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EvaluationProject two was all about identity whether that be your identity or exposing other peoples identities at different lengths. the assignment Brief stated that we had to “It’s not the destination, but the journey” “The ‘process’ is the journey by which you end up at your final outcome. This is an essential part of any creative discipline and enables ideas to be developed and refined. This ‘evolution’ should hopefully produce a more successful outcome.”  i Felt that my main piece has related to the brief in someway i did follow what the brief stated, i did generate my ideas and research quite bit what i was going to do and how i did it. The creative process i followed to look at different forms of identity and decide whether or not my final outcome was going to portray my own identity or others. In the end i deiced to portray my own as i was struggling on ideas or what i would preform best at. Over time a lot of artists have used there own emotions and feelings to build the fundamental  bricks of there projects. To come up with my ideas i would generally just sit there and think while listening to music and jot the odd idea down this is just how my brain generated its ideas the best. I also experimented with different techniques like doubles exposures, slow shutter speeds and long exposures to get to my final outcome. The sources of inspiration i used i guess you could say came from myself and how i really feel about myself and the world that I’ve been born into along with the overindulgence of the society that i live in. other sources of inspiration that i used were photographers like Gillian wearing and Adrian Piper. i took inspiration from Gillian due to the fact that she asked random people to write there current feelings or thoughts onto paper and she would photograph them after i reflected on this and decided i would take some form of inspiration and write on peoples bodys using my feelings and thoughts instead of paper. I also took inspiration from Adrian piper because of her philosophy on basic human nature and society and usage of ostracism which really helped me come up with my final outcome.the planning that i used to come up with my final outcome was pretty much using my primary research and mind map from the beginning of the assignment. The things i had to think about when planning or executing my shoot were the basic fundamentals of lighting, angles and composure. I also had to think about the layout of the wiring on the models body that i used to make sure you could see the majority of the writing which was actually quite hard to achieve, thats also where the stylistic decisions also came into play because i had to really think about the composure and the way the models were set up which i experimented with a lot. I didn’t use any post production techniques as i shot on film because i feel like film links with my identity more than DSLR does. My images that i decided to use are portraying my own identity, i decided to use two separate models because i wanted the images to reflect how i feel that i have two personality's one that i have in front of my friends and loved ones and one that i kind of keep to myself and don’t share with other people. I chose to write my thoughts onto other people because I felt that it kind of linked with identity because I’m reflecting my own identity onto other peoples bodies which is there own personal front or identity that they put on or demonstrate, This is how i would personally say i connected the theme of identity with my final piece and in my opinion i fell that i demonstrated this quite well. I used symbols and words to express my own identity, for example for the first image i wrote Ciggies and Tinnies on Rubys body due to the fact that i numb my feelings and emotions a lot thought the use of alcohol as its and easier option. i wrote ciggies because i smoke a lot because I’m very stressed out and feel like it represents not really caring about life because i smoke cause i fear of growing old. I also outcast on her chest because that's how i feel a lot of the time that I’m out-casted from society and don’t feel as accepted as most people are which has been the case ever since i was young.I stated the word Punk as well because i perceive to my friends a lot of the time that i live a bit of punky life style because I’m not phased or don’t care where in actual fact i do. I wrote rest on her hand because i never get to rest or shut off and spend most of my life awake because I’m constantly thinking of the past and present or problems that have absolutely nothing to do with me which have quite and affect on me. I painted a mask black and put it on her face to represent how i mask my feelings to everyone and how i feel. I also drew a question mark on the mask because i want to question identity because what really is identity, does anyone actually really have one or are they just trying to fit into some stereotype that there actually not. I also wrote a comfort in being sad which was a line taken from Nirvana- frances farmer will have her revenge on seattle, which meant quite a lot to me when i first heard it because it spoke wonders to me as i couldn’t agree more as a lot of people can’t seam to get out of the mind set of being sad because maybe they don’t actually won’t to because what do you have to worry about when being happy?? is a stress free life really good for the human brain. I also chose to add the antichrist symbol into the image because I’m a strong believer against religion as i think it is on of the biggest downfalls of humanity and was only set in place to control society before we had a proper democracy set in place, being a anti Christ also offers free will which is the devils temptation which i would rather chose then having my life planned out for me. The other image i chose to use was of my close mate Boris  i took many photos of him as i did Ruby to try and find the best one i also had a really cool double exposure of him but you can’t really see the writing and symbols on his body so i decided not to use it. For the image that i chose to use of Boris i started off by writing suffocation of the soul on his chest because that's the sort of affect i feel that my anxiety and other issues have on me as they are constantly suffocating me and stopping me from being the person that i actually am. I also wrote damaged goods on him as I’ve had things damage me in my past and things that still damage me in the present which i think a lot of people suffer from. I also drew the Anarchy sign on his body as I’m a slight anarchist and don’t completely agree with democracy but who really does. also being a part on the sub culture of anarchy means being a social outcast which I’m deffinelty fit into. I understand that in art and photography that profanity is maybe frowned upon or not entirely accepted but i asked Boris to pose like this because its how i feel toward the world and a lot of people that i come across, this may come across a bit self profound but its how i feel. what made me choose what i did was i felt that i could preform the best if i related it on my personal reasons which i kind of struggles with and procrastinated as I’m not a very open person and am quite reserved which i meant i struggled with this assignment and epically the evaluation but if i had chosen anything else it probably wouldn’t have been done to my best ability. I feel that both of my images go together and tell a story about my own identity. I'm quite satisfied with my final piece if anything I’m almost quite shy about it but i like the look of the final outcome i feel that it links quite well with the assignment of identity and that there's a lot of hidden messages in there even to the point of the colour of the image but the true satisfaction is up to the viewer of the image. I think my weakness of this project were the generation of ideas as it doesn’t seem like i had a lot but my mind was pretty set on what i wanted to do from the get go which explains the lack of ideas. My strengths i would say would be the framing and lighting of the images as i didn’t have much to work from as i wasn’t in a proper studio and didn’t have a lot of space and had to make do with what i had. If i was to do it again i wouldn’t have left everything so last minute and would have tried to generate more ideas. But overall I’m quite happy with the final outcomes.

