Final evaluation

Throughout this project I aimed capture the essence of experimental techniques which are featured within photography. Within this project I experimented with a lot of different techniques both within the darkroom and digitally within photoshop. In order to generate the image to work with within the dark room I shot two rolls of film, one black and white and one colour. With the black and white film, I took this to the darkroom and carried out various experimental techniques such as sandwiching negatives, photograms, solarisation and painting with developer. Creating these images was a lot of fun as it meant I was able to get hands on with the editing of these images. Through experimenting with different techniques within the dark room I found that creating photograms was my favourite to do as this was the simplest yet I feel that this technique is able to create some of the most interesting prints as you can use almost anything to aid the creation of photograms and if you use some of your negatives to create the photograms like I did, the detail from the negatives shows up on the photograms and this gives the print a lot of detail which you might not think would be easily created by simply placing items on a piece of photographic paper then lighting up the enlarger for a few seconds. In addition to this, another of the darkroom techniques I liked was painting with developer. I enjoyed this technique as it was very hands on and allowed a lot of creative freedom as you can paint the developer onto any part of the paper and only the pieces of paper with the developer on will be revealed with the image you have printed onto the paper. This technique allows you to be very creative as you could even paint a small picture with the developer and have the photograph show through this. My least favourite technique to carry out within the darkroom was solarisation. This is because although the effect of this technique was very unique and different, I found it very tricky to get this technique right as you have to work very fast and as there was quite a lot of people within the dark room at the time and the area where I was trying to work was a little crowded, I feel that my solarised images were not as good as they could have been as they feel a little rushed and this technique is one which you cannot take a lot of time with. I enjoyed experimenting with techniques, however solarisation was my least favourite. As well as experimental techniques within the darkroom, I also experimented digitally with techniques within photoshop. The techniques I used to digitally edit my images include colour popping, overlaying textures, adding borders, panoramic images and creating pinhole effect images. My favourite digital experimental technique to create was definitely colour popping as I love how much freedom was involved in the process of this as you get to choose exactly which parts of the image you want In colour and which parts you want to be in black and white and you can have as much or as little colour as you like. There is a lot of creative freedom within this process and this is the main reason I enjoy this. Another reason I love this technique so much is because when you are creating the colour popped image, it feels as though you are colouring in the photograph and it makes me feel as though I am a child again with a colouring book or something. My least favourite experimental technique which I created within photoshop was the adding of borders. This was my least favourite as I feel that when I added the borders to the image, it did not really add much to the image and the images looked a little boring to say quite a bit of effort went into making them. I have physical prints from my roll of black and white film but unfortunately I was not able to get into the colour darkroom so I do not have any prints from this shoot however the negatives from this shoot are included with my darkroom folder even though they never got made into actual prints as I was not able to get into the colour darkroom. By doing this project I have learnt about a lot of different techniques both digital and within the darkroom which I did not previously know how to do so I feel that this meant that my project was a success. Overall I enjoyed this project a lot as I love changing the way my photographs look and that is what this whole project was about. This project was a lot of fun as there was a lot of creative freedom throughout the entire project which I like a lot. I really enjoy being able to put my own spin onto my photographs.  This means that overall I am happy with the way this project turned out.

Exhibition planning

Leeds film photoshoot evaluation

Leeds colour film photoshoot planning

exhibition planning

pin hole effect images

Pinhole images are images which are created with the use of a pinhole camera. Pinhole cameras work without the use of a lens and instead a small hole in the front of the camera which lets light pass through to project an image of what is in front of the camera onto whatever is on the other side of the hole made in the front. This phenomenon is known as camera obscura and was first referenced between 470 and 390 BC (years 284 to 364). When the image is projected, the image will be inverted as light only travels in straight lines resulting in the projected image being upside down. Pinhole image have a few distinct characteristics which make them stand out from other photographs. One of these characteristics is long exposure times. This is because the pin hole in the front of the camera is so small that it only lets a very small amount of light through it this means that a longer exposure time is required in order to get a good and visible photograph. other characteristics of pinhole photography include wide angle views, soft focus, lack of focus towards the edges of the photograph and vignetting on the corners of the photograph (darkened corners). As pinhole photography has these characteristics, it means they have their own look which can be replicated digitally within Photoshop. Below, I have done just that and taken some architecture images and edited them within Photoshop to make them look as though they were taken with a pinhole camera.

