Evaluation

Evaluation

My concept behind the images i captured for this project was to show something that best represents the urban life in Hartlepool, and for me this was always going to be the marina or areas surrounding the marina. Although this may come across like i'm stereotyping Hartlepool and i am well aware of the other attractions around Hartlepool I still felt that the marina played a massive part in a lot of peoples way of life there. 

Factors that influenced me whilst deciding what to take photographs of in Hartlepool were a mix of knowledge of the area and what is most known about Hartlepool and having visited Hartlepool marina a lot as a child and always liking that area. I also was not too keen on just getting images of buildings within Hartlepool because having seen a lot of photographers who take urban landscape images take photos of buildings i wanted to capture something different.

I believe my final outcome does meet the requirements of the brief due to the fact it is a urban landscape of the area within Hartlepool. I also believe it isn't the norm picturesque landscape image, the kind of image you think of when thinking of landscapes. 

 I think if i was to improve my work i would have taken the time to get to know the new equipment a lot more. As i was not familiar with the large format camera we used i felt at the start of my project i didn't capture the best images, therefore if i could go back i would have improved the quality of images i was taking by taking a few days to test run the camera and get used to how it works.

I felt for this project i used a lot more of my own knowledge of hartlepool instead of looking at how other urban landscape photographers photographed urban areas due to the fact i had an idea from the start on what i was looking to achieve. 

A new skill that i acquired whilst completing this project was gaining a new understanding for a camera and format i had not previously had the opportunity to experience, also gaining knowledge on a new developing process. Although the process was similar to 35mm it was challenging and insightful.

The most challenging aspect of this project was once again learning how to operate a new camera, and although it was challenging it was useful because it has given me more of an understanding about other cameras and has also given me more camera options when i want shoot some images. 

On reflection despite wishing i had taken a few test rung of the camera i am over all extremely happy with my final images. I found that as i used the camera more i captured better images. The last photoshoot i did i captured 3 of the 5 that i wanted to use as my final images, and were by far the best out of the 12 i did take.