Once this was accomplished we then moved on to creating the mood board that was to be part of the final hand-in. This is when we began our IT lessons for digital imagery, where we learnt how to use Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator in order to create professional mood boards and edited images.
Whilst this was taking place we also had practical lessons for digital imagery in a photography studio, where we learnt about different lighting, camera settings as well as training in health and safety regulations for the various equipment used in photo shoots.
I felt like I had a firm understanding of the requirements and specifications for the final images we had to hand in and completed the tasks required by my tutor to a high standard each week, so felt like I did not struggle with this area of Digital imagery, I was intrigued by the new information I was gaining about the fashion industry and feel that since learning this it has made me much more aware of fashion surrounding me such as the different colour schemes used and the moods they are trying to create.
When it came to conducting the photo shoot I used myself as the model but collaborated with another student who is studying Film and TV at Solent to be the photographer. I specified what it was that I wanted from the shoot and set everything up myself so I still gained the experience I needed working with the equipment. The biggest struggle for me with the practical photo shoot was remembering all the specific camera settings that helped to produce a good quality photo. I did have it all written down in a technical file but I wanted to be able to memorise the different elements to increase my knowledge, which I feel I eventually accomplished with a lot of revising. Once the photo shoot was completed I was pleased with the selection of photos I had and was glad that I took a large amount of different shots that I could play around with in post-production to achieve the best possible result.
Post-production was the biggest challenge for me in this part of the course as I had no experience in using editing software to perfect an image. I managed to get the hang of cropping images quite easily but a lot of the other tools, such as changing the quality, felt quite complicated to me, luckily my tutor put all his presentations online so I could easily access and follow them when completing my work.
However that is not something I want to have to rely on as I am aware that will not always be the case so this is something I need a lot of practise on in order to be able to edit images independently throughout the rest of my degree. In order to achieve this I have downloaded all the software on to my laptop so I am able to practise outside of being at university. As a result of doing that over the summer with various images from the internet I feel my skills have developed a lot more and now feel a bit more confident with post-production.
Overall I was very pleased with my final hand-in for the first term of digital imagery as for someone with no previous experience I feel I accepted and overcame a lot of challenges and confusion in order to produce work that was of a high-standard.
At the end of this unit I was granted a mark of 58 for my portfolio and 58 for my final images which is equivalent to a high C1 which I was satisfied with (see final images below, left to right: final 3/4 body shot, final head shot, final mood board).
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