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unfortunaltyl I lost my sketchbook on the way home from college so I am putting my annotations and evaluations up on tumblr.

Image 1- the first image was taken on the market square just right of the tram-stop, i saw this lady sitting down just gazing into thin air  I think she was watching the pigeons flying about as they do look quite elegant. I chose this agnle due to the fact that she didn't seem to impressed while I was taking a photo so I decided to peep around the corner of the fence, but I also thought it would add for some nice framing and outside lines of the image I feel the image tells a story of old age and life coming to an end as she seems to be reminiscing on the pass, this is just my opinion.

Image 2- The second image was taken up near Talbot point just before you get into Lenton. I chose to take this image as I am a fan of urban photography and thought that the lighting on the buildings looked aesthetically pleasing it kind of reminded me of some of Fan ho work. I also liked how everyone was standing in a perfect line they almost look like they were posing for the photo, its a sad image in a way as everyone who works there has all taken there own anti-social position outside of the building.

Image 3- This image was also taken up by Talbot point I had been walking past this building to get to college everyday and was watching the process of the building being demolished, I liked the way the building had fallen and also felt that the fence made a nice bit of framing for the image.

Image 4- This image was taken on the market square, I took this image because i liked how busy the scene looked especially as the pigeons were flying about I think this was just good timing, I wish that my aperture was a little lower as the sky is just a tad over exposed.

Image 5- this image is of a car park just outside of rock city, I took this image because in one of are tasks we had to take and abstract image and I felt this was quite and abstract image so I decided to include it, I like the way the walls line up and create man made lines.

image 6- this image was taken on the market, there was a homless man on a bench that appeared to be rolling something I would guess that it wouldn't just be tobacco I stood opposite him and was waiting for people to pass by when I it looked best in my view finder, so I then photographed it I like the way the other subjects are blured out but he isn't I think this relates to his world because he feels very alone.

Image 7- This image was taken outside the newton building, I saw this man smoking a ciggerette in a calming way, I liked the layout of it all I think he was sitting in a perfect position to link to the table of thirds.

Imgae 8- This image was taken on the Christmas market I saw this homeless man wondering around the market begging for money with his dog I thought the image was quite moving as he is alone with his dog and his probably the only thing keeping him going as he has nothing else.

Imgae 9- I took this image of my mate called Olly before we were going on a night out a while back ago I had to get a portrait for the task set aswel, I like this image because it reminds me of some of bailys work and I like how dark his eyes are I feel that I draws you in to the image a lot more.

Image 10- was taken near the royal theatre, im not aware of the name of the street. I took this image just because I thought it was interesting I also like how everything I the image is pointing down towards the hill.

Image 11- This image was taken of a lady standing on the market square selling the big issue, she appeared to be homeless which I found quite ironic as she is selling the big issue paper  as they are the only paper that really shines a light onto the homeless issue that most of the uk are just turning a blind eye towards, where as the big issue are actually doing something about the underlining problem we have amongst are modern day society which I have a lot of respect for. I also like this image as the lighting was just right and I like how the sun is shining down onto the subject.