This is one of the images which i created. this is a photograph of Seville cathedral which I took whilst on a trip there around 2 years ago. in order to create this image i first edited the colour slightly by adding grain to the image in order to make it look as though the photograph was taken using film taking some of the colour out by lowering the saturation slightly then upping the contrast as this is the effect that pinhole images usually have. After this i added a radial blur to the image to make the edges of the photograph blurred and making the focus drop more and more towards the edges of the photograph, the last thing i did was darkening the corners. i did this by creating a small border then changest the lightness to the darkest possible setting. this made the edges and corners of this photograph slghtly darker, once i had done this, the pinhole effect was created within this photograph and i am very happy with the way this pinhole effect image looks.

This is another image i edited within photoshop to create the pinhole effect. This was edited in the exact same way as the previous one however i dont feel that this one worked as well as the last as the bright white sky makes the darkened corners a lot more prominent and i feel that the edges and corners may be a little too dark for this effect to properly work and look fully effective. had the edges and corners been a little softer i feel that this would be a lot better.

this is another image which i edited in the pinhole style within photoshop. this was edited in the exact same way as the others and i think this is my favourite out if the photographs i edited in this style as i feel that this one looks the most natural and it looks as though it has not been overly edited and looks as though it could have been taken using a pinhole camera. i am very happy with the way this photograph was edited and they way it turned out.

this is another photograph i edited in the pinhole style within photoshop, again, this photograph was edited in the exact same way as the others but again, the corners and edges are too dark for this photograph and this has resulted in the image looking overly edited and less like a photograph which was actually taken using a pin hole camera. The corners and edges of this photograph are so dark as i added 2 layers of the border as when i added the first border i felt that it was not dark enough and did not make much of a difference to the image so i chose to add another. looking back at this photograph now that it had been fully edited i realise that with this effect and the vignette at the corners, less is more and the vignette is supposed to be subtle rather than too obvious like this is. I feel that had the vignette on this image not been as strong and slightly more subtle this image would look a lot better and work a lot better as a pin hole effect image

abstract architecture

Abstract photography is photography in which the subject is somewhat distorted so that you can not tell from the first look what it is. Abstract photography is done by taking photographs in unique ways and often only capturing sections of the subject. This can be done by taking the photographs from a different angle or from close up. this means that the subject matter of the photograph can be the same as a regular photograph however it has a completely different look. when experimenting with abstract photography, i chose a subject to photograph then took one photograph in an abstract style then another in a conventional manor so a comparison can be made between the two photographs. in order to make this this comparison easier, I edited the two photographs together to make a diptych so the two photographs can be viewed side by side. here are the diptychs i created.

this is the first diptych i created with an abstract image and a regular image of the same subject matter. these photographs are of a pillar which i came across whilst i was on a trip to the photography show in Birmingham. I chose to photograph this pillar as  i liked its shiny appearance. the first photograph shown here is the abstract image. In order to take this abstract photograph, i got up close to the pillar and shot from the bottom looking up. I am quite happy with the way this image turned out however, it is not as abstract as it could have been as you can still kind of tell that this is a photograph of a pillar. the second photograph shown here is a standard photograph of the same pillar. i took this in a normal fashion meaning that the entirety of the pillar is shown. this photograph is solely so show what the abstract image is of and how it usually looks if you were to see it whilst walking past. the second image in this diptych was rotated as i realised that when i was taking this photograph, i shot the first image in landscape and the second was taken in portrait so in order for these images to fit together in a diptych one of them needed to be rotated so i chose to rotate the second one.  

