production

I would use a canon dslr + 50mm lens to take my pictures.

peer feedback

In my first try my first set of feedback to make sure that my focusing is on the main subject and in the correct area that the picture focuses on the main protagonist of the picture as well as making sure that my pictures are a lot tighter so that i am making sure that i am not wasting space and making it more consecrated on the character.

stage 1 open your chosen image

crop the image to the size you want it

add a brown layer using a brush them use soft light on it and overlay that above your base layer

also add a brightness and contrast layer to make these shots seem more realistic

adding a 50 percent grey layer above everything else and adding and tacking white and black parts to make sure everything that needs to be enhanced is

I have also planned to and have started production on some box art of my own using some of my pictures to show that they have potential to be using in production and commercially to advertise products as well as to show that my pictures are not just there to be just nice pictures as well as telling a story i am showing that they could be used for box art as well

Airfix box art creation

 First start by getting a template to build your box around i have just used a basic box png image of google for my base to then put every thing on top of it to use it as a template 

 Add you main image which you drag in the image then you transform it by using control t and right clicking the image and selecting distort whilst it is being transformed and drag the 4 corners of the image to the four corners of the box  
  You do the same thing to the sides as you do to the main image by dragging in the image which is just a yellow rectangle. which you add in and distort the image so the four corners match the four comers of the side of the box.
 
  Then you drag in other graphics such as logos and then you drag those in to the positions that i would want and then ctrl (control) the image and distort the image so that it has the effect that it is on the side of the box 
 Then you should have a finished piece with more graphics than mine but that is how i produced my pieces of box art and i did this 3 time for three different variants of the original pieces of airfix box art.

Airfix logo creation

This is the final piece that i came out with which i was inspired by and i suppose i recreated this logo from original airfix box art logos from 1973 boxes of soldiers which i have taken inspiration from and recreated for the use on one of my other pieces of box art.

I took an original airfix logo png as a basic backdrop and centre piece for my logo and i used this a basis and i used this one because it was the original base for these logos and i reused it because it is what i am basing mine of and i want mine to be like originals and this was the best way to get close to the originals.

 I then basically added a white circle around the outside of the original logo so that i am recreating the original logo accurately enough so that it is recognisable enough so  that it looks like   the original which is the main thing that i am going for.

I then added in this red / orange layer a lot bigger than the last like the original again which is what this is based off. I also have used the eye drop tool which finds the colour of something when you select it  to get the identical colour so that you have an identical match.That is what i wanted to do because i wanted to use to show variant of airfix artwork.And this is the process of i made it. 

Web creation

These are the steps that i have taken make my website and how bits are made. 

This is the main home page of my website i have used a main bold image as a base to use like most free lance photographer websites and i have added text as teasers and for information to show what is on the website as well as what i am capable off as well as my home page has a drop down menu which has a variety of tabs that directly to new pages.As well as i have added a massive piece of text which is a big claim but no one else has so i claimed it.

I have also added this at the bottom which was just some fake contact information as a bit of small detail as well as to make my website seem more authentic. 

This is the logo that i used and created based of original airfix kit boxes so that it is original and recognisable as well as it is bold and stands out nicely on by images and white backdrops. 

This is the drop down menu that i used for my website and it was basic but i wanted it to be so that it was simple and easy to navigate so i made it very basic to help my audience

This is my  gallery page which has my 2 gallery which house my first 2 collections of picture that have been fully edited and I have also have my main logo and drop down menu which are attached to every page and I have some large bold text that simply depict what is on the page and having it there is just so that the audience has a clear idea of what they are looking at. A Los so that my website is more professional.

This is a close up of my gallery and showing that they are separate also giving detail on them and sowing teasers of there content and there animus and dates when they were created to give a good scale for how long you have been doing the subject.

Promotional pieces of box art are being placed on this page there also is as there are on every other page there is a large piece of text to inform the audience of what page they are on and to give them so basic information of what they are looking at.

This page is labelled videos but the main content on this page is the logo drop down menu and a new banner which is a war related themed image which ic created on a previous project but I was allowed to use it on this project .But it is a official image taken from world war of a German panzer and tiger tank  that I have used a filter on as well as the main thing that is on this page which is the main attraction is the small war gif that I made which was a picture that I had taken and it was showing the soldier move to the right whilst having animated smoke move in front of him.

This is the video that I have put on my video page that depicts a soldier moving to the right whilst having animated smoke move in front of him.                               

This is my contact page as well as my about page where I list everything about me and many ways to get into contact with me as well as a weird random image of a guy because I did not feel confutable using a picture of my own face but this page is very generic and common to most page on a lot of other websites but it is necessary so that every body that visits your website gets an insight in to your life and what you can do . It is also a way for employers to have a way to see what you can do and a way to check your credentials and backstory.

Final piece link

https://412816.wixsite.com/mysite-1