Photographing the Final Posters

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The previous images I have taken of the poster mock-ups were on an iPhone and purely experimental to show the poster as it will be. To create the final image for the posters, I used a DSLR camera that can take high-quality A2 images. I planned to create the images in a controlled environment in terms of light and the alignment of the posters, to ensure continuity. However, this proved more difficult than expected, with the images taken under these conditions different from the design I had envisioned.

To take these images I used a bright daylight bulb, lighting the poster from the left expecting this to keep the colours true but also provide a bright and high quality finish. Despite the higher quality due to the brighter lighting, the image appeared overall dark and unexpectedly flattened. The light caused a harsh shadow to form making the depth appear much smaller. In the past images, the shadow had been even across the circle with a natural diffusion to give the appearance of more depth and a softer aesthetic. Once edited to appear brighter, the image became over saturated and overexposed with the whites too bright.




To rectify this, I attempted to use natural light, choosing a bright day to take the photos in a double aspect area to give the rounded shadow I was looking for. This proved slightly brighter overall and gave the softer shadow. The quality of the image did drop due to the lack of light, meaning less details can be seen as clearly, but the overall image is still good quality. Editing the levels of this image, the outer frame became true white and using a mask, the inner circle was brightened slightly but not over exposed. I will move forward with these images adding the text I mocked up previously. 






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