My First Event

Starting from my first Music/Event opportunity, i take you back to December 20th 2013, not long ago. Held at the MECCA in Swindon, this event marked the 40th Anniversary of  Swindon Viewpoint. for the entire event i used my Nikon D7100 with my Nikon 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6 telephoto lens. This event was the kick-start to my working relationship with a local artist, ironically named AJ (below)

This opportunity was given to me by a College Tutor who could not attend the shoot herself due to pregnancy. The shoot went relatively well considering i had little to no experience, once the night was finished i began editing. Upon completion of the editing i uploaded some image to my Photography Facebook account and began locating the bands, asking if they wanted their shots. every single act i contacted told me they wanted the shots, however only one of them replied afterwards to give me their email addresses. The only act that gave me their details was AJ, my now regular client. 

As a whole the shoot went surprisingly well, however i see many issues. The biggest issue was with my watermarking. This was my first watermark and by far the worst. Having been so desperate to get my name out there, i forgot to focus on what shows the viewer the photograph is mine. I settled with a fancy script writing reading "AJ Thomas Photography". Bad idea!  

Firstly, this watermark is far to tall and long, it imposes a lot on the image. Secondly, the watermark is far to fancy, making it almost impossible to make it flow with the image. Thirdly, this watermark is often hard to read due to colour and shape, it often blends into the image and somehow distorts the image at the same time. 

Since this shoot, i have developed a number of Watermarks for different jobs, i now have a logo in which i use as-well as the writing. this creates a far more eye catching but not too distracting watermark. i will delve further into watermarks on a future blog.

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