Final Evaluation: Who do you think you are David Bailey?

What an amazingly inspiring first project. From literally the first day I have felt so impassioned about photography. I have loved learning about the amazing photographers who have trail blazed the industry of fashion photography. I have had such strong emotional reactions from there work. I have loved finding out more about them too and finding out what inspires them as people and as artists. They have all been completely different and come from different backgrounds and traveled completely different journeys. Its incredibly Inspiring and a beautiful thing to know that every artist has something to offer through their art including myself. I'm excited to learn more about myself through my own creative projects and find out what of myself comes through my art. 

 I have really enjoyed the practical lessons I have had with Chris Overend. Hes very passionate about photography and really wants you to learn the craft. Ive learned a lot in his lessons and have definitely used my skills gained in this project. Every mistake I have made whilst completing this project has been valuable. I have learned so many skills with this project and not just technical but even learning how to keep good fluidity on a shoot and keep the model happy and comfortable. One of the most important lessons I have learned in this project is perseverance and determination. I have learned not to give up if things go wrong. I have gained so much patience and I'm really proud of myself and the journey I have been on in this short amount of time. I'm really pleased with how much I have learned and I feel that really comes through with my final images. 

I'm incredibly happy with my final images and with how the shoots went so successfully. I loved working with my model Annie on the shoots as I felt we really made a great creative team. The communication was strong and the outcomes surpassed my expectations.

I did find post production quite challenging and felt I would struggle with this but after realising that this is just a fear of technology and not my incapabilities I will persevere with this and try some Photoshop courses to gain more skills in this area. I also feel that I need to be more organised with course work as I didn't do as much as I wanted to. I feel that I can only improve from here and I'm really interested in outside projects to strengthen my skills as a photographer. I feel this combined with my other makeup and hair skills gained this semester will make for some really great projects.