Creating the picture

As a part of my ancillary texts my group an I decided that we wanted to create our own image that would be able to feature as a part of our chosen ancillary products. 

Rather that choosing an image that can be found on the internet, I like the idea of creating my own image that I would be able to use as a part of my website and my magazine advertisement. I wanted the image to be able to resemble album artwork as many of the bands that I researched use their album photo on their websites and as a part of their magazine advertisements. 

I felt that creating my own image would give me more freedom in relation to how I wanted the image to turn out. As a group we disused potential ideas for our final photo and came to an agreement that we wanted our photo to be bright with a colorful back ground as well as feature the main girl that appears in the music video. 

In order to create the photo there needed to be plain white back ground that colour would be able to be added to. In order to achieve the we decided to use a blank white canvas. The canvases that were available to buy were not big enough in size for the effect my group and I wished to achieve so, alternately we created our own canvas. Megan gathered the materials and made the canvas, with help of her step dad, by using a white cloth material and wooded sticks for the edges. 

Once the canvas was completed we were then able to cover the canvas in colour. This process was fairly straight forward and was achieved by mixing poster paint with water and splattering it over the canvas.

We decided to do this outside with the canvas laid on the grass due the process being quite messy. 

once the canvas was covered we left it to dry over night and came back to it the next morning which was when we took the photo. 



Taking the photo during the morning was beneficial as this provided natural light which was able to emphasis the colours. Before the photo could be taken we noted that we a person to be stood either side so that the canvas could be pulled taught to remove any creases. considering that there are only three people in my group and Megan and I were unable to hold the canvas we called upon the help of our friend Elliot to come hold the canvas in place whilst the photo was being taken.

 After the canvas was taught the photo was ready to be taken. Collectively we felt that it would look better if Megan was dressed in all white clothing as this would help the background colour to stand out.

Now that the photos have been taken I will now choose the ones that I am most happy with and edit them to make the look more appealing and professional.