The student chose to do their photography exhibition on landscape photos taken at Kingfisher Lake, which is near their home. They struggled to get good photos when practicing at their school. They were inspired by photographer and YouTuber Ben Brown and his landscape photos. The student used a Canon EOS 600D SLR camera, tripod, and SD card, which they were familiar with. They chose not to edit the photos so the natural beauty would be shown accurately. Overall, the student was pleased with how the photos turned out, though the weather could have been better. They felt the project helped improve their photography skills like framing.

1. Unit 9 – Evaluation
How did you decide what area to do your exhibition on?
I chose ‘Kingfisher Lake’ to take my photos as I live on the back of it and as I chose the topic
of landscape photos. It seemed a perfect opportunity to take photos of the lake as it is a very
photogenic lake and can produce some stunning views. During my practice photos I went
out around school with a camera and took photos of the school but I found it hard and
struggled to get photos I liked as a school is not exactly the best place to take Landscape
photos.
Where did you get inspiration from?
I got my inspiration to take landscape photos from a Photographer and YouTube Vlogger
called Ben Brown. He travels round the word taking beautiful landscape photos and shares
them on the internet; he has inspired me to take landscape and made me want to go to all
these incredible places. Below are some of the photos he took on a recent trip to Canada he
went.
The reason I admire his as a photographer is the way he captures the beauty and contrasts of
different landscapes and environment that is what I have tried to achieve in my photos.

2. Unit 9 – Evaluation
What equipment did you use to create your project?
The camera that I used to take my photos with is a Canon EOS 600D SLR which costs
£389.99 and the tripod that used is a Velbon DF-51Tripod which costs around £25. And I
also used a SanDisk 16GB Ultra SD Card which costs £16
For this project I exclusively used the Canon EOS 600D SLR I’ve used this camera many
times and therefore it is the camera I’m most confident with. Whilst I was tempted to try out a
different camera, maybe something a bit more powerful and with a greater range. Had I
chosen to use a different camera it would have most likely been the 1100D. One large
advantage of using the Canon 600D is its ability to take stills, beautiful ones at that. The
ability to take high quality stills is very useful when taking landscape photos. That said the
Canon 600D does have a few faults, the most prominent of which is the overall price of the
camera, yes the camera is allowing you to take outstanding photos but for the pictures
you’re taking it slacks majorly when it comes to filming.
Did you edit any of your photos? If so how?
No, I did not edit any of my photos using Photoshop because one of the goals that I was
trying to achieve during my project was to have natural photos so that I could show the
beauty of my surroundings and my photos that I have taken. I didn’t feel the need to edit any
of my photos because I feel like the quality of my photos were good enough and captured
what I wanted to achieve in my photos without using Photoshop.
In this photograph I took for my
project, I did not use any editing
software’s to enhance my photo
because I like the way the trees
reflect onto the water,

3. Unit 9 – Evaluation
Have you learnt any new skills or used any tools you haven’t before?
Because I found myself doing a project I was comfortable with and a project that I had
experience with I didn’t exactly learn anything new nor do anything that I had never done
before. But if I had never used and camera and edited my photos I would’ve learnt many
new skills and used different tools that I had never used before to edit and enhance my
photos but saying that I learnt how to frame my pictures correctly to get the best image
possible.
I have used framing in the shot here because I have purposely tried to get the swan in the
bottom left corner so that it shows the beauty of the swan’s surroundings.
What are the strengths and weaknesses of your photographs?
A weakness of my photographs is that many of them are very similar and don’t have much
variety between them, if I ever do a photography project again I would go out to other
locations to make sure I have a variety of different landscapes in my photographs.
I think that I strength of my photographs is the way I have captured the reflection of the lake
onto the water that creates a mirror effect and makes the photo look beautiful and diverse

4. Unit 9 – Evaluation
Are you pleased with them?
Overall you could say I’m pleased with them, I am pleased with how my photographs turned
out and I feel like I have a collective amount of photos that successfully show the topic of
landscape photography, but on the whole I am pleased with the images I captured because
they are of a high quality and due to this my photographs were not needed to be edited or
changed in anyway.
Has it turned out the way you planned?
Yes, the majority of my project went to plan, my photos turned out the way I was hoping
them too and I was happy with them, I got to use the camera I wanted to use and I got to go
to the location I originally hoped to go to so everything went according to plan. But the only
flaw in this project is that on the day I went out to take my photographs the weather wasn’t
as good as I was hoping to, I was hoping that the weather would be sunny and create a
beautiful sunset around Kingfisher Lake, but due to the weather slowly edging closer
towards winter them opportunities are hard to come by. So I just had to work with what I got
but thankfully it wasn’t raining whilst I was taking my photos.
How did you improved as a photographer?
During this project I have improved as photographer because whilst I was taking my
landscape photos I learnt how to frame my photos perfectly so that I could get the most
effect image possible and have them stand out above other photos.
I also feel like I have improved as a photographer due to following photographers I admire,
during the project I started following a substantial amount of Photographers that capture and
publish images that I was hoping to produce during my project, this helped me know how to
take my photos and capture them at the best quality possible

5. Unit 9 – Evaluation
‘Looking Is Not Seeing’

6. Unit 9 – Evaluation
Questionnaire
Question
Yes No Comments
(optional)
Do you think
that I showed
the topic of
landscape
through my
photos?
yyyyyy Natural beauty, lots
of light
Yeah, the photos
came across as
landscape very well
Do you think
that my
photos can be
improved? If
so how?
yyy nnnn They could be done
with the sun in the
background or moon
Could do with better
lighting
Have I laid out
my images
Right?
yyyy nn Well displayed,
would fit well on A4
Did I choose
the correct
topic for my
photography
exhibition?
yyyyy
Do you think
that my
photographs
are good
quality?
Yyyyyy They are good
quality but they could
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