reach what I set out to do when I analyses professional photographers
because Picture 9 and 8 has a black and white filter but also leaves one colour, that
colour was yellow. It was similar to the picture that I talked about Simon kitchin photo.
It is very similar when it comes to edit but it differs because I added more objects that
had colours. The first photographer I analyses was an idea I couldn’t apply the same
aspects to my own edits because they wouldn’t have promoted Salford quays in a
good way because when you mostly think of post- apocalypse you think of zombies
and you don’t want to go to place with such things, it would of look very professional.
Then there was the final photographer which showed off a landscape that I’d like to
go to unfortunately I didn’t go the right time to get the same photo, so I adapted to
what I had, which was I was able to edit a better sky, I did this because of the original
images looked dull, you can tell I did this in images; 6 and ten which I thought made
the sky look better than it originally did. My personal favourites of the edits would
have to be; 6, 8 and 9 because they are connect in some way for example 6 and 8
connect because of the depth of field used, 8 and 9 are connected because they
both have a selection that isn’t in the black and white effect. You can see that
picture 8 and are similar because of the black and white but picture 3 has a more
transparent effect of it where it isn’t on that much, the other effects I used were sepia
which made my photos look old as if going back in time which was shown on picture
7 and 4. Then finally there were was picture one I decided to originally add a snowy
look to the image because if the moon was to become too close to the earth we’d
be in a snowy wasteland but unfortunately it didn’t look right so I left it out.
Techniques used
In order for my photos to look originally as good the aperture, iso and shutter speed
were the most important of them all because the depth of field was added in the
edited part of the project, I’d say I predicted what I got when I was writing my
proposal because I was able to go to the top of the war museum in Salford quays

7. and I was able to take very professional photos of Salford quays and some of them
were used for final edits. The ISO of the photos I took were not high or low they were
worthily around 800 which was a good choice because it would have changed the
images drastically. Then I have the shutter was fast just because I wasn’t catching any
movement, then there is the aperture was low because I wanted less light to go out.
Strengths & suggested improvements
Some of the images look professional because of the way they were taken and the
blurriness effect worked well the images and the effects due to colouring were
working well with my images. Unfortunately there was a few things I didn’t think was
good, for example some of the image was meant to be removed so I could of
placed image behind it but due too small of pixels that I had to delete it was hard for
me to work around it, also there was too dark some of the images unfortunately if it
was too light it would of looked just as bad, so I think next time If I wanted to do better
I’d make sure the lightning was correct and try different methods of lightning but also
make sure I don’t get images that need removal of small pixels.
Editing details
Picture One – Firstly I decided that I would add the moon to make it look more at
night, then I used the clone tool, to get rid of a few objects that I thought weren’t
necessary in the image, then I turned down the brightness of the image and the
contrast because the clouds were too bright so it made the image look darker
unfortunately I couldn’t just get the sky to go darker because it had too many
complications, then there was the adding of the moon, I found a reasonable image
for the moon scaled it to size that I thought was right, turned down the opacity then
changed the blend mode to overlay which then the image is done. The strengths of
the image I would say is that the moon is well suited with the image, on the other
hand there is what I thought was a weakness I thought the sky was too dark maybe I
could improve this by getting the sky right when I take the photo next time.
Picture two – I didn’t do as much, for simply I changed the setting of the brightness
and contrast, then created a blurriness around the bridge and then it look what I
wanted so I finished that image. I really enjoyed the blur effect on this image and the
contrast to boost detail, that’s what I thought was the best about the image
unfortunately I thought the sky wants again was too bad I couldn’t change it
because it wasn’t a sunny day I’d improve by going on a sunny day I will get better
shots.
Picture Three – this Image had more effect than other for example I firstly added a
Gaussian blur to the grey wheel that was the closest to the lens, also I blurred
everything expect one building which focused on that building, then I added a black
and white effect, I changed the opacity of the effect so it wouldn’t have that much
that was black and white but it was mostly on the building I focused on using the blur,
the process of creating that photo was I had two layers I had the original and the
effects on another I erased the effect where I didn’t want going.
Picture Four – Firstly I blurred the picture as shown making it look focused on the
bridge then I added image that was an image of an empty treasure map you’d
expect to find and changed the blend mode to overlay so the style of the image
overlaid onto mine, then I added effect that made the colour of the image more
sepia, then finally I used the paintbrush tool using the dust particle brush I added it to
the image, then I added blurriness to the brush making them look abit out of focus
because that wasn’t the main focus of the image. I think this image is well edited
and the place I shot it from it was a good idea, unfortunately I feel it’s too weak in
colour making me need to get more colour too show its blurred but then you couldn’t
tell that the image was using a black and white effect, I’d resolve this by making the

