Second term: The Final Reflection

 

Now I would like to write my final reflection about my work and skills I have learned during my Media Project I module throughout this term. I had an opportunity to create visual, audio and written projects. I developed my ideas using a blog and finally shared my work in my website. My first part of this course was photography. I have learned about photography basics, equipment and technical skills. I went in derive to my city and I had opportunity to see invisible using my camera. I have discovered unusual details. Then I have learned about street photography. I had a look to another artists work. They inspired me to do my own images. I have learned how to use different camera settings. The next part of my photography course was capturing movement. What a fantastic journey it was! I have learned how to use white balance and color temperature. I was very surprised with the outcomes of my images using shutter speed camera setting. Then was to capture architecture where I have learned fundamental principles of composition. I created my own architectural photographs. The third part of my course was shooting at night. I was practicing with long exposure and in photography studio. I was fascinated what photos can we achieve while we play with the light. At the end I was able to edit my pictures using Adobe Lightroom, using its presets and development settings. In the result I made ten pictures and shared in on my website as 'The Urban Landscape Project'. Now I will have my eyes wide open and see the world differently. The next part of my Media Project I was creative writing. I have learned how to create the story. I created my own chapbook 'Midnight Rose' using appropriate tools. Creative writing I consider it as a very important part of the module as I would like to be a writer in the future. I had an opportunity to look at other author's work  and it enriched me completely. I was very exciting with the process of writing.  I created my own poem. I'm very happy how I developed characters and how my romance came out. With love I would like to do similar project in the future. The last project that I was working on it was podcast. In my opinion it was the most difficult part of the module. I was able to use podcasting equipment and learn how to use Adobe Audition software to create a podcast. I'm quite happy with the result but I have in my mind that if I want to achieve good quality podcast I need to spend on it much more time. Also I consider fact that my language and writing skills in a foreign language has developed. I feel like I'm starting to have a so-called writing flow. Overall the second term was a wonderful journey through the process of creation.