this is another diptych i created using an abstract image and a normal image of the same subject matter. these photographs are of a stairway which i found when i was on a trip to the photography show in Birmingham. I chose to photograph this stairway as i felt i would be able to easily create an abstract type image from this. the first image shown here is the normal image of the stairs. this image was taken to show what the stairway usually looks like when you are stood at the bottom of them. the second photograph is the abstract image taken of the same stairway. this photograph was taken while standing on the stairs looking down. each of the stripes is a step so this photograph is just a birds eye view of the stairs. i think that this works well as an abstract image as when you are looking at this photograph you cannot tell what this photograph was told without being told.

This is another diptych i created within photoshop to show an abstract image and a normal image which were taken including thr same subject matter. These photographs were taken of a bench which, again, i found whilst on a trip to the photography show in Birmingham. I chose to photograph this bench at first because i liked the colour but then realised that the pattern within the bench would create a good image for the abstract photograph. the first photograph shown within this diptych is the abstract style image. this photograph was taken from close up so the holes in the bence and the rain droplets are visible however, not much else is visible within this photograph. this means that you cannot properly tell what this photograph is of meaning that this photograph works well as an example of abstract photography. The second photograph shown here is a normal photograph of the same bench. in order to take this photograph i stood a few steps back from this bench and took a photograph which showed off the entire bench so it was obvious what the photograph was of. 

overall i feel that abstract photography is very interesting as i like how you can take a photograph of something in such a way that it is distorted so that you can no longer tell what the subject of the photograph is at first glance.

colour pop

Colour popping is a technique completed in Photoshop which results in the final image being predominantly in black and white with a section of the image in colour. This technique is completed within photoshop by opening the photograph, duplicating the layer, converting the upper layer to black and white then removing sections of this layer which you would like in colour with the eraser tool. This is one of my favourite techniques to complete as i enjoy the amount of freedom which you have when creating these images as you can choose exactly which parts of the image you would like to have in colour or in black and white. I had a lot of fun creating these images as once I had prepared the image before colour popping, it felt as though i has a black and white image which i was then colouring in. I found this process very relaxing and fun. In addition to this, I love the effect that colour popping has on images as it makes the part of the image which is in colour stand out a lo more than the rest of the image. This means that the part of the photographs which remains in colour is often the most important part of the photograph as this is what is seen first when you look at the image. Here are the photographs which I took and then edited in the colour pop style 

This is the fist image which i edited in the colour pop style. This is a photograph of the octopus graffiti which is located on a wall in the centre of Bradford. This photograph is originally well lit but at the same time quite dull meaning that it lacks some contrast. with this in mind, when editing this photograph, i edited the levels of the photograph slightly to make the yellow of the octopus stand out more and then when colour popping made it so the yellow octopus was what was in colour as this was the brightest colour within this photograph and this is also the main feature of this photograph. As the main feature of this photograph is in colour while the rest is in black and white, this means that the eye is instantly drawn to the main part of this photograph which is the main goal when taking a photograph of something. I am happy with the way this image looks as the colour popping is very effective in making the octopus stand out within this photograph.

This is another photograph i edited while experimenting with colour popping. This is a photograph of a red brick wall and as the entire image is the same colour i thought that this would be a perfect time to be able to get creative with the colour popping. for this photograph i chose to pick out individual bricks and put these in colour. I enjoyed this process as it meant that I was able to choose bricks to potentially make a pattern or something to this effect however with this photograph i just chose a few random bricks to put into colour however looking back at the photograph now that it has been edited, it looks as though i have chosen bricks which form diagonal lines throughout the image which i think is a nice effect although this was not the original intention as the original was to have random splashes of colour within the image which would remain predominantly black and white. I am happy with the way this image has turned out and i enjoyed creating this image a lot as i enjoyed the freedom and creativity which was open to me when editing this piece. 

