Iconic photographic portraits

These photographic portraits may inspire my practice because they have incorporated elements of their life, history, talents and collections. The first photo displays a man with his throwing knives, this is a demonstration of his talents or possibly his family history. This also applies to the last photo.

The second and third photo inspire the practice because they use elements that wouldn't normally appear in portrait photography. All these photos have the collector looking into the camera except for the second photo, there are two collectors in the one photo.

Unit 2 - Collected Curiosities.

Self Evaluation

Please make a copy first   Evaluation/Reflection

NAME: Thomas Rakuljic

What grade did you think you will earn for each category? Type in your response.

	Did Not Complete Assignment 1	Does Not All Meet Expectations 2	Approaches Expectations 3	Meets Expectations 4	Exceeds Expectations 5
Focus on all aspects of the task
Process from ideas development to completion
Organisation skills				X
Style & Workmanship
Content					X

TOTAL: 20/25

Strengths of the process or assessment task	Weaknesses of the process or assessment task
Some strengths of the process of the assessment task was relating my    storyboard to the photos taken for the photoshoots.	Some weaknesses of the process of the assessment task is organising the actors and to stop them from looking at their phone and engage in the photoshoot.

What did you learn from doing this assessment task? (skills, life lessons, words etc.) I learnt from this assessment that some students are easily distracted and are hard to direct. I also learn that some photos are different on the computer to when they were printed on the photographic paper.

How do you feel about your final product? Overall, I think that my final product is at really good, however, I feel that my final product could be improved and could have been better.

If you could do this task all over again, what would you do differently/the same?

If I could do this task all over again, I would choose different actors, use a different story and use tools like photoshop more effectively.

Did you enjoy this assessment task? Why or why not?

There were parts of this assessment that I enjoyed and did not enjoy, some of the parts that I enjoyed was having free control over my actors and telling them what to do. The parts that I did not enjoy were having to constantly “babysit” some of my actors.

What would you improve for your final product for next time?

To improve my final product for next time, I would choose different actors, have a story that is different and more engaging, and use tools like photoshop more effectively.

Edited Finished photos

 

ISO: 100
Shutter Speed: 1/40
Aperture: 4.5

ISO: 200
Shutter Speed: 1/15
Aperture: 5.6

Peer Evaluation

James Whelan: "Hey James, 
These photos are interesting as the first photo is not from a low viewpoint but from a level height viewpoint. However, I think that you should have used a high viewpoint for the first photo to make the actor look more depressed." 

Daniel Reeve: "I really like how the first image uses black and white to emphasize the feelings of sadness and in the second image uses different colours. However, I think that the last image is too bright." 

Benedict Pamittan: "In your third image, I like how Daniel has his head down and is explained by his grades displayed on the paper." 

Aaron Kustandi: "I like the black and white photo as it emphasizes sadness that the actor/ character in the story got the basketball stuck. However, the coloured photo also looks good as it has dark clouds and the character of the story also has colour."   

James Marsden: "I really like the first image as it shows the rivalry between the two teams and has good colours and contrast despite being taken in low light."

Photos after photoshop editing

Assess screencapture 1

1-5 possible "The Moment" photos