Is my work fit for purpose?

 In your reflections as you produce your work - particularly at the end of the project you should be asking (Having developed the work over several stages) Is my work fit for purpose? 

(1). You need to have previously explained the purpose of your work e.g. its Operational Context

Throughout your project as the work develops it's operational context might change, you might initially start out with the idea you're going to produce editorial photography and then realise that it might be better explained and presented as Art Photography? This aspect of the 'Journey' (The development of your idea and work) needs to be recorded in the plans and reflections. But, as the work nears completion you need to examine your work critically and ask Is my work fit for purpose? 

If it isn't, you need to explain why - typically this might be down to lack of resources, time, skills, knowledge, professional models, props, space, lenses, lighting or just experience. 

But, if you make a case for your work being fit for purpose given the operational context you've identified for it, one of the things you can and should do is use images to support your case...

Option 1. Scan/find on-line a magazine page or website page that uses the type of images you've produced and using Photoshop replace the original 'Professional Images' with your own images to support your claim that your work is fit for purpose - Use the before shot with the originals and the after shot with your image/s.

Option 2. Find images of a gallery space online that has large images  - Spruth Magers galleries have big files and again replace the existing images using Photoshop and the free-transform tools to produce and before and after images using your work. 

Another approach you can use for advertising and editorial would would be to place your images into an Adshel bus stop poster or similar...

Here you can see I've put Megan into an Adshel Bus stop poster to see if it work and is convincing.

Another way you can do this is to find a magazine page or website and screen grab those and place your image in along with the text and see if it looks convincing?

This allows for you to look at your work in context and discuss whether it is fit for purpose as part of your reflection process. 

Search for other scenarios such posters and display 'Point of sale'....

Do exactly the same thing - using Photoshop layers and other tools... Free transform and burning in etc to place your images into situations such as these. 

Be critical - does it work? One of the key things that might give your away as not being the real thing is the fact that you're not using real models?