This is another image which i created when colour popping in photoshop. This is a photograph of the David Hockney building and I chose to photograph this building as I like the red and pink panels which are present within this building. As this building had a bright colour incorporated in it i thought that this would be the most appropriate part to colour pop however i chose to pick out only the red and pink sections and not the full section where the windows are as i thought that by just picking out the pink and red sections it would make this part of the photograph more eye catching and i feel that it does this well. I am happy with the way this image looks.

As I found the process of colour popping very enjoyable, I took the opportunity to create some more images which are not architecture related but they do show off the colour popping technique very well. I included these photographs as they are not architecture related but they are the images which helped me to gain more experience in colour popping and the main reason I completed these images is because I enjoyed the process of colour popping so much that I had to create more with different subject matters. Here are the additional photographs which I edited: 

Panoramas

Panoramic photographs are photographs which show a larger area than would usually be shown had a standard photograph been taken. Panoramic photographs can be portrait as well as landscape however the panoramic photographs which i created are both landscape but this technique can also be in the same way with portrait photographs in order to create a narrow and tall photograph. Panoramic photographs have recently become more and more popular with the use of the "panorama" feature which can now be found on a lot of digital cameras and a lot of smartphones. This feature allows the user to move the camera in either a horizontal or vertical fashion and it will take a number of photographs and stitch them together within the phone or camera itself before showing the photograph which has been taken. However, this can also be done manually both conventionally and digitally, creating panoramic photographs conventionally would mean taking a selection of photographs in either a vertical or horizontal line with each photograph overlapping slightly then laying the prints out so they create a smooth looking image. This technique can also be done digitally by taking the photographs in the same way, this time using a digital camera then opening all of the images within photoshop and editing them together to create a larger overall image from various different photographs. In order to create these image I took the photographs digitally and then used photoshop in order to join them all together to make the final images which are shown here.  

This is the first panoramic photograph which I created. This photograph is of the row of shops which is located within City Park in the centre of Bradford. As this is a large area, this would not be able to be captures with just one single shot without a very wide lens then the cropping of the sky and the ground. This means that creating a panorama in order to photograph this area was a good idea as it meant that all of the area which i wanted to photograph would be included however there would not be excess sky or ground within this image. In order to create this photograph I started with my camera in a portrait position and took a series of photographs of this area. with each photograph i took, i made sure half of each photograph was the same as the next one. this meant that when joining the images together, each photograph overlapped and meant that there would be no caps within the final panorama. Once i had gained all of my desired images, i then took to photoshop and resized each of the images and began to join the separate photographs together to create the final panorama image. As this was the first panorama image which i created, this means that there are some errors within it. Towards the left hand side of this image you can see where the two photographs were joined as the sky is not matched quite right and it looks as though a cloud has been cut in half. The joining of the photographs was the main problem here as the photographs which i took seemed to join together in some parts but not in others and this made it difficult to join the images together. another problem which I encountered when creating this panorama was that when shooting this panorama, i accidentally missed a section out meaning that there would have been a small gap within the image so this mean that i had to cut the panorama a little shorter than expected. If I was to re do this panorama in particular I would look into maybe using a tripod in order to keep the camera at a consistent height and in a constant place when taking each photograph and I would take extra care when taking the photographs to make sure i did not miss any sections out again. Overall, despite the mistakes i made during this process, i am happy with the outcome and I will use the knowledge i have gained from the mistakes and learn from them in order to better my future panoramic photographs.

