Evaluation.
Throughout this assignment I have taken a variety of pictures; using digital cameras only. I have aimed to take photos that are relevant and good examples of the tasks we've been asked to do. For my final fantasy landscape I took pictures of anything that I found interesting. I choose to do a street instead of a big space of plain land as I found it more interesting, with more opportunities to take more pictures and manipulate those pictures into the street. I decided to put on some animals, some balloons and the statue from outside the college, I choose to put these in the street as they are out of place and in my opinion show a 'fantasy landscape'.
When I was first given this assignment I initially thought of doing something with a big open space however, I started to change my idea when I decided it would be better and more interesting for me and the picture if I choose I different background. However when I decided this I thought that I would have to reshoot to find different subjects which you wouldn't find in a street.
Throughout this assignment I have used my Canon EOS 500D camera, a tripod and a computer equipped with Photoshop.
Throughout this assignment I had various problems which I found difficult to solve. The main problem was making the pictures look natural. For example when I copied and pasted the objects into the street, they stood out so I had to blur the outside of the object that I had put into the new picture. Also one duck is brighter than the others, so it stands out compared to the others. This was because when I took the picture the duck had direct sunlight on it. If I was to do this again I would not put this duck into my picture.
I think that the artists which I have researched are relevant because John Goto does fantasy landscapes also, and Muybridge photographed things that were happening which I thought was relevant because its directly opposite to the assignment (things that happen and things that aren't / can't happen).
For my final image I used a variety of techniques that I have shown in 'Photoshop Workshop 5'. If I was to do this again I would not put in the picture of the duck that was in the sunlight and I would try to find a brighter street.
