Location Images

Here are some of the photos that I took on location that I had time to try in my tight deadline.

The pictures of the rubber duck were taken on a grassy area near the college, I wasn't too concerned about the background because I knew I wanted the grass to be most the background, if not all of it. I want the top right picture to be used as a final image because I like the way it's composed and the way you can see the water dip where the duck is. 

The pictures of the water being poured out I want to edit on Photoshop to rotate it so the water is falling to the top and experiment with the colours used. I may also need to crop it to get rid of as much of the arm as possible so it's not too obvious it's been rotated. I will also make sure my image of the cup is sharp as I don't want motion blur on the cup. I took these photos on a 1/125 shutter speed and F.5.6 apparture, I wanted to use a quicker shutter speed to get rid of the motion blur but this made the image too dark and using flash reduced how many photos could be taken continuously.

I love my pictures of the tea in the cafeteria as I think it's simple, recognizable and I like the colours, although I doubt I will use one of these images as a final image as it's not too creative and I think a lot of people would have a similar idea, although I decided to shoot it anyway incase any of my other images didn't turn out the way that I'd wanted.

Studio Images

This are my simplistic images of the cups that I think fit the professional advertising style. The first image was done with 1 light on the image which was placed behind the camera.

With this photo I put two lights on the image, the second to the right of the cups to add more depth to the textures, but as you can see the extra light has made the image too bright.

This is my image with both the lights on the cups but I changed the settings on the camera to make the image a bit darker, so I changed the apparture from F.4 to F.8. I will need to slightly photoshop this image to get rid of the black line in the top right corner.

With these images I experimented with angles and positioning of the cups, but the image below how I had originally planned I think looked best. I liked having a lot of shadows in the image because I think it emphasizes the texture in the cups so I achieved this by changing the apparture again to F.11.

With all these images I left quite a lot of space available for if the company wants to add their own text or brand to the image, but I think the images work well without the text if the company doesn't need this space.

Test Shots

These are some of the photos I took on location to quickly test out some ideas and generate new ones before taking my final shots.

           This was my first idea but I didn't like how my model's head was facing away from the camera so I had to turn her head to face more towards the camera.      

Although this shot wasn't planned, I liked the way it came out. It's a really nice natural shot and it's really playful and fun. I would like to use this for my final image but I think the cup is covered up a bit too much.

I love this shot but I don't think I should use it as the model's face is too dark in this image as the sun was behind her. I tried to reposition her to do this shot again but the image never seemed to look the same as this one.

This is the photo of my trying to recreate the last shot, but I couldn't get the position right as if the sun was behind me this made the model squint and in other positions the sun created harsh shadows across the model's face. If I could I would try this again using a reflector or a flashgun to remove the harsh shadows.

 The following photos I was trying to show the cup in use but all the images seem to look odd so I don't want to use any of these.

I was trying to make the cups fit in with the plants to try and creative twist and make them part of nature. The final photo shown I really like but I'm not sure it'll really fit in with what image I am trying to achieve to advertise the cups.

 

        This is the photo I really like because of the angle used and the colours in the image, but for reasons I've already explained I won't be using it for my final image.

Capture a Cup - Introduction

For this project we have two days to create a striking image for the Huhtamaki company which supplies cups. We have been given cups to work with which we must photograph in a way that could be used for the company's advertising purposes. We must create a minimum of 3 final images to submit to the company so within these photos I want to try 3 different styles of photos so I have the best opportunity to achieve what the company are looking for. At the moment I'm not sure what the company would be looking for so I plan to do research into the company and what similar companies have done such as Costa Coffee. I also want to experiment with working on location and in the studio. The company have given an 'on the go' project title so this suggests it would be best to show the cups in use and emphasize the fact that they can be used anywhere, but they are also looking for creativity so I will be experimenting with as many different ideas as possible.