campaigning 6 :)

This morning we were told we would be visiting Shakin Moo's later on to take pictures which we would be able to use for our leaflet. We were told to make a list of some of the pictures we are planning to take, which i found a little hard as some of our group still wasnt entirely sure which design they liked best and what images we would need for each one. I wrote down obvious ones like the front view of outside Shakin Moo's, although noted down that we should do it at a slight angle so it gives it a better, 3D effect, and also to show customers where abouts Shakin Moo's is. For this image i also had the idea that when we edit it we could make just the Shakin Moo's shop slightly brighter than the other shops around it, so it would stand out when customers see it on the leaflet. Some of the other ideas our group had was to take pictures of furniture, and closeups of some of the ingredients you could have in a shake. I also thought it was a good idea to take a closeup image of a Hot Shake, then when we edit it put a subtle smokeyness around the outside to let the customer know its a hot shake.

When we got to Shakin Moo's we spent about an hour taking pictures of the shop, ingredients, and furniture. I was dissapointed that our group wasnt really working together while doing this, although we each have such different ideas from eachother that we decided to take turns with the camera, when decide on the best pictures later. I enjoyed this part of the day as we were left to decide for ourselves what to take pictures of, and i even got to dress up in the Shakin Moo outfit!

When we got back to class, our group split up into two groups, so Aaron could download the images onto the computer, and me and Damon could finish the questionaire, as our group still hadnt got a final questionaire, only the individual one that i made. Once the pictures were on the computer, we went through them and picked out our favourite ones, and we were quite pleased as Mr Hind used one of our pictures as an example of a good one as it had an interesting reflection, and was clear but not too busy. He used it to show the class how they could edit it on Photoshop, and suggested taking out peices of dirt from the image to make it look better. He showed us how to adjust the brightness and explosure to make the picture stand out, although not too much to make it look unnatural and too bright.

We then had a go using Photoshop ourselves, which once again i felt like our group woked less as a team as Damon and Aaron had different ideas to what i did and for half of the time they just did what they wanted and didnt let me contribute. They made one of our images extremily bright and unclear, which i suggested wasnt a good idea because the point of editting our pictures was to subtly change them. When i got to have a go, i cropped out an image of a Hot Shake, then editted it onto another image. I then adjusted the explosure slightly so the foreground was less dull and matched to the Hot Shake image. I then found a picture on the internet of some smoke, which i used as a Brush in the background of the shake, to make it look like its steaming.

Overall i think our group has worked alot better in other lessons than today, as usually we exchange ideas with eachother, but today we didnt communicate as much. Im hoping next week we will be able to work harder as a group and decide exactly which images and what edits we can make to them. I am also looking forward to learning more handy tips for using photoshop, and starting to edit some more of our pictures which we took today. :)