Final Evaluation

For my Unit 10 project I was given the theme of 'Self Imagery', For my initial research I created a mind map to show what I defined 'Self Imagery' as. My ideas included personal appearance, interests and hobbies, and family/background. I also produces a couple of mind maps with creative and technical ideas, using inspiration from other photographers and artists, This gave me the idea of the theme of 'subcultures' to explore when shooting my final shoot. I chose this theme because it was very interesting to me, I enjoyed learning about the lives of different groups of people who do things outside 'the norm'. I also researched a lot into different types of subcultures to find differences and similarities between them. The definition of a subcultures are 'those groups that have values and norms that are distinct from those held by the majority'. Examples of subcultures are can include; goths, hipsters, skinheads and teddy boys. For my final shoot, I chose a subculture local to me who dress up and recreate the Celtic lifestyle. In their organisation they dress like Celts, use Celtic weaponry and reside in Celtic huts. They also make most things from scratch such as the clothes they wear and the huts in which they stay.

Overall I think my shoot went very well, I took plenty of photographs which I could use to so off the Celtic subculture. When taking my photographs I didn't want to focus too much on the idea of them being an reanactment group so I took images of them doing everyday things such as using a coffee machine or standing on their phones, I have used a few of them for my final images. When editing my images, I did not want to change them too much but I did put an orange toned filter to make it seem warmer and to make the images look older.

If I were to do this shoot again, I would love to do it at night time to show off the fires and the atmosphere of the camp at night time. I would also like to practise some Photoshop skills as I would have loved to make the images look much older that I attempted to as I think that would look more realistic. Overall, I have learned a lot from this project, from different techniques when doing my practise shoots, to more information about subcultures, self imagery and Celtics.