This is another panoramic image which i created by taking a seried of portrait photos then joining them together within photoshop. This panorama was created in the exact same way as the previous one. This photograph is of the back of the City Hall building. I chose to take a panoramic picture of this as this is an old building meaning it fits in with the old meets new architecture project which I have been given and i chose to photograph it so it was displayed as a panoramic image as again, the area i was wishing to capture was far too wide for me to be able to capture this building in its entirety with just one single shot. This panorama is better than the first i created as i feel thst i learned from some of my mistakes however it is still not perfect as towards the left of the image, the building seems to curve and look a little wonkey which is due to me accidentally changing the angle of the camera whilst i was taking the photographs. luckily this is the only section of this panorama which was affected by this problem. aside from this minor problem, this panorama seems to fit together very well and i feel that it fits together a lot better than the fist one which i created and i feel that this is due to the experience gained when creating the first image. In addition to this, when taking the photographs for this panoramic image, I did not accidentally miss out any sections which I would have caused blank spaces within the panorama, this means that this panorama was not unintentionally cut short like the first one which i created was. Overall I feel that this panorama is a lot better than the first i created due to experience and practice and I am quite happy with the way this panorama has turned out and im sure with each panorama i create in the future, more and more improvements will be visible.

Borders

Adding borders to photographs is a simple yet effective technique completed within photoshop with digital images. Here are the images which I edited within photoshop to have a boarder around them. 

This is the first image i added a boarder to. for this image as I had not had much experience with creating borders before, I was mainly just experimenting with the technique and getting used to how this technique. This means that when creating this border, i chose to keep it simple and stick to  a plain black border around a photograph taken within City Park of the clock tower and one of the sculptures within city park. This photograph shows juxtaposition between old and new and this is the main reason i chose to use as part of this project. This boarder was left quite simple however i experimented more with boarders as i created some more images with borders.

This is another photograph i edited to have a boader surrounding it. This time, i used the same photograph as before and this time chose to change the width of the border slightly and made it a little bigger meaning i was then able to experiment with the colour of the border. to create this border, as the border is made up using the background layer within photoshop, i experimented with changing the colours and for this one i decided to get creative and use a wide range of different colours to create this rainbow effect border. This boarder is not relevant to this image however, this was not a main concern when creating this border as I was mainly focused on experimenting with this technique and showing the creativity which was possible when creating borders.

Again, i have used the same photograph as before in order to add a border to it. I stuck to using the using the same photograph as it meant there was a little bit of consistency within my work while i was simple experimenting the use of this technique. to create this border i simple hid the image which would later end up being the photograph which is surrounded bu the boarder and then fulled in the entire lower later with black and with the drawing tool on photoshop, i chose a colour i liked and started to draw random scribbly lines all over this entirely black layer. this created a very abstract pattern in which i concentrated most of the overlapping lines towards the edges of the image as this meant that when the top later of the image was shown again, the border would be black with abstract lines running through it. Again, this border does not relate to this image too well but when creating this image i was more focused on the creative experimental aspect of this technique.

this is another image i have added a border to using the photoshop technique. This image is my favourite out of all of the border images i have created and this is because i feel that the border for this image relates the most to the image which i chose to use. when creating this image, I chose to use a photograph i previously edited in a colour pop fashion meaning that the only colour within this photograph was pink with the rest of the image is made up of various shades of grey. This meant that deciding on the colour of the border for this image was relatively easy for me. When creating this border, i made sure the faded into the image itself and when choosing the colour fot the border, I chose a pink colour which was the closest shade to one used within the photograph and filled the border with this colour. I then went to the brush tool and changed the brush to a spray type effect and enlarged the size of the brush. i then chose a grey colour and added some grey specks onto the pink background. doing this meant that when the photograph was added back onto the background to create the border, the border would be the same colours, pink and grey, as the image itself. i feel that this works well and i feel that it works best out of all the bordered images i created when experimenting with this technique as the colour scheme matches the best and i feel that this border ties the image together nicely. overall i am very happy with the way this image has turned out. 

