Evaluation.

The perfect base brief for me has been a very interesting and new experience. I feel that although I successfully completed my final works in time, some situations along the way have been challenging. Starting this brief, I was initially very interested and excited to start the project as I found the concept fun. The seminars and practical studio sessions with Chris at the beginning were very beneficial and useful but I feel they ended very soon and then the project started automatically, this was intimidating.

Although I eventually understood the process of different lighting set ups, I felt that this something I struggled with in studio sessions and I had to reflect a lot on my notes to understand the process correctly.  Something that also worried me throughout the assignment was finding models for my photo-shoot. At the start of my project I had two models available for my shoot but unfortunately my models did cancel on me but. In response to this I became very worried but actively looked and found two new models. When I finally captured my perfect base images I felt very happy and relieved. I enjoyed planning the hair and make-up of the two shoots for the Perfect base as the models I had chosen had completely different skin tones and features allowing me to be very experimental with lighting. I feel I managed time well throughout this assignment and also set up my camera and studio lighting fairly easy. In conclusion I found this assignment really fun and beneficial, although it was intimidating at first to think I had to set up, plan and guide a photo shoot by myself, it was a good and valuable experience. I have learnt that planning, being organised and making quick decisions is very important.