Final Image

As my brief requires I have to chose one final image to be presented as an exhibition print. The image  has to be one from the book i have made, and presented professionally in a frame. Before narrowing down my images for my book, I felt I already had my mind set on the image I was going to use for my final exhibition style print.

Although I have several favourite images, some of them being rather unique, I felt the final single image I chose should be a representation of the day as a whole. I gathered that I wanted the image to include the banner, as this had been a symbolic object throughout the day and throughout my images.

I felt this image was well composed with the young girl being central to the image. The image also included the banner which is what I wanted my final image to include. However the main reason I had wanted to chose this image as my final image was because of the emphasis on the young girl taking part. This festival celebrates or remembers something which although maskable affected people across our country especially in this area, it did all intact happen well before this young girls time. The fact the festival is still ongoing and enjoyed by so many today is because of the younger generations taking part and taking an interest still today. 

The general outcome of my images in my book seem to follow quite a quirky style. The colours are bold and many of the shots are of unusual objects or people. The images tend to be shot from all kinds of view points, with a lot happening in each frame. With this in mind I felt the first image was not going to be most suitable to be my one stand alone image from my selection. 

I still wanted to use an image which gave a good idea of what the full day was about, therefore I still wanted an image which included the banner. 

Final Image

The final image I chose to use was this one. Although I don't exactly think this image is my strongest image out of the whole book, I think it works very fitting with the full theme and as an insight into photo book. The image still includes the banner, and the writing is fully visible. I like how an emphasis on the colour red is made, through the bright top of the female and the banner. Again this links well to my photo book as the main colour is red, even the front cover of the book being red. They way in which the banner is only visible over crowds of people makes the viewer feel as though they too are stood in that crowd. The image captures a female laughing and a couple with their arms around each other, the image I feel shows a sense of joy and celebration, which is what the full day was about. The sunburnt woman's back and tattoos gives a British feel to the image.