Proposal

For this assignment i was asked to produce a range of creature-based photographic images for use on the box of a board game based upon the theme of Harry Potter. And i was also asked to produce initial and secondary research to support your ideas that will include location research, photography technique research and Harry Potter themed board game research. For my pictures we are going to the Happy Potter Studios to look around and to take pictures, and also we will be going to Stone Bridge City Farm to go and take pictures of all of the different animal there for example:

• Cows
• Pigs
• Horses
• Goats
• Sheep
• Rabbits
• Guinni pigs 
• Chickens
• Ducks 
• Birds

Once we do these pictures we have to put them onto Photoshop and  then we will have to create 6 final images of the animals and then we will have to create 3 final images out of them 6 with different body parts for example a cow with a goat head. Once we finish them then we will have to go on to Photoshop and create a background the size of a board game and put a background pf it from when we was at the Harry Potter studios and then put the final 3 images onto it.

Evaluation

For this assignment i was asked to produce a range of creature-based photographic images for use on the box of a board game based upon the theme of Harry Potter. And i was also asked to produce initial and secondary research to support your ideas that will include location research, photography technique research and Harry Potter themed board game research.  I thought that this project was be going to be quite easy until we realised that we didn't actually have that much time to get it finished.

With this assignment i found that going out and taking the pictures was possibly the easiest part about this assignment however i found that actually creating our final board game cover was close behind. While we were taking the photos i learnt how to properly use my telephoto lens and also how to take a good picture with it and while i was using Photoshop i learnt how to use the rulers and to use them to mark out a grid.


The most successful part of my project was possibly my 6 final images because i made the final board game cover and before my 3 images merged together. I think this because i really like the images and the way that i have edited them all in different ways for example i did the cow image in black and white and i made the one of the duck really detailed on his feathers. 

I faced a few problems with my assessment because i missed a weeks so i was behind quite a bit i managed to get up to date with it quite quick. Also i faced a problem with choosing which two images to merge together. However one of the biggest problems i faced was the college computers because sometimes they work and sometimes they don/t and on some of them Photoshop doesn't work.

The things that i would do differently next time was to manage my time so much better and not to get behind on my work and to try and fish every piece of work before the hand in date because then if i realise that i have missed something then i can just go back and do it. 

Memory Check

1. Detail four attributes/skills you need to show at an interview, for example: Self-management – your readiness to accept responsibility, flexibility, resilience, self-starting, time management, readiness to improve your own performance based on feedback and reflective learning

1. Manors- Please,Thank you and holding the door to show that you would be good with customers and to other members of staff.

2. Reliability- Turn up on time if not before hand to make sure you are prepared and ready. And to show that you will turn up to work on time and not be late.

3. Communication- So you are able to communicate and talk to the customers and talk to other members of staff.  

4. Flexibility- So you will be able to work a 0 hour contract so they can call you in anytime and to work certain days.

6x final edited images from Stone Bridge City Farm

For my final 6 images below i had to edit each one and i also had to make sure they were all centered properly.

First i had to open a new document onto Photoshop  

With all of these images i put them into Photoshop and then i used the crop tool to just get am image of the animal that i want. Then i used my Levels and curves tool to get the right colours and textures with my images.

With my image of the cow i used the tool called Hue/Saturation and then i put the saturation all the way down to -100 to make the image look black and white.

Stone Bridge City Farm contact sheets

My camera settings for these pictures: 

Tv (shutter speed): The shutter speed that i used was 125 because it's a fast shutter speed and it was good because the animals moved around a lot so i had to make sure the image wasn't blurry. The ISO that i used was 200-800 because it was a cloudy day without much sunlight so i had to have it quite high but not too high to make the image over exposed. Also i changed the White balance to Cloudy. I also had the Aperture set to F4.5.

With my images i used two different lenses:

18-55mm which i used for close up shots of the animals that were close to the fence but for the longer shots of the animals on the other sides of their pens i had to use my 75-300mm lens to still get a close up of the animal but with them still quite far away. 

Week 1 - Stonebridge Farm Photography proposal

At Stonebridge city farm they have a range of different animals such as; Rabbits, Chickens, Guinea pigs, Cows, Sheep, Horses, Pigs, Goats, Birds, Bee's, Turtle, Tortoise and Ducks. The animals that i am going to focus on are going to be the Cows, Birds, Chickens and the horses and maybe the Tortoise. While taking a picture of the animals i must take in consider is to avoid using the flash because animals can easily be spooked by the flash and the best light for shooting animals is the natural light, and also i will have to watch out for over exposing the white animals and i have to be careful not to lose detail on dark fur or feathers and one of the main things i have to consider to get my camera down to the height of the animal to get the best photos. With the camera settings i will have to make sure that i get the right ones for each shot which means that i will have to play around with the setting a bit until the shot looks right so i will have to change the ISO, Apertrue and the shutter speed and also i could change the shot so it had a shallow depth of field or a deep depth of field. And its also depending on what the whether will be like so i will also have to change the settings to adjust to it. And also the camera setting that i am going to use is Manual(M) so i can change the shutter speed and the aperture and the ISO separately. After i have taken the pictures i will put them onto Photoshop and then i will the crop tool to crop out the bit of the picture that i want and then i will use the pen tool to cut it out more so it isnt as a box and then i will get another picture that i took and then i will cut that out and put the picture that i have already cut out and put it on top of the other picture so it creates a creature and then i will use the stamp tool to blend the two pictures together better.

Week 1 - Harry Potter Research Task

1. Shot type/ Angle: The shot type is a close up and is also a shallow depth of field because the creature is in focus and the background is blury. And the angle that the picture was taken was at eye level.
2. Describe the subject: This character is called Dobby and is an Elf that follows orders from his master.
3. Describe the lighting: The lighting used in this image would be a main light (redhead) and they would of also used a hair light to get the outline of his face where the main light isn't hitting his face so he doesn't blend into the background.
4. Describe the mood/emotion: In this image i would say that the emotion is happy.

1. Shot type/ Angle: The type of shot for this is a Wide shot and is also a shallow depth of field because the creature is in focus and the background is blury. And the angle that the photo was taken at was at 
2. Describe the subject: This character is called Buckbeak and is half horse and half eagle. 
3. Describe the lighting: The lighting is from the side and they have used natural light for this shot.
4. Describe the mood/emotion: In this shot i would say that the emotion is happy because it is the first time that the children have seen one and they would also be quite shocked.

1. Shot type/ Angle: The type of shot for this is a Wide shot and is also a shallow depth of field because the creature is in focus and the background is blury.
2. Describe the subject: This is an image of Buckbeak again but this time it is of him flying with Harry and Hermione on his back.
3. Describe the lighting: The lighing that they have used in this shot is just a main light shining to one side of them so it only lights up the side of their faces 
4. Describe the mood/emotion: In this shot i would say that the emotion is happy because they are flying on the back of the Buckbeak.

1. Shot type/ Angle: This shot is a medium close up and is also a shallow depth of field 
2. Describe the subject:                                                                                                                                                                                                  0
3. Describe the lighting: 
4. Describe the mood/emotion: 

1. Shot type/ Angle: This shot is a medium close up and is also a shallow depth of field 
2. Describe the subject: 
3. Describe the lighting: 
4. Describe the mood/emotion: