To help me complete my commission project at the high level I decided to look at others work. I think it will support developing my ideas and will give me a better understanding about what I am required to produce.
Firstly I looked at the photographs captured on children events and because I will be photographing the three day event it is really helpful for me to look at the styles and ideas that the professionals have.
I explored the photos taken during the Art Day in 2010 involving the children. While viewing these photos I noticed the advantages they had and how does the photographer presented the children and showed their emotions across to the audience.
What I liked about those pictures is the fact that the photographer while photographing children creating the art pieces, he also gets his attentions to major details like composition, lighting and framing. The other thing I think was important is to show children with their teacher or guardian that explained how to produce the art piece because it correspondingly is presenting children interest into the subject, you could tell this by their facial expression as well. Additional element worth remembering for me while doing my shoots is to try capturing children when they are doing something spontaneously this make photo more interesting and showing true reflection of the situation. This is what my client is demanding from me.
Next company I looked at was Children’s Heart Association. Photos that they included on their website might not be as professional as the ones from the Art Day, but they referred to the subject I am going to photograph which is the children event. On the other hand I can see the bad examples of photos to avoid doing the same mistake as them. The disadvantages of those images were the bad balance of colours, brightness and contrast. On some photos I didn’t liked the angle and point of view from which the photo was taken as it didn’t showed the children reactions and feelings. However to good side of those pictures is the fact that they were very spontaneous and I really liked it, it is like a documentary photography work from children event. Moreover the Children’s Heart Association also kept the suitable conventions to include the photos when children are playing with the teachers or guardians while doing the activity.
As a conclusion I can write that those images have me a wider prospective where it comes to children documentary photography. I think I will take all the valid points I made here and I will apply them into my own work trying to avoid doing the mistakes these practitioners did.
As my final project is the booklet design with supporting photos the photography wasn’t the only area I explored, additionally I reviewed the booklet ideas. The first booklet is about some insurance services. It has modern style design I can tell it by its framing and shapes used. Also the multi theme colours and icons where used on the design which made this booklet more stimulating and attention-grabbing. I think the use of colours and black and white photography worked really well together and I might consider using the same idea. The booklet is not text heavy which is a positive, also its lay out is clear and simple to read. The only thing I don’t like about it is the use of icons on the front page I thing they are effective, but there is too many of them within this booklet already.
Next product I discovered was the Newborn Booklet. Again I like the black and white photographs used at the front of the booklet. However this time there is only one colour used which make the booklet look more formal. The advantages that this design has are the fact that the logo (cross) is used throughout booklet. In my opinion it creates the product more consistent. On the other hand I don’t like the free space on the second page. I think it appearing to be too blank. What I would do in this case may be changing the font to bigger or spread out the information, in result change the lay out. I would also suggest putting another photo there otherwise the booklet is matching the theme quite well and I believe it is fitting to its purpose.
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