Unit 57: Photography and Photographic Practice

Selection of final images & review (P4, M4, D4)

Image No: 1- 5 Portrait

Theme or focus of image & reasons for choiceThe theme I wanted to achieve for my portrait photos is to show the diversity in Manchester. I chose to follow this theme because I think that the diversity in a city is usually the biggest selling point of the city. I believe that I achieved this theme because on my survey I asked if my photos shown Manchester in a positive way and everyone replied saying that I have shown Manchester positively.

Techniques usedThe techniques I have tried to use is both depth of field and rule of thirds. I think I have achieved depth of field on some of my photos because the subject is in focus and the background is out of focus. When I asked people on my questionnaire weather I have achieved rule of thirds and depth of field in my photos 85% said that I have and 15% said I haven’t. I think my third portrait photo hasn’t followed any of these techniques and as a result of it I don’t think it looks professional. Strengths & suggested improvementsI think my strengths on my portrait photos are my camera angles and my editing skills. On my survey I asked if there was any areas in which I could improve my portrait shots the more common response I received was mainly regarding the quality of the photograph. Two of my final five portrait shots have come out very out of focus. I think this is an area that I really need to work on because looking at my landscape photos as well the quality of some of them are very poor as well.Editing detailsAll my five of my portrait photos have followed the same editing routine, firstly I used the pentagon tool to crop round the subject I then made the background black and white and I just kept the subject in colour. I made it my goal to follow the same editing routine for each photo because I think when they are all together it makes my photos look more professional. Capture LogShutter Speed

ISO Aperture

Image 1 – 1/125

Image 1 - 400

Image 1 – f/5

Image 2 - 1/125

Image 2 – 400

Image 2 – f/5

Image 3 – 1/125

Image 3 – 400

Image 3 – f/5

Image 4 – 1/125

Image 4 – 400

Image 4 – f/5

Image 5 – 1/125

Image 5 – 400

Image 5 – f/5