Photography Evaluation Write-up (mug)

Firstly I wanted to use a whole image on this mug as it keeps it in focus, showing off every detail. I wanted it to be in a shadow to keep it looking realistic in the final image. I kept a huge focus on the angle I took the picture at, as this was important in the final image. I also kept in mind the size of the mug, making sure it wasn't too over the top. It needed to look like a mug after all!

I wanted to frame it in a close and important way, basically it was the most important thing in this whole shot. I needed perfect lighting on these images, it needed to look completely natural and unedited in this shoot. In the end I picked a medium shot of the mug, keeping some desk in (edited out in the final image) I made sure the mug was completely in focus, using a depth of field that made the mug stand out as much as it could.

Here is the original photograph (only the mug, as I lost the final image) but it fulfilled the purpose as it's exactly what I needed. A mug. It's at a perfect angle to use in my final image, the lighting on it really keeps it real. The colours are very natural and all in all it is a very detailed picture of a mug.

This picture is suitable for my poster/dvd box because it's the most important thing, this one image of a mug is what I want people to focus on, it keeps things simple (like I wanted) it's also what I wanted to make my film feel a little bit "indie".

As I lost the main image here is the edited one again, I used the cut tool to cut around the mug in the image. Using crop to make the image smaller first, then correcting the colour slightly to make the mugs colours look more natural. Then I carefully cut around it, and then I blurred the rough outlines to make it more smooth (creating a natural feeling and look).

I'm really happy with the finished photograph as it has kept it's high quality texture and remained as simple as I want it, it looks like a normal mug. Which is really nice, the lighting really brings it out with the texture shine it makes it look smooth and real!