SWOT Analysis

My plan is to take pictures using light to paint and sculpt. This works to my strengths because I am already moderately aware of how I can go about my project. This will help me because I already have the technical understanding that is needed to do the shoot I just need to learn how to make the images seem aesthetically pleasing. The light painting styles that I am looking to shoot in are also quite similar to my art style which helps as I feel like I am not starting from scratch. I also believe that it fits quite well to the theme of metamorphosis because the light is representing the change between the setting and then the light sculpture.

My main weakness is that I have not used the equipment that I have now before. When I did light painting in 2015 all I had was a tablet instead of a camera and my phone light instead of any actual light equipment. This worries me that I will not be able to create anything that I think looks good because I do not have much experience with actually creating the art out of light. I am worried that my images will not have the same level of quality as the artists that I have looked at and the images will show my lack of experience. Another weakness of my project is that if I decide to have 6 final images it will be hard to make all of them very different. This is because I am only doing one portrait style and that will mean that some of the images may run the risk of becoming a bit repetitive.

My main opportunity is that I will be able to learn a whole new type of photography that I have been interested in for a while now. I hope that learning these new techniques will allow me to create lots of different types of images even outside of the FMP. It will also help me to build my portfolio and I think that this will look really good on my portfolio and for any university applications.

my main threat for the landscapes is the weather. Currently the weather has not been good and the longer I leave it then the more daylight there will be which I do not need as it will overexpose my images and it will give me less time to shoot. A weakness for the portraits is that in my last shoot on the 29th April they kept coming out blurry and I am not sure what is causing that. if that keeps happening on the portraits then I will not be able to get the level of quality that I want.