Overlaying textures

Overlaying textures onto photographs is a good way add some interest to your existing photographs. adding a texture to your photographs can add extra detail, enhance the image or even transform the original image depending on the overlayed texture which you have used. In order to create these images and overlay the textures, I used photoshop however this process can be done within the dark room. I created these images within photoshop as it meant i was able to experiment with creating as many different images as i liked without being limited to the images which I had from the film photoshoot which i carried out. I enjoyed creating these images as I had the freedom to layer any two photographs which i felt fit together well and it meant i was able to be creative with this. 

this is one of the images which i created by overlaying textures. The original image used here is a photograph of the corner of TSB's building. I chose to photograph this building as it is an old building and it shows off the old architecture within the centre of Bradford. I like this photograph as it also features some people in the foreground which provide scale and show the size of this building. The people within this photograph show that this building is large and as I was photographing from the bottom of this building looking up at it, this adds to the fact that the building is tall and by photographing looking up towards the building, it gives importance to this building making it look superior to other things within the area. The texture which I added to this photograph was a photograph which I took of some pebbles on the ground. I took this photograph as the pebbles were all smooth, round and nicely formed without jagged edges. This means that although the pebbles show texture however they are also smooth so the texture is not too harsh. I chose to use this photograph as a texture on a photograph of this building as the building itself shows a lot of curves and rounded aspects of the building so i felt that the roundness of the pebbles fit in nicely with this. i feel that had i have used an image of jagged stones or something of that nature, this would not have fit in with the original photograph as well as the one which I used. I also feel that the colours featured within the two photographs work well together as they are both quite muted colours which blend together quite nicely to add a nice effect to the image and I feel that adding the texture to this image enhances the original image. 

This is another image I created by layering a texture on top of another photograph. The original photograph used here is a photograph of City hall and I have layered this with a photograph I took of tree bark. I used this image as the image layer as i felt that the texture of the tree bark added to the look of the city hall building and as this building itself is old, I feel like the rugged texture of the tree bark helps to age the building. With each of the images used here, before layering them together, I edited the levels slightly in order to enhance the look of each photograph before editing them together to create the final image. I chose to edit only the levels when preparing these images as I wanted the imaged to remain true to the original photograph without changing it too much as I knew i would be editing two different photographs together so editing each individual photograph more than I did, i feel would be over editing and the end result would end up not looking great. As the brown colour from the tree bark has been added to the photograph of city park, this has meant that the colours from the original photograph are now a lot more vibrant than they originally were and as i previously stated, the only editing i did to each of the photographs was slightly altering the levels of the photographs. Before layering the images, the colours within either of the photographs was not as vibrant as they are now. This means that the colours within each of the photographs compliment each other nicely in order to make the colours within the overall piece a lot more vibrant and eye catching. Overall I am very pleased with the way this image has turned out as I like how the texture of the tree bark adds to the look of the age of the building. I think this is one of my favourite images which I have created while experimenting with overlaying textures.

This is another image i created while experimenting with overlaying textures within photoshop. The original image used here is a photograph of the pavilion within city park with bradford ice rink within the background. I chose to use this photograph as my main image as this image shows juxtaposition as the pavilion in the foreground is a new building whereas the ice rink in the background is a much older building therefore the original image used here shows the juxtaposition between old and new buildings. The texture I used within this image is a photograph i took of some purple gravel. This is a photograph of coloured gravel which is usually used for decorative purposes such as within fish tanks or something however I found it laying around my house so i felt that as it was an interesting colour, it would make for a more interesting texture photograph then normal coloured, grey gravel. When overlaying this texture to the image, I was aware that purple gravel did not have much to do with the image which I overlayed it with and it does not really relate to anything within the original photograph, however I chose to use the purple gravel as my overlayed image as i felt that it as so different that it completely transformed the original image. The purple colour has changed the colour of the entire photograph apart from the sky area as the photograph was taken on an overcast day meaning that the sky was dull and white. this meant that the purple colour from the texture layer was not picked up on this part of the image however other sections of the image such as the buildings were more capable of taking on the colour from the layer. When adding the layer to this image, I made sure the opacity of the layer was turned down meaning the detain in the gravel and the purple colour were more prominent. I feel that this works well as it gives a false pattern to the buildings and adds a new, unique and quite abstract look to this image. Overall i am very pleased with the way this image has turned out. 

