We have now finished this project and I have enjoyed it from the beginning. At first, I was a bit confused an unsure on where this topic was going to take me but after doing a couple of shoots, I started heading towards a documentary-style project, allowing me to portray society and highlight some social issues in our community. As my shoots progressed, I explored more cultures and started comparing them in my work, this allowed me to be analytical and critical of my own work, enabling me to find what to improve in future shoots. This has helped me develop my Photography and plan my shoots ahead so I knew what I was meant to do in particular shoots. Furthermore, I have become more familiar with the aperture settings on my camera, as I experimented on my shoots in order to find out which aperture was best for particular images, I began to see the difference this made to my work, allowing me to manipulate the brightness and the lighting as much as I wanted to, so that it suited my images. Although, I didn't spend much time on Photoshop as my images didn't need much editing, apart from my James Russell Cant shoot, I spent some time on the computer experiments, which meant I could practice my Photoshop skills and discover new tools - I also came across some new ways of editing with my James Russell Cant shoot, as I had to learn how to add scanning lines to my images, so they look like they've been taken from CCTV footage. Overall, this project has made me more critical of my work and has forced my to plan my shoots so I knew what I was doing - in the future, I will be more organised so that my shoots are done at their best. If I had the chance to do this project again, I would have spent more time in the studio, allowing me to concentrate some more on emotions and personalities found in our society.
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