Evaluation

In this project, capture, my task was to experiment with different forms of capture that would be finally presented within a website.

My subject for this project was photography as my main form of capture, although I did also experiment in different forms of capture such as mark-making, scanning, drawing and typography. The reason that I chose photography was that there is a lot to learn about it and many ways of finning out information within the college as well as online, and by using all of these I could make my research and findings more valid.

The first sept of the project was to decide which capture method I would focus on. I did this by try out different methods, and once I had decided on photography I was able to go into move depth within that medium and explore the work of other photographers. Another large part of the project was building the website witch would hold the work. This took a lot of planning as the structure and also the design had to be closely considered, as I did not want it to contrast to dramatically with the content on the page.

I think that my biggest successes in this project would be building the website, as I feel I got the right balance between the design of the site and the content. I think that another area of success in my project would be the final logo that I designed. I think the logo represents the style of "Podium" well as it is clean, compact, neat and easy to read yet individual and recognisable.

I think the main thing that I will take away from this project is the confidence to try out different techniques and not be afraid of pushing a medium to it boundaries to see what I can accomplish with it. I think that this is something that I will consider for every future project that I will take on.

If I was to start this project again I would started investigating other artist earlier as this could have impacted my work more heavily or inspired me to do things slightly differently.

This project helped me learn some cool little tricks in Photoshop, introduced me to 3DS Max, 3D modeling, techniques for getting better photographs and a basic introduction to typography. In all the areas that I just stated I will take away tips a techniques that will dramatically impact my future work and speed up my work flow, which I think is a very important thing.