This is another image i created while experimenting with overlaying textures within photoshop. The photograph which i started with when creating this image was a photograph of one of the university buildings. This photograph was taken from a low angle meaning that the lower half of this photograph is filled with grass. Taking the photograph from a low angle also means that the building is given slightly more importance as it appears to be towering over you albeit from a little bit of a distance away within this case. The image I used as the overlay for this image was a photograph I took, again of free bark, but this time with ivy growing around it. I felt that this would be an appropriate photograph to use as the texture for this image as although tree bark and ivy does not have a lot to do with an education establishment such as this university building, the original photograph was taken at such an angle that half of the photograph is showing grass. This means that i thought that the nature theme of the tree bark and ivy and the grass fit in well together. I feel that this texture works well for this image as i really like how the tree bark and ivy is shown on the side of the university building. I feel that this is the thing that you see first when looking at the photograph so at first glance it could look as though this was the only section of the photograph which was edited then when you look closer you can see the large leaves of the ivy present within the grass. I am very happy with the way this image has turned out as i feel that the nature theme i worked with within this photograph works well however the nature theme does not completely distract from the theme of architecture which runs through each of the photographs i have taken for this project.

Hockney Joiners

These photo joiners were inspired by those created by David Hockney. When creating the photo joiners, Hockney would take photographs of small sections of a scene which he would then print then arrange to create a larger overall image made up of various different photographs. In order to create my images, i have used the same technique but instead of creating the images in a conventional way and physically arranging the prints, I digitally created the images and used Photoshop to arrange them. The first joiner which I created is of a row of a row of flags which are located within one of the corridors in college. To create this joiner i took various photographs of small sections of these flags and did this by choosing a section to photograph then photographing the surrounding sections until I had photographed the entire area which I wished to include within the joiner. once I had photographed the entire area in sections, I then resized each of the photographs and placed them all into a Photoshop document and lined them all up with each other so that all of the photographs joined together in order to create the overall image which I was aiming to get. For this joiner, I had my camera set on an automatic setting meaning that the iso setting kept changing depending on the amount of light which was present at any given point. This means that some of the photographs within the joiner are brighter than the others and each has a different brightness. This means that the joiner does not join up properly and the sections that do join up do not match each other because of brightness levels differ so much. In addition to this the photographs were all taken from slightly different angles meaning that some of the images do not join up properly meaning the joiner is not seamless. however, one of the aspects of the joiners is that they have a look of a cubist image made up using photography so this adds to this effect and the fact that each of these images does not line up exactly is not too important however the lighting issue within this joiner is quite problematic. If i was to re do this joiner i would have my camera set on manual so i can control the amount of light which is let into the camera by controlling the shutter speed, iso and aperture. Doing this would mean that the lighting within each of the photographs would be consistent making this joiner fir together better. The second joiner i created was created in the same way as the first however when taking the photographs to make this joiner, i made sure i had my camera set on a manual setting meaning i could control the amount of light let into the camera. this means that the lighting within these photographs is consistent and this makes the joiner fit together better than the first one i created. This joiner is a photograph of a section of a wall found in the college canteen and to take these photographs i stood directly in front of the section of the wall which I wanted to photograph and started by taking one photograph then moving my camera slightly to one side and taking another photograph and continuing in this fashion. I did this in this way as it meant that I was able to take a photograph which covered each section of the wall which i was choosing to photograph meaning that there were no open and unfilled gaps within this joiner. I put this joiner together in the same way as i put the first one together, by resizing each of the photographs then placing them together in order within photoshop. As i was not moving and i was stood in the same place when taking the photographs for this joiner, it means that the photographs were all taken from a similar angle meaning that they all fir together better than the photographs taken for the first joiner. Overall i feel that i learned from the mistakes which i made while creating the first joiner and corrected them with the second joiner which i created meaning that i feel that the second joiner i created is a lot better than the first one.