Week 11

Week 11 of my project proved to be an exceptionally demanding period to bring all the pieces of my creative project together. At this stage, I had successfully completed the photography phase, and my next critical step was my most feared part of the process, the photo editing and putting together my digital book. Unfortunately, it was not a seamless process; my laptop experienced malfunctions (I had to get it fixed), which caused me some downtime and frustration. Photoshop, my primary editing tool, presented its own set of challenges. I found it very difficult and tedious to remove backgrounds, change lighting and overall work around Photoshop and my editing went through many stages.

As my main goal of my project, it included me having to come up with descriptive and witty text around the photographs of the bags I had taken pictures of. This was a tedious task, and it took me many days to figure out what to say. I had to make the design aesthetic and copy the distinctive 2000s magazine style while also trying to make a social commentary on gender stereotyping and sexism in the modern era.

My favourite part of the week was once I had gotten all my Photoshop and Adobe Lightroom editing finished and I had typed up all the text, I was able to put it all together. I loved experimenting with how to make my portfolio look the best I could while staying as close as I could to my inspiration. I used Canva to put all of it together into my digital book. The design went through many phases throughout the week until I was finally happy with the result. Although the editing process was definitely the most challenging for me, it was also the most rewarding. Putting everything together and seeing all the work laid out, this is probably the proudest I have been throughout my media course so far of a final project. Although I’m sure there is a lot to improve on, I am proud of what I was able to complete and how it ended up.