Final reflections and lessons learnt
The final assignment provided a valuable opportunity to use all the skills that have been developed and improved through the previous three parts of the course, including the following:
- Practice and polish my personal digital workflow
- Look critically at how different formats perform at different lighting conditions and how the image quality is affected
- Practice working with Raw and TIF files
- Get to know the software better: Camera Raw, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Lightroom
- Perform black point and white point adjustments
- Make intuitive colour, tone, contrast and brightness adjustments
- Convert colour images to back and white
- Experiment, break the rules where needed, not being be afraid to go beyond manuals.
Ansel Admas described photography “as a powerful medium of expression and communications” that “offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution”. I feel very fortunate to have access to this wonderful media that helps me to live, experience and express my feelings, share my thoughts and ideas with others around me.