8. image less blurry so I could focus on the colour.
Picture Five – this was the same as picture Two because it looked alright when
applying the blurriness and changing the brightness and contrast. This image was one
of the best images I took due to the location of where it was been taking the photo.
On the other hand I can hardly see the blurriness and that might be a problem
because it makes the image plain, I’d sort this out by boosting the blur affect not that
much that it looks to blurred just abit so it focuses on the bridge.
Picture Six – The Process of this photo was simple if you know what to do, Firstly I got
an image of a sunrise and placed it behind the building because once again the sky
was too bright to actually see it. Then I selected on the stairs at from then by using
the inverse selection which swapped what I had selected and made the
background blurry, it makes the image focus on the stairs and gives a nice feel to it.
The good thing about this image is that the blurriness affects works well to show the
stairs more than it does anything else, I’d improve the sky like I said in the description,
but to improve it more I’d go when it is sunny and the sky is bluer so it doesn’t look as
dull.
Picture Seven – This was a not much from editing there was a small blur added and a
sepia look to it and turned down the brightness, that was about it and I thought it look
good enough to be a finished image. This is the similar to picture five because it was
a good image I just couldn’t do anything to improve it so I just gave it a blur and
colour change, if I was to improve it I’d boost the settings of the image.
Picture Eight – this was one of those image that had abit of work done to them, firstly I
duplicated the image a layer for the effects and other just for original image. Then on
the copied image I added two effects; black and white and Gaussian Blur then I
selected the building in the middle I erased the effects on it and that’s what I got for
my final image. I changed the contrast settings and the saturation because the
colours look abit dull at first.
Picture Nine – This was the most time consuming of them all because I had to select
each small piece of yellow and select it because as you can see I used a black and
white effect to go other it to cancel out other colours from the colour yellow. The
good thing about it is I did what I said I wanted to do in my proposal by cancelling
out a colour on the other hand there were some colour that I couldn’t get and has
too much of the colour, I could improve this by changing my angle of photography I
may have an image that looks good and show less amount of the colour I wanted in
so in this case yellow.
Picture Ten – I just simply changed the contrast and brightness settings to make them
as right as I thought then I changed the background because I didn’t like the sky it
didn’t look right so I gave it a nice sunset which finished the photo off.
Capture Log
Setting Shutter Speed ISO Aperture
Number One:
Manual
1/160 secs 800 4.5

9. Number Two:
Manual
1/600 Secs 800 4.2
Picture Three:
Manual
1/600 Secs 800 3.8
Picture Four:
Manual
1/125 Secs 160 5
Picture Five:
Manual
1/200 Secs 800 5
Picture Six:
Manual
1/200 Secs 800 4.5
Picture Seven:
Manual
1/200 Secs 800 4.8
Picture Eight:
Manual
1/125 Secs 800 4.8
Picture Nine:
Manual
1/200 Secs 800 5
Picture Ten:
Manual
1/200 Secs 800 4.7

10. Number Two:
Manual
1/600 Secs 800 4.2
Picture Three:
Manual
1/600 Secs 800 3.8
Picture Four:
Manual
1/125 Secs 160 5
Picture Five:
Manual
1/200 Secs 800 5
Picture Six:
Manual
1/200 Secs 800 4.5
Picture Seven:
Manual
1/200 Secs 800 4.8
Picture Eight:
Manual
1/125 Secs 800 4.8
Picture Nine:
Manual
1/200 Secs 800 5
Picture Ten:
Manual
1/200 Secs 800 4.7