WEEK 9 BLOG POST
During week nine of Uses of photography we had to create and present our ideas and action plans for Assignment 4 (Self directed project port folio assignment). I found this process very helpful in aiding my fine proofing and outlining of what I wanted my photo shoot to be centred around.
Originally I wanted to capture the difference or ‘CHANGE’ between my home town and the city which I moved to for study but I soon found this to be a difficult prompt to overcome as I was unable to decide how I would best show the difference between home and the city. Originally I considered getting similar items or objects in each location and capturing pictures of them to show slight differentiations, but this proved to be far too difficult and I was forced to retire that idea. This lead me to replan and brainstorm what I actually wanted to show through my images. I realised I wanted to display what I love most about home, this included a variety of outdoor shots displaying different articles of nature and activities with the family.
When it came to presenting my project I quickly realised that I hadn’t decided on a main theme word for my portfolio, this meant that on the spot I chose to try and link my idea to the word CHANGE which then didn’t go as well as planned. In future I think I would aim to spend more time on my presentation preparation process to help myself process what I wanted to actually do my portfolio on, and clearly explain this to the panel.
In relation to the rubric I was scored Proficient on every level which although is satisfactory to me, I still wish I had put a little more thought into what I wanted to say and perhaps even written some queue cards out in preparation.
Overall, I think I did a good but not great job when it comes to my Studio presentation.