Photography mini assignment

Evaluation. 

The picture on the right was taken using a Mamiya RB67 SD Pro camera, I'd never used a camera like this before but i really liked it, it was fairly easy to use and i'm happy with the final product. To develop the pictures we had to go in to the dark room. When developing the image of me up against the wall, i first developed it but it looked to simple, so i added done some contrasting, so that the image brings my body forward so it looks more realistic and not so flat. After putting my image through the developer, wash and fixer, then after drying the image, i then took it to a computer to scan on to it.

To create the actual layout i used Photoshop. I made the page A3 then rotated in 90. After my page was ready, i made sure to do a line down the middle so that my images would be symmetrical. After adding the photos on to the page and adjusting them to the right sizes, I edited the contrast and brightness on the image on the right as it felt it was too dark and didn't contrast well with the other image. In this image i'm staring of to the side not really concentrating on anything, so i decided to have the writing ''in a world o my own'' as i think that I look like i'm daydreaming in the picture so the text works well with it.  I had a little bit of head space so i placed the text up there instead of on my actual body. For the other image, i didn't adjust the brightness or contrast as i felt the brightness was fine and i had adjusted the contrast during the developing stages. I did crop the image then drag it to make it bigger as i looked to distant and far away from the camera. I really like that there is a beam of sun shining in to the image, this wasn't planned, but i'm happy with the way it came out. I decided t use that text because it is one f my favorite quotes, also because in the image i look like i'm backed up against the wall just looking out and thinking which is just like what the quote says to do.

If i were to do this whole process again i would try to change the images up a bit. If i were to take the image of me up against the wall again, then i'd want the camera closer and more to the side of me so it's a side profile shot. If i were to take the main portrait photo again, i'd possibly have me looking down at the floor and not smiling so that it really does look like i'm in a world of my own and not focused on anything.